Daily Insight: 25 Ain't 45

A wise man once said “we just having the time of our lives right now!” I couldn’t agree more with Mr. Carter.

I turned 25 a little over a month ago. When this milestone birthday was creeping up, I had no reservations about it, but as I’ve recently learned this carefree attitude is not shared by all of my peers. A friend of mine sought my advice on this issue. She was worried that her whole lifestyle would have to change because this quarter century birthday was coming up. I had a complete list of thoughts I shared with her on why you should not change a damn thing because you’re now 25. And because this is my here blog I’ll share what I told her.

First thing I made very clear. Last time I checked there is no line drawn in the fabric of time to say “at 25 you must immediately cease macking and hanging.” Yes, 25 is a big birthday but if you are satisfied with your lifestyle at 24, why should it change at 25?!

I have some news to share. We are not Cinderella. My chariot will not turn into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight on my 25th birthday, and the bottle of Patron I’m grasping onto at my celebration of this birthday will not turn into a baby bottle!

The biggest transition birthday to me was the 21 to 22 year. I was able to graduate college in that year, and finally be able to enjoy my lifestyle with a little bit of money in my account. No more collecting bottle and cans to go to happy hour. Not like I ever did that, but you guys know what I’m getting at.

So let me let you guys in on a few fundamental truths that I realized on May 21st, 2012. Yes, I’ve officially been on this earth 25 years. I better throw myself one hell of a party (which I did)! And, I need to keep on the financial path I’ve set for myself to be out of my childhood bedroom sooner than later.

Everyone is going to have their own opinion on the matter, but I believe that the maturity you seek will come with time and not age. Yes, it’s true I don’t enjoy hugging the block as much as I did when I was 20. I don’t want to deal with a dude with no car as I may of tolerated when I was 19, and I don’t want to go to the same sweat box parties I may of loved in college, but those are my personal growths. You can’t depend on a number to tell yourself when you want to move on to new phases in life.

The moral of the story is age ain’t nothing but a damn number as Aaliyah said. If you’re having the time of your life at 24 I would hope like hell you’d want it to continue right on into 25. I know I surely did!

-Becks