Since I wrote a fairly depressing piece earlier this week, I am doing a semi humorous one now. So today I found an article on the Cosmo twitter page titled "29 Things Twentysomethings Need to Stop Worrying About Now". I admit, I am a sucker for these articles. I read them all. I wanted to see how many of them applied to me....and it was most of them, as I am sure many of you could guess. I could counter almost all of these-maybe it shows that I have some serious emotional issues, but hey. Below are the 29 things the article says we should NOT worry about...with how my reality actually is.
(but first, if you want the article, here it is: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/_mobile/celebrity/news/twentysomethings-stop-worrying
1. Keeping Up with What the Youngs are into: Okay, yes, some of it is stupid, and having a crush on Austin Mahone at my age seems a little creepy. But I'm not ready to be like my coworkers who have no clue what is happening with the Biebs. Not that he is my favorite...but it's the principle of the idea. I just can't yet.
2. What your friends have achieved relative to what you have achieved. Okay, go hang out with your friends who have moved to exciting places or have an income big enough for them to comfortably pay student loans, and listen to everyone gush on them. Then tell me that again. Granted, I like my job, but the pay and city are less than desirable.
3. Whether you've reached the goals in the appropriate timeframe that you dreamed up when you were 16 or even younger. Again, this might be easier if I didn't move back to where I was at 16. Regardless, I still wish I was top of my class at Harvard Law with 5 different beautiful men trying to get me to be theirs. Oh, and have awesome clothes.
4. Finding a boyfriend, if you're single. Easier said than done when it seems like everyone has someone (even people that you think have more issues than you), and you are surrounded by people 10 hours a day that think that you are a sorry person since you're 23 and not married. Is this The Help? WHY DO YOU JUDGE ME??
5. Settling down, if you're dating. N/A
6. Spending a crapload of money on travel. I wish, but I don't want to either sell myself on the streets at night/put myself in even more debt. Plus I'm pretty sure I could not get 9 days off as a new(ish) employee.
7. Spending a crapload of money on brunch. It is fun. As long as I can eat the rest of the week, I guess I can let this one go.
8. Being too addicted to social media. Well, at least it's not crack. But I might have fewer anxiety problems if I got away from this sometims.
9. Literally anything that has to do with text messages. The agony I put myself through this will probably give me a heart attack in 5 years. Not being responded to is one of the worst things.
10. Not making it to all of the parties you meant to go to. But if I start skipping, I might stop getting invited...and then I would have no one but Netflix. But Netflix is cool.
11. Decorating your apartment like a Grown Ass Woman. Oh the things I'll buy when I have a real income...until then, my roomie is awesome and her decor allows me to mask this. Just dn't go in my room.
12. Being skinnier. For me personally, I dub this #coloradoprobs. Where sometimes it seems like you are a fatty if you have more than 15% body fat and eat meat and processed foods (this is more true in Boulder).
13. Skipping yoga a few times. My work friend is trying to get me to go. I want to but I'm always busy or tired. One day...but I'm a horrible friend.
14. Feeling ashamed for temporarily living with your parents. (hides behind a bush) Go to the article to understand why. Live and learn right?
15. Not having plans on Friday or Saturday night. Again, not ready to be like my older co-workers...or worse, there's a couple that ALWAYS are out at dance clubs...and then I just feel sad.
16. Forgetting math. I'm kind of okay with this.
17. Sleeping with too many people. I don't do this, but it's because I don't want to be a slut. Plus I get too attached too quickly so this would just become a disaster. I do have a limit on the anxiety I will take, oddly enough.
18. Occasionally getting as drunk as you used to in college. I'm more concerned that my alcohol tolerance level is slowly but surely decreasing now that I can't get drunk multiple nights a week every week...once, I got drunk off of two glasses of wine. That was sad.
19. Still transitioning from "college wardrobe" to "on-trend young professional wardrobe". Yeah...I definitley blew a lot of savings on trying to do this. Still regret it.
20. What other people think about things that make you happy. First, that could have been worded better. Second, but doesn't knowing that others are judging you take the fun out of it for you?
21. Finding the career field you'll be working in for the rest of your life. As long as I have some direction in my early thirties...I'm good I guess.
22. How many friends you have. I'm actually becoming more okay with this. I'm learning that having fewer friends but ones that care about you is way better. I'm not a complete lost cause!
23. Losing touch with old friends you don't have fun with anymore. Getting better at this too-nice. But still...I hate being the one to end things.
24. When your boyfriend will propose. Oh, you thought I had a boyfriend? awesome!
25. Be
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