Mid 20's - BLEH!

So all throughout middle school and high school I couldn't wait to be in my 20's. I would see family members, friends, friend's older siblings, etc having a blast in their 20's. I couldn't wait, it looked absolutely glamorous. Now that I am here.. let me tell you something people, it ain't all that it's cracked up to be..

Here is what they don't tell you about this "fairy tale"..

1. Being in your 20's is so mutherfckin expensive..like what..we graduate college and have tons of money?? Is it just me or from the moment we graduated and got jobs our parents expected us to start paying back loans, switching bills over to our names, and in general expecting us to pay for things. The loan companies started calling me and forced me to start paying back my student loans. NO! I don't want too!!The worst is when my college called me and was like "Oh now that you are alumni would you like to give back to the college.." I mean give me a break, love ya LC but you are going to have to wait on that one.

2. Hangovers...these didn't exist in college. You had a crazy, wild, out of control Friday night - YUP - great you woke up Saturday morning and started drinking. There was none of this I can't move, I am going to die, I am never drinking again, bullshit. But nonetheless after a few glasses of wine I wake up the next morning and want to crawl right back under the covers. Geeze. My 21 year old self would slap me.


3. Engagements, Weddings, and Babies - this is the ONLY and I mean ONLY thing you can talk about when you hit your mid twenties. It's the only thing people do and it's the only thing people talk about..just be prepared and accept it.

4. You will want to be in your bed at like 8pm, and I don't mean to get frisky with your lover, I mean straight up you will want to be in bed...lights out..asleep- trying to maximize the number of hours you can be in your bed. I sleep more now than I did when I was a newborn..


5. You will never have a free weekend again..there is always a baby shower, bridal shower, birthday party, housewarming party..that you will have to go to. And after you attend this event you will be so exhausted from being around people that you will return to your couch or bed and not move again.


6. You will have to shower..like everyday..maybe sometimes more than once a day..yeah it isn't okay to show up to work in sweatpants, a college sweatshirt, and your hair in a messy bun. And that just flat out sucks. You will have to show up to work clean, presentable, and smelling of something other than alcohol. The struggle is real people.


7. Your wardrobe will suck, or at least mine does. When I left college the hardest thing was that I was leaving 5 closets..girls share clothes all the time. It's what you do - when you are getting ready to go out on a Friday, you probably browse your own closet for .5 seconds and then you go to your roommates or hall mates and search everyone else's closet until you find just the right outfit (you always do). Uhh..yeah..you no longer have access to these closets when you live alone, with one roommate, or with your significant other.


8. Sometimes when you get drunk, people will judge you. Yeah this was a harsh one people. So in my previous life, aka when I attended LC, if you weren't drunk, people questioned what was wrong with you - in the real world it's the complete opposite?! You can't go to work drunk, you can't go to happy hours and get wasted, you can't show up at baby showers or bridal parties and get sloshed, like what?? Why did no one ever tell me this?? This problem makes me question why I ever decided to graduate..


9. You have to be nice to people..EVEN when you don't want to. So you graduated college, you hopefully get a job somewhere doing something you don't absolutely hate, you look around at your co-workers and you realize you really only like 10% of them. WHAT DO YOU DO? Oh that's right..nothing cause this is the real world and no one cares if you like your co-workers. My piece of advice is find a few awesome people and don't let them go. At work I have a handful of people who are my saving grace - they make me not want to poke myself in the eyes every morning.


10. Last one AND the most important - you start to give zero fucks after awhile. You will stay in some nights instead of going to the bar and that is okay. Your FOMO (fear of missing out) will go away MUCH faster than you think, you won't get dressed up every time you leave the house, and if someone doesn't like you - you won't try to fix it - haters gonna hate. It's a great and terrible feeling all at the same time, but mostly great!

So people, being in your mid-twenties is not all that it's cracked up to be..can't wait to see what happens in my 30's...




 That's all folks...