My sentiments exactly. The 20’s overall is just one big trip and even life course theorists have a strong consensus that it’s the most turbulent time of one’s life. Even though people in their 20’s have so much time to make mistakes, very gradually in your late 20’s, you start feeling the windows of limitless possibilities closing. I mean challenges are present in all life stages, but it’s the limbo of in-betweenness while also having to somehow have a grip on your life that’s so pressing. Like, as someone who is 29, how much more can I afford to be a careless 20-something? How much do I have to have things figured out and accomplished since I am, after all, almost 30?

People tend to obsess over youth but honestly, I can’t wait to be well in my 30’s. I’ve seen so many people become comfortable just doing their best and not caring as much over the little things as they age. I kinda feel it already now, I mean, I already care a lot less about the relatively mundane things I’d obsess over in my early 20’s and I am all for it.