I recently celebrated my 20th birthday, one that I greeted with lots of apprehension and mixed feelings. My teen years were over; never again would I celebrate a birthday that ended in “teen” and my fabled twenties had begun. I knew that this decade held the most changes I would ever experience—college graduation, my first “big girl” job, relocating away from my family and being wholly independent. This birthday was a big one, to say the least, so I decided to record some of the apprehension that I’ve been feeling towards this new decade of mine.
Here are my thoughts on now being 20 — wow, that still sounds weird.
1) I’m never going to be a teenager again.
2) This is the decade I need to be like a real adult…
3) One more year til I’m legal HAYYYYY
4) Are there any actual good parts of being 20, besides getting a new license picture?
5) If I don’t act like I’m 20, do I have to actually be 20?
6) I definitely thought my life would magically come together. I’m disappointed.
7) Is this when I should start getting my life together?
8) I actually do feel older. Weird.
9) I’m really never going to be a teenager again?!?!
10) Twenty. How odd.
11) When does the fun of being an adult set in?
12) I may not be ready… but I guess my twenties are ready for me.