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On Being Twenty

And why I'm determined to make it my year.

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I just celebrated my twentieth birthday last week. I've been twenty for a week. I don't feel any more mature than I did when I was nineteen. Turning twenty comes with zero benefits. There is nothing special about turning twenty.

However, I'm going to make being twenty the best year so far. I've been twenty for seven days and I've already done a lot for myself. My room is the cleanest it has been in a long time. I actually finished all of my course work the week it was due. I didn't struggle to write blog posts for my medical information management class. I'm developing better studying skills. I'm doing what I need to do.

What I've noticed is a lot of other twenty-year-olds are doing the same things I'm doing: pulling their crap together, putting their nose to the book, and overall just having a positive experience with being twenty. A lot of times, though, the diligent work ethic of a twenty-year-old gets overlooked and swept under the rug of a generational label.

"Those millennials are so lazy."

"They'll never get a job if they continue down the path they're on."

"If they had jobs, they wouldn't ___."

I'd say the millennials who fall under the statements above are a very small minority. Most twenty-year-old millennials I know are incredibly hard working. Some are even married and have several children while working fantastic careers. Are some of them struggling? Yes, they are. I know I am. Older generations tend to pass over us, and that's one aspect that I can't seem to wrap my mind around. I would never call myself lazy, and I prove that every day with the work I do. Many people my age prove that as well.

Honestly, turning twenty has been the best thing to happen so far in my life. I'm slowly figuring things out, and I know the people around me are doing the same as well.

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