Cheers!

Cheers to being in your 20s. Cheers to graduating college. Cheers to going to grad school. Cheers to having a job. Cheers to waking up everyday. Cheers to deciding how to live your life! Cheers to being able to cheers to any of those cheers. We cheers because it’s a Tuesday, or because it’s sunny, or because immature Ray J made an amazingly catchy song.

You are you and I am me. I don’t judge you so please don’t judge me.

Too often do I talk to people my age who aren’t enjoying life. Memento Mori. That’s probably the most influential phrase in my life. (So much so it is tatted it on my left shoulder) The Latin saying translates into English meaning “remember you will die”. I like to think of it as the political correct form of YOLO.  Everyone has goals in life but everyone should not be so focused on those goals that you forget to celebrate life. 

It is very common for people to look at someone else’s life and get upset that they aren’t at that point in life. There are people my age with whole families (husband/wife, kid(s), and a dog). There are also people I graduated with buying brand new cars every other year. Sounds good and all but in reality I’m not ready and too often the people trying to hurry up and get there aren’t realizing they aren’t ready for that part of life either. Don’t hide who you are in order to look good for others. You will get where you want to be at your own pace and I can guarantee you will be a lot happier because you were able to have fun doing it. Work is work but there is always happy hour afterwards.

Some of your biggest hiccups will be when you are in your 20s. Here are some good (and not so good) examples. Macaulay Culkin realized he wasn't as cute as he used to be and started doing drugs, He was arrested at 24 for possession. Diddy was charged with assault when he was 29 and that same year got caught up in club scandal with Shyne. Jay-z was 29 when he stabbed a record executive. Houston was 22 when he gouged his eye out. Britney Spears cheated on Justin Timberlake when she was 21. She also went into rehab shaved her head at the age of 26. At 26 Michael Jacksons hair caught fire and we all know that changed him forever. Left Eye set her boyfriends house on fire at 23. The next year TLC declared bankruptcy. Taylor Swift is in her 20s and a public serial dater. Finally, Chris Brown started his 20s with the biggest hiccup of his life. Which means Rhianna also had a hiccup. 

Your ducks are still trying to get in line so let them. Rushing will just leave you wanting more and being highly disappointed when you realize more isn’t enough. I'm not trying to discourage anyones way of living Im just trying to remind you to stop and smell the Pansies often enough to make you smile on a rainy day. 

So let us toast to memento mori. Cheers.