Tag: twentys
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The Decade That Lives On
A few years ago my therapist told me that in my twenty’s I would experience some of my best and worst memories of my life. She explained that the low’s would be really low and that the high’s would be really high. It wouldn’t be until sometime in my thirties that the high’s and low’s…
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Cooking For One
When people think about preparing a meal, theres usually a “standard” number of servings associated with the meal they want to make. In my head that standard number is either around four or two for more intimate circumstances. The most exciting part of cooking for most of us quickly becomes the part where we get…
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“A Big Ole’ Metaphor for an Identity Crisis”
A lot of people say you don’t find out who “you truly are” until sometime in your thirties. That we are all suppose to be walking around lacking a sense of purpose for almost three decades. To be completely honest, that truth is scary and not the easiest to swallow. It can be hard at…
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When life gives you lemons
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you limes, make limeade. And when life gives you strawberries, add them to your drinks to make them a little bit sweeter. The absolute theme of my life the past two years has been unexpected surprises. I started this blog writing to twenty-something’s like me…
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A Silver Lining of “Imperfect” Parents
Family dynamics are pretty complex things in today’s day and age. One of the joys—I say that with sarcasm—of being a twenty something is experiencing a drastic change in our relationship with our parents. For some of us, this change can be attributed to growing pains and for others it is something much more significant.…
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“I Love Jesus and I Say Fuck”
I’ve been wanting to write this article for some time now but never really got around to it. Yes, the title is a little abrupt but that was exactly my goal. At some point when we shift from teenager life to young adulthood we move out from home and start gaining some form of independence.…
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The Quarter Life Crisis
We have all heard of the mid-life crisis most of our dads have gone through or are soon going to go through. Somewhere in their mid-forties, they decide to put back on their skinny jeans from 2002, sign up for a half marathon, and shop around for sports cars. The mid-life crisis is not about…
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Purpose
One of the themes I see many young people my age struggling with is having a sense of purpose. I know for myself it’s been a pretty prominent theme since I graduated college in December. Many of us go through our days going to work and coming home, doing our “jobs” on our career path,…
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My abrupt decision to go live with elephants for a month.
I would argue that most of us have a breaking point. There comes a time when we cannot take the stress, the chaos, and the hustle anymore. Some of us will break much easier than others, just as some people may break more frequently than others. I did not expect to have my “mini life…
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I want an Unplanned Love
I want an unplanned love. A love that is spontaneous and eventful. A love that comes out of the blue unexpectedly without warning. I don’t want to fall in love with a something that I saw coming. An image that I already have fixed clearly in my mind. An idea that is thought through and…
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