- Twenty-two is watching everyone else but you get married.
- Twenty-two is having a degree but being completely broke
- Twenty-two is sorting out classmates by who's pregnant, engaged, or gay
- Twenty-two is not wearing makeup 75% of the time because it just doesn't matter anymore. Then when you do put it on, you worry the whole night that it was a waste of your time and that these people were not worth the lip gloss you just bought
- Twenty-two is at first only having time for then becoming addicted to fast food
- Twenty-two is constantly thinking life should be more fun that it is but realizing you don't have your own places to live yet
- Twenty-two is dipping into the Europe fund have been saving for years to then just buy mixed drinks at a lame bar
- Twenty-two is realizing it is way to late to change your major/career choice
- Twenty-two is becoming good friends with your exs because you are not actually mad at them anymore
- Twenty-two is realizing how much you can save on an electric bill by turning off the lights when you leave
- Twenty-two is making a resume to just get hired as a waitress
- Twenty-two is starting to realize how messed up marriages from your childhood really were
- Twenty-two is manipulating your friends to drive because you really cant afford your gas
- Twenty-two is "you guys have david bridals, I have taco bell to cope"
- Twenty-two is trying to break all the rules... but knowing the consequences so not actually doing it.
- Twenty-two is about going to the bars with our parents more than our friends
- Twenty-two is living off of b-day/graduation money
- Twenty-two is sneaking out to see kid movies
- "Here is to 22... cheers... we won our mind games"
- "I don't actually approve of 22, making mistakes always seemed like a simple idea but it hurts other people too much..."
- Twenty-two is realizing not only do you not know anything about life but figuring out you never really did
- Twenty-two is is an identity crisis
- Twenty-two is a switch of plans you never intended but grinning and bearing it anyway
- Twenty-two is the justification of why you cant really chase your dreams
- Twenty-two is the credit card callers waking you up instead of good morning texts
- Twenty-two is a negative balance in your bank account when you really just want a dollar coffee
- Twenty-two is the zest of a new job- only to realize it is a sour lifestyle
- Twenty-two is finding faith in God because nothing else seems to hang around for long
- Twenty-two is experiencing the real feeling of being lonely: lonely as a routine. There are hundreds of people you talk to but no one who really knows you
- Twenty-two is breaking up with 'the love of your life", discovering there is a lot more in life to love
- Twenty-two is flying out to fancy hotels to meet the boy you know is going to break your heart soon enough
- Twenty-two is actually beginning to voice your opinion at the dinner table and having relatives entrust in what you are saying and valuing your opinion
- Twenty-two is feeling more so than ever the longing for something real, deep and meaningful- something worth living for and waking up to each day
- Twenty-two is internships, student teaching, coupon clipping and maxed out credit cards
- Twenty-two is over... thank God.
To summarize the year I could say that three things remain: Faith, Hope, and Love and greatest of these is Love. But in our own words three things remain: Taco Bell, negative bank accounts, and friendship. Of course, the greatest of these being friendship. So here's to 23... and many years to come.
