Adulting 101: Be 20something

It’s past midnight and is still cluttering my thoughts. I am already a 20-something year old but still does not know what I really wanted to become. Right after the last day of my college days, I found myself working already. With that, I came to realize that your first job is not something that you have always wanted and dreamed of. You won’t be compensated the amount you have wished and asked for. You will be struggling with sticking to your tight budget, if you’ll be living independently without asking support from your parents most especially for paying your bills.

In almost a year of adulting, I have already jumped into three companies – hustled at a startup based in San Francisco, tried climbing the corporate ladder in a giant real estate company, and am currently learning the basics of public relations from a small firm. Honestly speaking, this is not something that I should brag and be proud of since employers might found this bothering. But if you were on my shoes, why should you stay on a job that you don’t see yourself growing and learning? Why stay if you could feel that it is not for you?  Why stay if you couldn’t imagine yourself working on the same field in the near future? Why should you let yourself suffer and waste time for something that is not worth it?

Adulting is a trial and error. No matter how you tried to organize everything, shit happens and odds might even not be in your favour. Getting out into the real world and knowing what you really wanted to become could be likened to a kid playing at the grounds. When we were kinds, we played, stumbled, had our knees scraped but then managed to stand up and play again. Just like in our adulting years, we suck at choosing the right ones. But in the end, we could still manage to pick-up our shit together to face again what tomorrow has to offer and I think that’s what matters the most.

They say that our 20s are our selfish years. We are old enough to make the right decisions but are still too young to make the right ones. But just a bit of advice, do not let anyone decide for you. You are the captain of your own ship. Do what you think what is best for you. Always remember that everything won’t come easy and that’s the challenge. Don’t be afraid to explore what the bittersweet life has prepared for you. Be the best 20something version of yourself. For the meantime, go get some sleep, woke child! Xoxo