For as long as I can remember, I have always been told that your twenties are the best years of your life. Turning twenty-one, going to bars with your friends, graduating college, starting new jobs, getting your first place, meeting new people, etc. I have heard it all. Could this be true? That your twenties are THAT great? I guess I am about to find out as my last few days of a teenager are upon me. Now, nervous is an understatement. I know that may sound completely stupid to think, but if you really think about it, like just let it all sink in for a second...you are no longer a teenager.

I, personally, can remember my thirteenth birthday like it was yesterday. I was super pumped of course. Becoming a teenager, in anyone's eyes really, is a huge deal. I got my first cell phone, I was three years away from trying to get my permitted drivers license, and I have encountered many other adventures in the past six years. Is it okay to feel like your life is sort of ending? Well, I suppose so, since that's how I feel. It all started the day I walked across the stage and received my high school diploma. It has been almost two years since my graduation, and the people that I used to see and talk to every day, well, half of them are non-existent to me now. Not because I wanted it to be that way, but because we all have different plans for our lives, and we have all went our separate ways. But, I am so thankful I still get to see, talk to, and hang out with some of my best friends. That is one thing that will not change as I enter adulthood.

So naturally I’ve been asking myself, what does 20 actually mean? I guess I've kind of been an "adult" for about two years now, but I mean, I still can't legally drink. But then there are some of my friends, who live on their own, are married, and some who have kids, or are expecting. And how it excites me, I sit back and wonder, do I have to do that to? I mean everyone else is doing it, should't I? Everyone talks about how great it is, should I try it? Not necessarily. I mean if I had someone to marry right now, or have a baby with right now, or if I had the money to pay for rent, but I don't. Yeah, I have a job, but I also like money too much, and clothes, and shoes, and well, the list goes on. Not saying that all of these other people in the world and my friends don't either, but they want what they have right now, more than I do. Which is okay. I keep telling myself, "you don't have to be like everyone else, it's okay to wait." And it is, it's okay not to be like everyone else.

I guess as this article comes to a close, and a few more minutes have passed of my little teenage life, all I can really say is I'm anxious. I'm anxious for people to finally consider me more as a young adult. I'm excited for new adventures that I will encounter, not only by myself, but with my friends as well. I'm excited for the new people I will meet, and the many more years to come. Regardless of what happens in these next few years, I will just be thankful I got to wake up every morning and experience another day in my twenties.