Sometimes the transition from your teens into your 20’s can be nice and smooth but sometimes it just hits you. Hits you hard.
We see the value of money differently.
As a teenager when you unexpectedly got £10 from your parents you could sit down and plan exactly how you would spend it but now even if you found £5 in your pocket before you get a chance to even think of what to spend it on, its gone. You’ve spent it.
We’re kinda lost.
We’re all kinda wondering around wondering what were supposed to be doing and whether were doing it right. I have a job… Is it what I’m meant to be doing with my life? is it okay to live with my parents? How do you make a healthy dinner? How much should I be spending on food?
We don’t know who to trust.
Was that person being nice and sincere or did they have an ulterior motive? Should I tell me co-worker about my job interview? is that person judging me right now?
We’re losing friends.
sometimes we just cant be there for people the way that they need us to be anymore. We’re quickly learning who’s growing up with us and who’s growing apart.
We have to re-learn our bodies.
Eating too much sugar will do what to my skin? How much coffee is too much? I need to be able to function with only a few hours of sleep?
We’re all a bit of a mess.
We realise that no one has their life all sorted. It may seem like this person has it all together but maybe they cry in the bathroom at work. You may hate your current job but it will make you appreciate the next one even more. After 3 years of studying at university we may then realise its not the path we want to take. In our 20’s we rediscover who we are and who we want to be.
But, I reckon that the only real difference between being a teenager and being in your 20’s is that when you’re a teenager and you ask for help. everyone is willing to help you, or lend an ear; they all understand that its a “tough age”. However, now that we are in our twenties we are told to just “figure it out” and to “move on”.
Arda xx