20 Things I've Learned In 20 Years | The Odyssey Online

Recommended for you

Start writing a post

20 Things I've Learned In 20 Years

The journey is only beginning.

Emily Rose Romsky

Jun 07, 2017

44

Emily Romsky

I've officially entered my 20s. I'm both extremely excited and scared out of my mind about starting this new journey. I love the person I am becoming and the things I am doing with my life. I can finally picture a future for myself with a solid dream and goals that I intend to meet within the next 20 years of my life.

I've learned a lot in the past 20 years. Not everyone you love will stay, not everyone you trust will be loyal, and some people only exist as examples of what to avoid. I want to say thank you to those who broke my heart, you made a stronger woman because of it. Thank you to the one friend from middle school who stayed with me all this time and still hasn't left. Thank you to my parents and family who continue to support me and for giving me the resources I need to succeed. Thank you to my big brother who continues to be my hero and always lending a shoulder to cry on. Thank you to the music teachers who gave me the confidence I carry with me every day. Thank you to the relationships I've formed over the past two years at college, I love you and you all inspire me every day. Lastly, thank you to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for saving me when I didn't think I could go on any longer and thought I was worthless.

I am grateful for every day I wake up breathing. I intend to live the next 20 years and forevermore to the fullest taking on any challenges that may come my way.

Thank you to those who stayed and left my life. Look at me now.

Report this Content

This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.

The 12 Stages Of Course Registration, As Told By "Friends"

No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

The State University of New York at Stony Brook

4181

ross geller

YouTube

As college students, we are all familiar with the horror show that is course registration week. Whether you are an incoming freshman or selecting classes for your last semester, I am certain that you can relate to how traumatic this can be.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

Bonus points if it is more than two.

Keep Reading...Show less

Featured

Economic Benefits of Higher Wages

Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

Florida International University

301899

Illistrated image of people crowded with banners to support a cause

StableDiffusion

Raising the minimum wage to a livable wage would not only benefit workers and their families, it would also have positive impacts on the economy and society. Studies have shown that by increasing the minimum wage, poverty and inequality can be reduced by enabling workers to meet their basic needs and reducing income disparities.

I come from a low-income family. A family, like many others in the United States, which has lived paycheck to paycheck. My family and other families in my community have been trying to make ends meet by living on the minimum wage. We are proof that it doesn't work.

Keep Reading...Show less

13 Times April Ludgate Perfectly Explained College

Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

1544

April Ludgate

Every college student knows and understands the struggle of forcing themselves to continue to care about school. Between the piles of homework, the hours of studying and the painfully long lectures, the desire to dropout is something that is constantly weighing on each and every one of us, but the glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel helps to keep us motivated. While we are somehow managing to stay enrolled and (semi) alert, that does not mean that our inner-demons aren't telling us otherwise, and who is better to explain inner-demons than the beloved April Ludgate herself? Because of her dark-spirit and lack of filter, April has successfully been able to describe the emotional roller-coaster that is college on at least 13 different occasions and here they are.

Keep Reading...Show less

Facebook Comments