(This was submitted to me from a wonderful writer who wishes to remain anonymous. This post is one that I think many twentysomethings can relate to. Enjoy!)
It has been just a little over five years now since I moved into that first apartment that was All. Mine.  Trash, and the responsibility for taking it out: [...]

As I washed my hands amidst a bunch of girls clad in lycra chatting on cell phones, I found myself thinking of a post I’d written about a year and a half prior about my experiences at the very same club. About how I’d spent more money than I would ever hope to in one [...]

Remember last week when I asked you to tell me what’s one thing you wished people would realize about you?
There was a reason.
I’ve been finding myself having conversations with people who have made assumptions on the kind of person I am. Obviously they aren’t assuming the worst of me, nor is the motivation behind their [...]

I have a lot of going on right now… I’ve been interviewing for jobs, preparing to start grad school, dating a new guy, trying to fill in my free time with odd jobs…. no one said being 22 wasn’t chaotic. And once I do have a job and my classes have started, things will only [...]

Probably one of the biggest points of agreement we can all have about our 20s is that they are bloody busy.
Perhaps it is this pressure to “have it all”, but I frequently feel I have demands flying at me from every direction. Career demands are hurtling at me from one end, family pressures from another, [...]

This week’s guest post is by Just Jinny over at  A Real Girl in the Real World. 

 
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There seems to be a certain schedule that young people are being held to.  It isn’t written anywhere, or blatantly talked about.  Just a general consensus that is often hinted at, sometimes in a very obvious manner.  It seems [...]

Finish this sentence..
The one thing I wish people would realize about me is______________________________
(I promise there is a reason for this. We will discuss it next Thursday…)

As the post below this one made clear, grad school isn’t always sunshine and lollipops. I’m afraid this is one of those times. As such, I’m playing cop-out blogger again, and leaving you all with another old favourite from my blog. I thought it may be something our brainy readers could sympathize with.
I’m afraid, Bloggie-Land, [...]

“Welcome to the real world she said to me,” is my mother’s favorite retort to my hemming and hawing about my life and the suckiness of paying bills and making decisions and being a Contributing Member to Society.
She never remembers that the very next word of that song is “condescendingly.”
Sigh.
But this is not about [...]

(Hello everybody! I received this post from someone who wished to remain anonymous. I think it’s such a revealing look at the struggles I know many people faced- or are still facing. Though we all wish politics would unite us, it’s sometimes far more difficult than we can imagine. Enjoy this thought provoking submission and [...]

I feel a little bit guilty that today is my turn to write a post here, and I’m not sure what to do with it.
I am so happy about how the election turned out yesterday that I can’t even begin to describe to you how I am feeling.
I know that not all of you voted [...]

I’m 24 years old. This is the first year I have been registered to vote. To be honest, it’s the first time I cared enough to vote. The first time I’ve cared enough to watch the debates, to research the issues that are important to me and to want to vote.
I got chills this morning [...]

This was originally posted at my blog this summer, hence the dated Batman reference. As an aside, I haven’t seen him since.
Every six to nine months, The Ex and I decide that a catch-up coffee is in order.
This time around was brought about by a text message I sent after seeing his apparent twin on the [...]