Alessia D’Anna
Short Draft 1
November 13, 2013
“Terrible
22’s, or are they?”
It most likely started with an awesome rated R movie you saw in 6th
grade, as you watched in excitement saying to your friends, “Only 7 more years
until that’s us!” Or maybe it began with a “cool” story someone’s unfiltered
older sibling told you about how they were up all night partying and boozing
and totally skipped classes all week. Wherever you were when you first began to
think about college, you were most likely years away from the first time you would
physically walk into a dorm and understand what things like easy mac/cup of
noodles, hangovers and bad decisions really meant.
Despite what you might have heard from word of mouth, you didn’t
really know what to expect from the after high school fraction of your life,
but think you have some sort of indistinguishable idea and if you’re lucky, you
also have a team of friends taking these steps with you and an even larger
family encouraging you to keep moving forward! What nobody really explains
though, or perhaps they themselves don’t have a grasp on it just yet, is what
it feels like at the “end of the road.” Everyone wants to talk about the party
but nobody wants to explain what 6 am feels like afterwards. That’s why I’m
here, to present the 22 things that Taylor Swift didn’t teach you about being
22:
1.
You will be tired. So tired, and not from day drinking.
2. Love
feels scary, yet comfortable and primal.
3.
Most of your friends don’t give a shit about you.
4.
Luckily your family does, even if it may be a little too much at times.
5.
Feeding yourself becomes more of a burden than you ever thought possible.
6.
Errands are a real thing that requires careful planning and dedicated follow
through.
7.
You will actually use a lot of the random shit that you said you would never
use in school.
8.
Unfortunately you somehow did not learn enough random shit and will frequently
say really dumb shit at work. Out loud, probably in front of your boss.
9.
“How’s work?” will be the only question anyone ever asks you.
10. Money.
It leaves as quickly as it comes.
11.
If you do anything kinda grown up with your boyfriend/girlfriend people will
think you’re getting married.
12.
Your family will start to get weird about you getting married. THEY NEVER STOP
ASKING!
13.
Having no rules will be really fucking scary.
14.
It’s harder than you think to make friends, especially good ones.
15.
People are racist.
16.
You will be selfish without knowing you’re being selfish.
17. You
will do great things, because you are confident enough to know you can.
18.
Ambition can feel suffocating.
19.
You will find gray hairs, and if you haven’t yet… just wait… they’re coming.
20.
You will drink to survive not to party.
21. Most
of this drinking will be at home, on your couch, in your sweat pants.. and you’ll
find that you’re surprisingly more than ok with that.
22.
Anything really is possible.
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