I am going to say something that I don't think I have ever said before. I agree with Katie Holmes. SHOCKER! Recently she was quoted in an article as saying, "It is like in your 20's you are trying to hard to figure things out." That is so true.
I remember that feeling of having to prove myself. I could see my friend doing it, too. We had to show everyone how adult we were, how smart, and capable, and worthy of a marriage proposal/ job opportunity we were. You are constantly trying to prove something to everyone- including yourself. It is like you are constantly trying to check things off of an ever growing "To Do" list. It almost feels like all your life goals and aspirations are going to be decided by what you do with those 10 years and lets be honest, most of us piss away at least the first 2.
I had hoped that 30 would cure all that anxiety and to a certain extent it has. At 30, I realized that, generally speaking, I have a long time to go before I die and I should relax and enjoy some of it. So far at 30, I realize that many of the things I thought would make me happy and "successful" are really just annoyances or things that if I were being truthful don't really appeal to me.
Example:
I don't really want a big house because I don't want to clean it and I am too paranoid to have a person come in and do it for me.
Katie is right. I feel like in your 20's you are generally so concerned with making sure that everyone likes you and knows how great you are that you don't stop to notice how much you don't actually like them.
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