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20 Thoughts You Have When You Realize You've Gotten Old

Here comes the Mid-College Crisis.

Alyssa Gutrich
Sep 15, 2015
Santa Clara University
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20 Thoughts You Have When You Realize You've Gotten Old
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They say that college is some of the best times you'll have in your entire life--which is awesome. But when it hits you that you are actually in the middle of THAT time of your life, you realize that you can start saying things like, "Yeah, that was probably like 10 years ago." ...WTF, when did we get old?


1. Paying rent sucks — I'm overpaying a landlord for a tiny apartment every single month; is this real life?

2. I am literally halfway through college.

3. In a year or two, I may be attending the weddings of my best friends.

4. Autopay is such a handy invention--but I just realized that it's just an impending date that my car payment is withdrawn from my account every month, so that sucks.

5. Wait, we have to pay for wifi?

6. Taxes.

7. I should probably be better about taking my vitamins.

8. Speaking of health, maybe I'm thinking I should do some arm weightlifting to prevent that arm flab that no one wants.

9. Do I need to start wearing night cream to prevent wrinkles?

10. What if I turn into one of those women who stresses about getting engaged by a certain age? Who TF needs a schedule for their entire life? I hate that.

11. If I don't travel now, I may never, so I should probably get on that.

12. Cleaning supplies are so expensive--and that's BEFORE I have to actually clean everything myself.

13. Why can't things like clothes and coffee be free? That should be a right of passage or something--you graduate from high school, enter the real world, and get those two life necessities handed to you right out of the gate.

14. I refuse to ever drive a minivan or wear mom jeans no matter how old I get--so everyone can just forget it.

15. Do I have to stop pretending to like babies and actually start liking them just because I'm in the second decade of my life?

16. Please God, don't let me get a job where I live in a cubicle and have to microwave Lean Cuisine for lunch everyday.

17. But, I mean, I hope I actually get a job.

18. If my parents had forced me into pageants or gymnastics or something, I could be a millionaire right now.

19. Ugh. Now I understand cocktail hour and happy hour--no wonder people drink everyday at 5pm.

20. Eh, I guess I'm only 20. Life is good.


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