1. Using the phrase "I'm just going through a transition right now" as a legitimate excuse to get out of anything.
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2. Constantly living on the edge, financially. AKA blowing your paycheck on all of the shoes.
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3. Having fewer fears and taking more risks.
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4. Being able to stay out 'til 2 a.m. on a weeknight and then being able to function at work the next day...
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...and having your hangover last five hours and not five days.
5. Oh, and definitely indulging in that midnight pizza and not feeling shame because metabolism.
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6. Waking up without another grey hair popping out of thin air.
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7. Being able to put up with crowds and noise and noise and crowds.
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8. Not spending half of your yearly income on other people's weddings, but instead on trendy coats.
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Trendy coats always came first.
9. Eating this for dinner with no shame:
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'Cause it was all you could afford 'til payday, DUH.
10. Working all those "in-between jobs" while figuring your sh*t out.
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11. Falling hard in love with everyone you meet and being fully OK with having a fling and not thinking too hard about whether or not they're "the one."
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12. Being juuuust carefree enough not to focus your full attention on when you "should be" getting married / buying a house / having kids.
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13. Making mistakes on mistakes on mistakes and being young enough to almost learn from them.
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Leaning in to your twenties is paramount in order to truly appreciate what lies ahead: the magic that is your thirties, where you're a stronger, sharper YOU.
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