This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Queen's U chapter.
If you are 20 or a soon-to-be 20-year-old, you’ll understand when I say that I don’t really want to talk about stepping out of my teenage years—in the midst of my half-way midlife crisis, I’ve been searching for the ways I can make myself feel more ready for this shift; it feels like a big one that I should, in some way, be prepared for. With only five days until my birthday, I can say that I’ve come across more ‘20’ quotes than I should have, and even a few truths of my own….
- You have been on this earth for two whole decades.
- Nobody feels ready to hit their 20’s…
- You are finally entering a new space in life, and you have the freedom to turn it into whatever you want.
- You don’t need to have everything figured out.
- Your present situation is not your final destination (yes, this is one of those ‘20’ quotes I read….)
- You will often find yourself on a different page than the people around you, and that is okay.
- Being 20 does not mean you will become mistake-proof…you will mess up time and time again.
- You are a different person than you were five years ago and when you hit 25, you’ll be an all-new you again; enjoy who you are now.
- Nobody ever guesses that someone is a 20-year-old…get ready to hear a lot of people thinking you’re either 17 or 23.
- Most of your 20 years have been spent in school, yet you kept on pushing!
- You have an entire decade to prepare for your mid-life crisis when 30 hits.
- …add another 10 to that to prepare for 40.
- The friends you have now will probably stick around in your life for a long, long time.
- The most exciting changes of your life are around just the corner.
- You are another year wiser, I promise.
- The memories you make now will become the stories that begin with “when I was in my 20’s…..”
- You won’t know exactly who you are just yet….there is a lifetime of discovering left to do.
- Filing taxes still makes no sense.
- You have more control over your life now than you have ever had before.
- You have to appreciate each and every day that your 20’s brings…you will miss them when they’re gone.