20 years old

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onto today’s topic: 20 years old ⭐️ 

i turned 20 years old today.

amidst all of the jokes teasing each other for getting older, being compared to a fossil, and getting called unc, there’s so much gratitude. wow, what a blessing it is to grow older and experience the world for another trip around the sun.

birthdays are something special to celebrate — they’re magical from childhood until beyond our last. the magic just manifests differently over time, but believe me, it never dwindles.

2 lessons for 2 decades ⏳️ 

at 10 years old: do it all, with all that you can give

i was a busy 10-year-old. with soccer practices and games on tuesdays, thursdays, and saturdays, swimming lessons on mondays, art class on wednesdays, a budding love for rollerblading practiced on fridays, and ballet on sundays.

i tried everything, and put my heart into it — it was exciting and filled me with ambition. that lesson has followed me to this day. try everything, but with dedication.

at 20 years old: don’t forget, you can do it all 🌠 

that ambition has its way of slipping away as we get older. getting older doesn’t have to mean letting go of youth. we have the unique opportunity to dare and live our kid-selves’ wildest dreams with adult autonomy. take hold of that chance with ferocity.

the stars we thought we could just reach out and grasp in our hands never got any further. hell, i can hoist my friends up on my shoulders and we can reach higher together. arrange a galaxy of your very own, because who the hell cares if a shooting star escapes — the view is beautiful, isn’t it? the same way all the hardships and mistakes were. 💝 

i’m tremendously happy — right now, yesterday, and tomorrow too. it’s really quite simple: don’t lose the kid that tended to an endless flame of ambition, joy, and wonder. truly, life is never that serious and we’ll never ever have it all figured out. we might as well enjoy the certainty of the present to its fullest.

january 27th, it’s a good day to be 20. 🥂 

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