Hi all! What a time to be alive in the world right now with all of this coronavirus spread and whatnot going on. Anyway, amidst panic and chaos, I say now’s a particularly lovely time to take your mind off of things and focus on some basics.
Here are some things you should own by the time you’re 23, based on my experience as someone who recently turned 23.
What’s up with that phase of life no one really talks about?
The one where you graduated a few months to two years ago and are still sort of trying to figure out when exactly your “crazy, just being an adult living my adult life in a BIG CITY following my dreams hustling but still thriving and traveling” years can and will begin.
I feel like most shows, movies, books, the works, have failed to acknowledge that strange phase. I mean, I understand. It’s not very exciting! But it certainly exists. It’s that gap between “I just graduated from college and I have BIG DREAMS!” and “I am in my 20s and LIVING MY LIFE and making small, but fun, mistakes but I have my own place and am independent and thriving!”
And it consists of a variety of concerns and special moments:
