When you turn twenty years old, people start to ask questions. Discussions about potential colleges and majors turn to conversations about life choices. What do you want to do for the rest of your life? Where will you move after college? How much money will you make? When will you get married? Are you going to decide to have children someday? It's like the kid curtain just dropped and you're an awkward fraction of an adult standing timidly in the wide open abyss of the rest of your life. Bye-bye teen years. But, despite all of the scary and intimidating questions and your lack of answers, here is a list of all of the fun stuff you can do in your twenties.
1. Get your own apartment.
Grab a girlfriend and some fun decorations and reenact "Friends."
2. Change your mind.
You don't like _____ anymore? Cool. Don't do it/eat it/look at it/hang out with them ever again.
3. Travel guilt-free.
You've got so much time to settle in a small town. Travel. Take a cross country road trip, visit Japan, swim with sharks somewhere awesome!
4. Spend money on the fun stuff.
It may not seem like the time to spend money, but work hard. Work three jobs if you need to and keep disposable cash for yourself. Buy that cute sweater. And the shoes.
5. Make connections.
Talk to everyone. Leave your magnificent mark any place you can. Make sure they know who you are. Try everything once. Apply for everything within reach.
6. Find your space.
Be alone. Go to the movies by yourself. Listen to music and sing loudly in your car.
7. Try the scary stuff.
Skydive. Eat something crazy you've never tried.
8. Laugh until it hurts.
Laugh often and with the people you love (even if your real laugh sounds more like a witch cackle).
9. Eat until you just can't anymore.
Girl, you're not going to have this body forever. Eat your weight in popcorn chicken.
10. Take walks. Run. Dance.
Get moving. Work off that popcorn chicken.
11. Pamper yourself.
Spend some me-time away from the craziness. Tune out the haters.
12. Find a new passion.
Buy a fancy camera...BOOM you're a photographer now.
13. Get involved.
Just join stuff. Join everything you can. You never know what's around the corner.
14. Cut your hair.
Because who doesn't want to be the Princess of Genovia?
15. Go to your best friend's wedding.
Kick it Bridesmaids style...own that ugly dress.
16. Visit family that lives far away.
Visit that uncle you never see in that country you've never been to.
17. Embarrass yourself.
This will happen a lot. Embrace it.
18. Write letters.
Thank everyone that helps you along the way. Send letters home. Write to grandma.
19. Consider the impossible.
Do everything with such passion that you can't be defeated. Doubt nothing.
20. Love yourself.
Remember that you need to take this time for yourself to figure out just what you're here for. Don't rush. You have your whole life to be a boring adult. Live it up while you can.
