Life in your 20s

Life in your 20s. Can you even describe it? I realize I'm only 3 years in and I haven't even lived through half of my 20s but I feel like I know a lot about it. For starters, it's nothing like you thought it would be. Yes, not being a teen any more is fun. Turning 21 is even more fun. Heck, having your friends turn 21 and throwing parties for them is more fun than when you turned 21. Turning 22 is nothing spectacular.... Hey you can rent a car in 3 years. You're also probably SO pumped to graduate college. Then you graduate and turn 23. Not so fun anymore. You have a job or two, you have no time for the social life you had in college and you pay your own insurance.

As a 23 year old I feel like your 20s are much more 'glamed up' in society. "Your 20s are the best years of your life" but they tell you that about every decade. Your 20s are rough. Let me tell you. You find out who your real friends are mostly the hard way. You graduate college and you get turned down for your first job or 10, but hey the economy is bad right now, finding a job isn't easy. Those friends that you found out are real, they all move away and start creating their own lives. You try your darnedest to keep up with them and you reschedule phone dates 5 times before you actually talk. But, when you do it's like they still live across campus. And those moments are precious. You anxiously wait at your mail box for some snail mail to arrive. And that feeling is awesome. You finally land your first job which you're thrilled with. You love working there for about 2 years. Then you need a job that satisfies you although I haven't experienced this yet, it is my observation. If you happened to get married somewhere in your 20s you debate on the right time to have kids. If you don't get married you freak out that everyone around you is settling down and you're taking the 5 & 7 year old next door to the zoo on the weekends.

I'm not saying being being a 20-something is awful, I just don't think it's the best decade. I think my 30s will be my prime. Has anyone especially a girl ever said they were looking forward to their 30s?!? Welp, check it off because I am. Caroline found this hilarious BuzzFeed article about being 20. Check, check, check, check it out. Maybe it's a little dramatic, but let's be real... all 20-something girls are.