my birthday is in less than two weeks. how can this be? why is it that when you’re little you anticipate birthdays months in advance and now it’s like – my birthday? already?
i have no idea what to do for my birthday – i don’t really feel like celebrating, since it just feels like another year where nothing has really happened…just sort of maintaining, you know? well, my job situation is a whole lot better, but other than that everything is pretty much the same. and i’m a year older. a year closer to…being…older. or something. i know that 24 isn’t old, by any stretch of the imagination, but i guess i always thought that by the time i was in my mid-twenties (ugh) i’d have things more figured out.
why don’t i have things more figured out?
update: i bought myself a new ipod for my birthday.
update update: i’m feeling much better now, btw. a passing bit of panic, that’s all.
there are very few 24 yr olds who have things figured out. and those who think they have things figured out always have things change so when they reach 27 (or so) things are completely different.
so, welcome to a new year ms. brugman 🙂
-meghan
you are in very good company going through some panic about age and not having it figured out. why couldn’t the fairy tales have been more realistic when we were younger?
i hope you’re doing well…and happy birthday!!
happy birthday! as attractive as the concept is, i don’t think it’s possible to actually figure everything out at 24, 27, or even 87. as far as success and fulfillment, if you set, follow, and adjust your goals in both short- and long-term, you’ll hopefully look back happily down the road, especially if you make time for family, friends, and your interests.