Today’s feature article is written by Sarah Beth Cody, a regular contributor to NowHabersham.
I remember turning 25 like it was yesterday…
in actuality, it was merely a month ago.
Turning 25 was supposed to look a certain way, feel a certain way, act a certain way.
And oh, how I wished it would.
At 25, I imagined I would be so old that I couldn’t possibly feel like a teenager inside anymore; and yet, there are days that I do.
And I definitely wouldn’t ever break out again (spoiler alert: that’s a lie).
At 25, I would have a husband and be thinking about expanding our family in the near future. We’d have the freedom to travel on weekends with all the money we would be making as fresh-out-of-college professionals. And no doubt, we’d live in the dream home. At 25, seemed so far away.
The truth is, sometimes 25 feels like 10 and sometimes 17 and sometimes 73.
The beauty of this age is that it looks like a lot of things for a lot of different people. There is no stereotype, no predictable life stage that correlates with 25.
At this point, some are married and maybe even have a baby or two (or three, if they’re brave!) and that’s a really beautiful blessing.
Some at 25 are as solo as a red cup and still trying to figure out where they want to settle down “when they grow up,” and that’s mysterious and exciting all at the same time.
Others are changing the world with their life-long passions–maybe even living on the other side of it—while many are starting over and going back to school to do what they were too afraid to do the first time around. And that is liberating.
At 25, we’re old enough to have experienced a lot of ups, not as many downs, a few heartaches, and a life crisis that may have lasted through one mixed CD from high school.
At 25, we have some of our most crucial growing years behind us and a lifetime before us to take what we’ve learned and live our life with greater intention.
We are not young and impressionable. We are young and influential.
We are not just dreamers. We are also doers.
And at 25, that is more than I could ever want.
