This past week I turned 20. When did I actually become an adult? I feel like yesterday I was celebrating the fact I got my braces off, learning how to open my locker in middle school and just finding out how to drive a car. Now, I am finally no longer a teenager, and it is freaking terrifying. With the fear come the excitement of this decade. I feel like the 20's are the biggest time in your life for the most change. These are the many things that I expect to happen:
1. Friendships
Your 20's are the times to make the best friends to have for the rest of your life. I haven't been in my 20's very long, but I do believe that it is going to be rough and your best friends being there for you are one of the greatest things to have. Living together, helping you get over guys and shopping. Lots of shopping.
2. Travel
I hope by starting a huge chapter in my life (like college) will open doors for me to travel. You should always try your hardest to jump at any opportunity to go on that weekend trip with your friends, catch that plane to a new country and even study abroad for a semester. These opportunities may not come along later in life, and what better time to do these things than right now??
3. Careers
A huge thing that all of us are going to go through is finding jobs. We went to college and spent the first years of our 20's cramming for tests to get a degree in whatever we chose to pursue. You are going to fail, not get the job and then land the perfect job that made all those flash cards and highlighted pages worth it.
4. Love/Family
What is crazy to me is how much changes in a few years. It freaks me out that my dad met my mom when he was 20 and was married with kids by 28. I know eight years is a long time, but it seems a bit odd we are all getting to that age. It is going to be such a fun and exciting time to fall in and out of love. There are going to be so many guys and girls and this okay. "Always walk the length of the counter before buying a hat." You will break up a lot, date a lot, but it will always let you know what you want in a partner even more.Your 20's are something to embrace with enthusiasm. So much will happen, so keep an open mind to whatever comes your way. It may be a really crappy job to help you gain experience. It may be a terrible heartbreak that will lead you to find the one. It may be the best time of your life.
