EXCITED ABOUT YOU AT 25?

So, a close friend of mine suggested that I write about LIFE AT 25.(hey Clinton)
 Well, I am not 25 - maybe not yet or already past it (guess you'll never know, lol).
But come to think of it, there's so much to talk and write about it.




One thing I know for sure is that most of us expect to have figured out everything (having a job,that dream car and a perfect life partner - name it all) by this age.
People tend to feel so much pressure around this age. Society has a way to burden people with the many unnecessary expectations.



Someone, actually at some point my boss, once told me, "If you won't have been married by age 25, forget about getting married!"
Now all I could think of was finding me a boyfriend. What if no one wanted me? What if I end up having those creepy lonely nights without a husband? What will become of me without a complete perfect family of my own? What would people think about me?


All this until one day I realized that 25 is still very young, though you feel confused as ever because of the so many unnecessary pressure, it is still a very young age.
No one should tell you what you should be at any age,period! As long as you are learning, growing, not being afraid to try things out, my friend, you will be alright.

Also, it is at this age that you are an adult now. The one you have been anticipating for in your teenage years not knowing that living alone is not as glamorous as expected.
At this age you start feeling old especially when things do not turn out as you wanted them to. You start dropping some old acts and start owning up to yourself. What used to be super exciting - alcohol,drugs, loud music- no longer excites you.







All you find yourself doing is reading lots and lots of books and articles, doing brunch with your very small personal circle( because apparently everyone you knew becomes too busy. You lose friends due to the different life directions you all chose to follow, you lose friends in as much as it is hard to do you cut them off as you realize they are awful friends where they are hurting you instead of supporting you), praying a looot, interacting with your parents...


Your parents become your best friends. Kwanza on getting to share moments with them and then realize how far much behind they are from this current crazy generation you grow up in, you pat yourself smiling with the 'hey, I am not as old as I think' line. haha!

25 is also the great age to make mistakes. It is the age where you get frustrated a lot, disillusioned, paranoid, disappointed and what have you. But si we all know most of the mistakes one makes as a young adult are inevitable, so...


All in all, as Angela Downs puts it,"It is not a race - do not be so busy trying to be grown up and 'successful'. You have time for that later. You do not have to fit into the box that society says is successful. Learn to listen to what really matters in your heart."


Also, "Do not be afraid of getting older; whatever you did not do in your 20s you will get a chance to do again in your 40s (it's called midlife crisis, and it's a lot of fun!) - Mike Harney.

Share your life experience at 25 in the comment section, anticipations you have or had for this phase.

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