In a few days, it’ll be my 20th birthday. My teenage years have been filled with highs and lows — hasn’t everybody’s?

But, I just can’t seem to wrap my head around the fact that I’ll be leaving one era and entering another. Sure, I have bittersweet memories from my teen years, and I’ll miss the innocence of everything, but I’m very much looking forward to my 20’s too. I know the 20’s aren’t the easiest decade to live through, but I hope that I will learn a lot during this new time in my life.

I hope that my 20’s are full of travel and love. I want long nights in NYC filled with club-hopping, and even longer days spent doing things I truly love. And, as for the love part, I don't want just romantic love, but self-love in addition to that. I don’t feel like a lot of people have enough self-love. I have completed a lot of personal growth during my late teen years, and I only hope to keep growing.

Another thing I’m hoping for is that I’ll have an easier time choosing right from wrong. I’m sure that I’ll still have moments when I slip up, but it’s human nature. It happens. I just hope that I make the right decisions when necessary.

One fear I do have is a fear of the unexpected. I hate not being in control of fate but that’s the point of fate — sometimes, things happen for specific reasons. I just hope that my twenties treats me well.