My 20th birthday was last Thursday, and I find it really hard to believe. It feels like I’ve been alive forever but it does not feel like I should be 20 years old. I do have a few thoughts on turning 20. Read on to find out about them.

1. I’m not a teenager anymore. Teenage years were really difficult for me, as they are for many people. But I made it through.
2. I’m at that awkward age where I’m not a teenager but I also can’t make “all-adult” decisions.
3. Ten years ago I was ten. The sheer amount of changes that have occurred since then are crazy. It will be interesting to see what happens in another ten years.
4. I am truly blessed to be where I am today.
5. I’m halfway to 40… which is crazy.
6. This is such a weird age, because I’m too young to have everything together, but I also feel too old not to.
7. I am graduating from community college this summer, and I will graduate university in two years.
8. I am excited to start this new year and see what is in store.
9. I always say that I was born the wrong day, the wrong week, in the wrong month and the wrong year, because I was born a couple weeks early, but after 20 years I have realized that I was born exactly when I was supposed to be born.
10. I am excited to try new things, go new places, and see different things.
11. I still have a lot to learn.
12. People come and go… and that is okay.
13. Those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
14. I will be okay.
15. I hope that my siblings will take my advise, because I don’t want them to go through the same things I did.
16. My family, my best friend, and her family, and my pets are the reason I am alive right now.
17. Everything will not be perfect, and that is okay too.
18. It’s not about the money, or the popularity. It’s about being happy, whatever that may mean to me.
19. Being grateful is the best thing to be.
20. I may be here today, and gone tomorrow, so I will be thankful for all that I have and all that I look forward to.

Thank you for reading, and Happy New Year!