2 weeks of being 20

Prelog

Okay as you will quickly realize I wrote this post 2 weeks ago on my twentieth birthday while on the train to Venice. But I never really got time to finish it because we got in to the city and were busy running around. I am now finishing the post. Twenty is terrifying and I really just feel like the world needed to hear my thoughts about it.

 

 

20. WHATTTTT.

Soooooo how did I get here again?? (que How Did I Get Here by ODESZA) I am 20 years old and I am sitting on a train to Venice, Italy. That is wild, right? I mean this morning I hopped out of the shower and my got a happy birthday call from my parents who were about to go sleep. For starters how is it even possible that as I am just starting my day, they are ending theres? And secondly HOW THE HELL HAVE I LIVED FOR TWO DECADES!!!!????? I know it’s super cliche to be all ‘wow time flies’ yada yada but like it really does. Before we left for the train I was staring out my window looking at a town that has casually been around since 800 bce, brushing teeth. Excuse me what? 

I don’t know sometimes people talk about how they were ‘having the time of their lives’ at my age and it makes me so scared that I am not living my life out. I mean I am in Italy so I really cannot be complaining but it is definitely something that is itching in the back of my mind. Twenty years, 7,302 days, 175,248 hours…. that is so much time and hopefully there is more, I am just trying to figure out how this is all happened. 

So obviously I was feeling quite a bit lost and confused. And two weeks later I can tell you definitely that definitely hasn’t changed. To try and wrap my mind just a little around all of this I decided to write out a list of things I have learned thus far.

 

 

20 Things I have learned about life over the past 20 years

(completely based on my own opinion)

1. Pea’s are LITERALLY the ABSOLUTE WORST vegetables on planet Earth
2. European’s don’t believe in hydrating themselves (water costs more than alcohol)
3. There are 2 things you never turn down in life: free concert tickets and traveling
4. Just push to the front of concerts, you’ll never regret being that close and you’re never going to see these people again
5. The best person to talk to when you are feeling sad is your dog (you can borrow one mine if youre ever in need)
6. Life is sooooo much bigger than high school so just power through those 4 years
7. Your mother literally knows EVERYTHING
8. NEVER EVER take a puff coat to a frat party… you will lose it (speaking from experience)
9. Only buy cheap sunglasses
10. ALWAYS ALWAYS carry a tide-to-go stick at all times
11. You can never have too many sweatshirts!!!! and you’ll never regret buying one
12. DRINK WATERRRRR
13. Men’s deodorant works 10 times better than girls
14. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY ITEMS OF BLACK CLOTHING
15. And wearing all black on a regular basis is 100% acceptable
16. Breathe in the mountain air as often as you can
17. Canyon drives/being in the mountains can take away just about any stress you have
18. Have head phones with you at all times
19. TOASTERS OVENS AND STEAMERS are essential to a functional life (I will literally scream this from the roof tops
20. We are all just humans tryin our best out here

 

Welp there you have it. Still out here just trying to figure this all out so if you have any suggestions send them my way

 

love and miss you all lots

gabi