Things Everyone Has Thought About In Their Mid-Twenties

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Originally sent into The Metro it didn't get published in the end however I still thought it was too good to be kept in a word document. So I have published it here!

The mid- twenties is an odd age to be. You are not 18 anymore but you don’t feel like a ‘proper’ grown up either. Here are some thoughts every mid twenty person has gone through.

OMG what have I done with my life?

All the fun milestones such as hitting 16, 18 and 21 are long gone and you have caught yourself thinking on more than one occasion how things have turned out the way they have.

Knowing when people talk about young people it doesn’t mean you.

You will never be the next generation of athletes or people who will change the world because you are so damn old.

You take every advantage of every opportunity because you have missed enough of them already.

You wonder what path you could have gone down if you did take that drama class 15 years ago or done more hobbies at school.

Seeing younger people than you achieve so much and thinking why did I spend so much time watching telly in the school holidays.

Laura Trott achieved two Olympic golds and numerous world titles by the time she was 20. I was still wondering what I was going to do with my life at that point.

You have had that quarter life crisis at some point.

All exacerbated by the above.

You feel like you should have your life together.

When someone gets a better job than you even if you are perfectly happy in your own job you can’t help feel that you should be rushing up the career ladder.

People around you are settling down and it is perfectly ok.

Your friends and close people around you are settling down and it's not seen as a bad or risky thing to do.

Taking photos seem a little harder as many poses you would do in your late teens you wouldn't dream of doing now.

Even taking a selfie seems odd and you wouldn’t think of pouting anymore.

The prospect of getting older is very real.

Being thirty is not that far away now and it is weird that ten years ago you were most likely to have been finishing up GCSEs or sixth form.

University is so long ago.

Knowing that the recent graduates started university when I had just finished is just sad, it felt like yesterday you were larking around halls and going out clubbing.  

Finally although becoming older may seem scary you do also appreciate that it is a privilege and you enjoy the journey that comes with it.

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10 Awkward Situations Anybody Who Lives In A Flat Has Gone Through

Ahh the flat where you can store two bikes, have your office, kitchen and 

the lounge all in one area.

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Having lived in a flat for over a year, whilst desperately saving to get on the property ladder, you start to notice all the funny quirks which you wouldn't necessarily get living in a house. I share a few below:

Alarms

If you are going to have to wake up at five in the morning. At least turn your alarm off and not annoy everyone else with it. It's amazing when a block of flats is eerily quiet you can hear someone's phone alarm. 

One time someone in the flat below me went away for the weekend and left their alarm going off at half five ALL WEEKEND.

The smell of weed in the corridors

Not nice.  When my parents visit I don't want them thinking I live in a drugs den. 

Not closing the corridor door properly

I don't want to die because you let a psycho in as you carried your shopping in...

On the other hand, you don't need to do any weights at the gym after lugging all your food shop up a flight of stairs.

Cheering when the footie is on

You can always tell when a massive match is on.  And who is winning without resorting to Twitter or watching it on the telly just by hearing the cheers or the swearing.

People dumping their fridges or furniture when they move
Don't be dirty, take it to the tip. It's free. 

People that do not put their rubbish in the bins properly

It's not that bloody hard!

The lack of space
You become an expert in cooking with about 30cm worth of space and start googling a million different ways to store items using a shoebox. Oh and your parents get pissed off with you storing your Christmas tree in their loft.

Not having a garden
No hosting boozy outdoor parties. You always have to resort to your friends house or a pub garden. Or if you are skint opening the door that acts as a window to let the warm air in.... Closing it after ten minutes as too many flies have come in.

Hearing people having really loud sex
Cringe.

Parking
You only have one parking space therefore if you live with a partner. One of you is always having to parallel park in some dodgy space and you live in the hope no one scratches your car.

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Things Only Those That Wear Glasses Understand

I only started wearing glasses in 2011 I am short sighted so need them for driving and not for reading. Although they are a pain in the arse they are for me a necessity. I share a few things that my fellow glasses wearers will resonate below:

Losing them

I always lose my glasses in the house. I have two pairs which are even worse as I lose them both. If they are not next to my bed or in the bathroom they are gone and it takes me a good two hours to find them again.

Whipping them to the top of your head every two seconds

Being short sighted I am forever taken them off to work on the computer but then having to put them back on when I need to go anywhere. After a while, it gets to be a real pain in the arse.

Paying extra for sunglasses

An annoying necessity as you don't want to be blinded in the summer by wearing your normal glasses when driving but you don't want to spend the money getting a separate pair of glasses to wear for about two weeks of the year!

People that wear glasses as a fashion accessory.

We are not wearing them to be cool, we need them to see! New Girl has a lot to answer for that.  

Fellow glasses wearers feeling your pity 

There is something that has to be said about trying on another glasses wearers glasses and feeling pity for them because they are so strong that they start to make your eyes go funny.

Having to wear 3D glasses over your normal glasses
3D movies are just not that great when having to wear two pairs of glasses.

Your glasses forever steaming up
Hot drinks, going inside from a freezing outside, rain. Glasses steam up everywhere and it's a real pain in the ass.

Rain
Rain is another pain in the ass. You can't see when it is on the glasses, you take off and wipe your glasses and you still can't see and you can't see with your glasses off. You are stuffed whichever way you look at it (oh wait you can't see...)

Handing over your glasses to non-glasses wearers to try on
*silently praying they won't break or snatch the glasses.

Getting asked why you don't wear contacts
Because the thought of sticking my fingers in my eye balls really just puts me off.

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