Tess Explains It All

Life in your 20s is not easy. It’s that time in your life when you are supposed to be living like an adult but you still find yourself living like a teenager. You’re either straight out of college trying to find the right career path for yourself, or you’re working at a job that’s just okay but not where you saw yourself headed as you tossed your cap in the air at your high school graduation. Maybe you don’t even have a job. Maybe you’re still living with your parents, or living on your friend’s couch. No matter where you are in life…if you’re in your 20s… it’s not smooth sailing quite yet.

Being in your 20s is about going out with your group of friends and having to split the bill 5 ways, with 5 different visa debit cards, because hey, you’re 20 something. No one is financially stable yet where they could pick up the tab for everyone and not panic about paying your rent the next week. Being in your 20s is about buying a handle of vodka and pre-drinking as much as possible on a Friday night so when you do actually head out to the bars, you won’t have to spend as much money to get drunk. Being in your 20s is about still picturing your dream life and not settling on the idea of not achieving it. You aren’t 30 something. That dream job, dream house, dream boyfriend/girlfriend is STILL possible! No need to panic right? We’ll panic when we’re 30.

If you are a 20 something girl or guy, life can look pretty shitty at times. You can feel alone, you can feel lost, you can feel like you arent where you are supposed to be in life. And you’re filled with worry that everyone else around you is going to pass on by and achieve stability and you never will.

But dont worry! You are not alone. There are a million of us out there, struggling and discouraged. But every day we grow, we mature, we learn more about ourselves, and in the meantime we manage to have a damn good time. The crazy, fun, unstable moments we have in our 20s are some of the best memories we’ll ever have. And though we might not realize it now, every action we take is leading us on the path to an even better future.  Promise.

-Me