To the ones entering their 20s,
You are young.
Yet, why does it feel as if time is going by so quickly and your youth is becoming more and more behind you each day?
Although, yes, that is true, I feel as if being a 20 year old is going to be such an amazing thing for my next couple of years of doing life…
I think people underestimate how liberating turning the “irrelevant” age of 20 actually is.
Being a 20-year-old, I truly have come to a quick awakening that now is the time to make mistakes. Now is the time to take chances, because messing up and learning lessons should happen earlier on in life and turn into those memories that you laugh about in the future.
Being 20 has taught me that now truly is MY time. I have learned that I should be selfish and prioritize myself. I should put my needs above my tendency to put others first. I should do dumb things and take risks that I can laugh at later — it is OK.
This moment right now in time is a second that we will never get back, so we might as well go ahead and make the most of every single day that we can (cliche, I know — but also true). Although I have come to such a happy and content place in my life, I am still discovering things about myself and about this life each and every day that goes by. Life is beautiful and there really is so much to learn. I have realized that these experiences will help me to grow as a person and I have nothing to lose (within reason, of course) by going for things and putting myself out there in this chaotic world.
Being 20 calls for opportunity.
We are no longer teenagers, yet we somehow don’t have the full responsibility of being full- grown adults.
Being 20 calls for taking chances.
We might as well take these risks, because we are young and inevitably are better off taking them now, since the responsibility we hold is not at our life’s peak.
Being 20 calls for some of the best times of our lives to come.
Not taking advantage of what we are able to do would just be a waste.
Being 20 is just an age.
BUT, a beautiful and EXTREMELY relevant one — if you ask me.