But there is something that has not quite gone out of my mind. It is this feeling I have in my heart which keeps telling me that I may have witnessed an end of an era with respect to my life.
Being twenty five and then moving towards thirty starts to show a lot of changes. And this post is going to be more about things I will miss about being a twenty all over again.
I will miss going out with friends for a random tea outside college without as much thinking
I will miss not planning my next three years of savings to buy a house
I will miss coveting a buggati veyron when now I know my finances don’t allow that dream
I will miss asking my dad for a raise on pocket money with tears and cajoling rather than now working hard day and night for the dreaded appraisal at job
I will miss making people happy and in turn winning friendships for life
I will miss having people who judged you on the basis of how big your heart is rather than your wallet
I will miss being the person I wished to be rather than what others desired of me.
Notice something nowhere have I used the words ‘I miss’. In all statements there is an ‘I will miss’. The affirmation is absent in the tone. Yes it is because I am not going to miss any of this!
Now read this.
I will not miss going out with my friends for that random tea because now I can plan an outstation reunion
I will not be happy missing out on planning a house because ultimately I am inching towards building a home
I will not miss coveting a buggati veyron because anyways I could never have driven in the by lanes of my country
I will not miss asking my dad for a raise on pocket money because I still sneak a buck or two off his wallet
I will not miss making people happy and thanks to winning friendships because my blog has given me an opportunity to continue that for life!
I will not miss having people who judged me on the basis of how big my heart is because guess what they are already there in my life and I need no more additions as of now
I will not miss being the person I wished to be because that is ultimately in my hands and not in my age.
End of an era perhaps. But remember it also signifies start of another!
What will you miss about being twenty?
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Hmmm got me thinking. But twenties was around four years back and so many things have changes in last four years. I kind of relate to both the lists!
Richa….. This post is just brilliant. All because how how intelligently you have structured it.
Loved loved loved the awesome post.
Another thought provoking post Richa 🙂
On a lighter note,
I will miss the attention given to the unmarried girl 🙂
Now in your style
I will not miss the attention, because ……
😉
Richa….. This post is just brilliant. All because how how intelligently you have structured it.
Loved loved loved the awesome post.
I’ll get there. I’m still heading to my mid twenty! 😀
The 2 AM Writer
I moved out of home at 21 so in some ways I feel like I was having to be responsible since then as I worked through uni to pay for my rent and my bills, saved to buy a place post-uni and still have a life. Maybe that’s one of the reasons 30 didn’t hit me hard and there’s nothing I actually miss about my twenties. I loved the line about the person you wish to be is in your hands. You are your own master…
Richa this was so so good!! Love it! The pic and the quote brilliant!
hmmm – the 20s were such a long time ago, but surely I’m still only 24 in my heart. An interesting post – I particularly like the part about being the person you wished to be is not about your age. Wise words indeed.
What do I miss? – the people I have lost.
When I was twenty I was told by a specialist I had 2 years to live — pretty heavy for a 20 year old to hear. That was 45 years ago – and I am still here — found my own cure!
A creatively written post, Richa! And that picture of the sharp turn is so great…speaks a lot. Yes, a new era can only begin when the old one ends…but does it have to be always like that? May be the old and the new can somehow co-exist? 🙂 Now you got me thinking…
I am actually enjoying my present age too much to miss the ‘old days’, but if there’s one thing I miss a little now and then is my naivete in my twenties. Then again, not sure if that was a good way to be! 😉
The only things I miss about being in my twenties, is that I lived in India then, and I had my family, my childhood friends and my relatives around me. I miss that all the time.
I don’t even think of twenties at all. But is it not interlinked? One by one we have experienced every thing.
I’ll tell you after 5 years, Richa 🙂 Now is not the time for telling you that 😀
Once its finished I no longer miss it very much.. Life is too short and there are just too many things to repeat anything twice. Prefer a one time experience of anything though I dont mind a second serving of anything tasty 😀
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I could completely resonate with your post. One thing i miss about being in early twenties is making elaborate plans fully knowing they will not be completed…
I will miss how thin I was back then 🙂 Seriously, there is no reason to miss anything that is gone by. We just remember the times fondly and move on, looking ahead and enjoying every moment in the present. Loved how you wrote your post in two parts, awesome.
This was a very very veryyyyyy intelligent post. I am like your series!
I am still 24, but I dont think I miss anything from my past.
Hmmm… what do I miss from the twenties?? I thought a lot and came to a conclusion, that I dont miss anything, actually! Happy and at peace with the present! 😀
With age, if one can preserve the youthfulness of mind, enjoying the life may continue. At times, at a sharp bend, we do loose focus and get confused which way to go… but then we make a choice and proceed, u turns might also be required and we should “just take it”…
Richa, am still in 20s, so I dunno what I will miss but to be frank after reading your posts about this theme I feel like you are a didi to me :'( *happy tears*
Stri
Great post and I just wish I could say I was in my 20s but I am twice as old as you.
This is a great post. As I think back on my twenties I realize I am awful happy I survived them. The first four years I was in an abusive relationship. I lost my mom. I went through a wild child phase. I met the man of my dreams, married him, and lived happily ever after. A lot happened in that decade! Some days, like today, I wish I was in my 20’s again and had the energy I did. You are as old as you feel. Enjoy life no matter what your age. You go through stages, then move on…and it is ALL good! ♥
End of an era..signifying start of another, profound words Richa. I do miss my 20s, the age of innocence where life was not hard on us. 30s mean to develop thick skin…
Beautiful, uplifting post… I love the way you turned things around like that!
I miss being in my 20s… And my 30s. Being a grown up isn’t all it was cracked up to be.
My twentieth year is lost to me, I really can’t remember anything about it. At 25, I had a child!
It took me a long time to learn how to live with all the things that are wrong with me, and now that I’m finally starting to, I’m almost 50.
So it goes.
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Yea thats the spirit gal 😀
I guess I’ll miss being 20, but that also means I’ll embrace my 30s with happiness ! Great post, Richa 🙂
Am in early 20’s and yes could say it is more of an intelligent post made by heart 🙂 do have a look at Shyam @ Scribbles of An Enigma
You DO realise that you are getting more introspective with each post? 😉 Nice work, Richa. I was about to comment on the ‘making new friends’ part and the blog, when I saw that you did it yourself in the latter part of the post. Really liked this post today!
*Shailaja*
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hmmm…I don’t know I think I’m still as boring as I was when I was 20… I miss being 16 though because up until then I could live with my parents always and not have to live in a pg or hostel or now with a husband!
Random Thoughts Naba
My forty year old brain was saying but you shouldn’t miss these things… hahaha you explained it better than I could have in your conclusion – indeed every ending is a new beginning 🙂 Reflex Reactions
I think every year that passes takes a little aspiration from us and gives us little rational thinking in return. 🙂
I was getting sad reading the first part but the second half made me smile 🙂
“End of an era perhaps. But remember it also signifies start of another!”
Very well said!
Nice one 🙂 but frankly the missing continues but you make new memories as well.. and realize that every Era will bring with it its own share of moments and memories 🙂
The wrong side of 20s is actually the right side!
Nice twist in the end. End of an era surely is in our hands but some times time and situations demand a change 🙂
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ATB
beautiful picture and quote at the middle of the post, it was like you put that at the center intentionally so as to indicate the end of the road with the “you will miss” section and suddenly your “you will not miss” section appeared and indicated that no it’s just a sharp turn but not the end of the road.. 🙂 I hope you get my interpretation 🙂
lovely post
Amritt
Rightly said “end of an era…and starting of another…” loved it 🙂
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