You’re Not Alone: All 20-Somethings Are Just As Confused

We’re all pretending to be okay.

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You’re twenty-years-old, and you want to take the year off of college, but people will go on without you. You feel left behind.

You’re twenty-one, and you see people moving into apartments, but you’re still at home. You feel like you’re not growing.

You’re twenty-two, and people are graduating from college, but you still don’t know what to do with your life. You feel like you’re lagging.

You feel lost. Confused. Stressed. Conflicted.

You feel like you’re not enough. Like you’re not doing enough.

You feel like you won’t figure this out. Like everyone will move on without you.

You’re not alone. All twenty-somethings feel this way. We just don’t talk about it. And maybe someone needs to start that conversation.

We’re all pretending to be okay

Perhaps it’s time for everyone to admit that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing, or where their life is headed.

We all pretend we’re okay. We convince ourselves that we’re not losing the grasp on who we are. We silently tell ourselves we’re okay with…