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To The Girls You See At The Parties

"We're young we're dumb and we don't care. Forever stuck in our youth..."

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To The Girls You See At The Parties
Dana Saccoccio

There comes a time in life where you only care about three F's: Finals, Friends and Fun.

You go through things. You experience life-- you only have this one, so fill it as full as you possibly can. You want to meet as many humans who are currently walking the face of the Earth as we go through life as we know it, together. We call them the wonder years. You'll never figure out exactly who you are and who you want to be if you suppress the urge to do whatever your heart tells you to. You cannot experience a laughter-filled life without people to share it with. You create bonds with people. Unexpected, ever-lasting bonds that form in the most peculiar ways.

Sure, people will judge the choices you make during your years of experimentation, and that's fine. I say, let them. Be whoever you want to be. Do whatever you want to do. The time is now. You are never going to live life at 20-something ever again. Please, I beg you. Don't ever let these crucial years slip away. This is the only time in your life where you literally have the world at your fingertips. Don't pass a moment up.

"Rebelling is good, healthy even" (Tangled). How will you ever know exactly what kind of person you are and who you want to be if you never do the things you want to do? I'm by no mean saying go get yourself in trouble. There are limits to everything. Be sensible-- you are a good person and you will learn to use your judgment. Parties are gatherings to meet other people and to have fun with the ones you already love. Liquid confidence is fine at 20-something-- in moderation, of course, when you turn of age-- it helps you learn to gain a confidence of your own. You'll get there but right now, live it up before its gone. School is the most important thing right now, as we muddle through our college years. There is no better way to ace your way through then sharing these moments with good people by your side.

Stories fill the air of the fun times we have shared. Memories become fables to the years we were left unstable. Laughter is the greatest pastime as we retell the moments we share. We grow. We will gain a career and start a family one day but right now, as an early 20-something-year-old, we need to know what we want before we can go get it. We sit and wonder where we will be in ten years, but how will we ever know if we don't let ourselves be free?

Talk to the boy who buys you a drink. Laugh with the girls next to you when you find yourself not interested. Know your limits. Learn what types of people you want to surround yourself with. Fill the air with power and positivity to live a life worth working for. Your high school sweetheart may come out of the blue and say you've changed. Tell him "good. I sure hope so." Strive to be your very best. That high school girl everyone once knew as a timid wallfloweris notthe same girl lighting rooms with laughter and gaining the internship of her dreams.

Get yourself out there. Life is a party, bring it with you wherever you may go. "We're young, we're dumb and we don't care, forever stuck in our youth." I don't know about you, but I want to live a life that's worth living. Right now, it's a phase you don't want to miss out on. You will settle down, meet the love of your life eventually, start a family and have a career but right now-- this is your life. Go ahead and sit in your bedroom, miss out on the wonders of it all. You won't catch me there.

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