this quote pretty much equals how i feel about life as a twentysomething sometimes
"I think the reason why twentysomethings are so fixated on age is because we feel a pressure to be a certain way at 23, at 25, at 29. There are all of these invisible deadlines with our careers and with love and drinking and drugs. I can’t do coke at 25. I need to be in a LTR at 27. I can’t vomit from drinking at 26. I just can’t! We feel so much guilt for essentially acting our age and making mistakes. We’re obsessed with this idea of being domesticated and having our shit together. It’s kind of sad actually because I don’t think we ever fully get a chance to enjoy our youth. We’re so concerned about doing things “the right way” that we lose any sense of pleasure in doing things the wrong way. Youth may be truly wasted on the young."
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Why Do Twentysomethings Always Feel So Old | Ryan O’Connell
This is why I always do fun shit, like jumping into rivers and drawing with chalk on the sidewalk and just going out there and having a wild, wacky shindig, because really, who cares about my age? I'll be old soon enough. (And then I'll still be as child-at-heart as I want.) But still, I find myself thinking: hey, shouldn't I be a lot more mature and adult? Everyone else seems so much older? But I'm not in their headspace, so what do I know? Maybe everyone still wants to throw themselves in a ballpit.
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Why Do Twentysomethings Always Feel So Old | Ryan O’Connell
This is why I always do fun shit, like jumping into rivers and drawing with chalk on the sidewalk and just going out there and having a wild, wacky shindig, because really, who cares about my age? I'll be old soon enough. (And then I'll still be as child-at-heart as I want.) But still, I find myself thinking: hey, shouldn't I be a lot more mature and adult? Everyone else seems so much older? But I'm not in their headspace, so what do I know? Maybe everyone still wants to throw themselves in a ballpit.