Being 20, and into your early twenties, is a bit of a confusing time. It's one of those times where you feel and think you should already be established and have a job with steady income, and living on your own. But in all reality, you're either away for school and barely getting by, or you're working your ass off every week because you have bills to pay. Whichever one it is - it's rough. But, one thing you need to remember: You don't need to be anywhere fancy right now. You don't NEED to be worrying about moving out, working full-time, and paying all types of bills. YOU'RE IN YOUR PRIME! LIVE IT!

Instead of growing up so quickly, we should be focused on making the most of our youth. We should be traveling and seeing what the Earth has to offer before settling down. We should be going out with friends and making memories while we can. We should be dating - finding what we're going to want in the future. Working different jobs to see what we want to do in our future - and having fun in those jobs to keep ourselves from being stressed out in the years to come. We should be laughing. We should be playing. We should be loving and living.

We shouldn't feel like we NEED to be getting married right now, but that's how it seems. I'm 19 and all of my friends are getting married and having babies (nothing wrong with that! I love weddings and babies). And that's not what I'm saying, I'm saying that we shouldn't feel like that's what we HAVE to be doing at our age. If that's what we want, then hell yeah - go and do it. If you would rather go stay at your BFF's house and eat a big bowl of ice cream AND a slice of cheesecake while watching "Grey's Anatomy" or "American Horror Story" all night then why not do that? Or, if you would rather go out and party like it's your 21st birthday every night without a care in the world then listen when I say this... GO DO IT!

Stop feeling like you should be doing something more at this age. We have plenty of time to grow up, but that time shouldn't have to be right now. We have the opportunity right now to be able to work either part-time or full-time and still have so much free time that we can make the most of our weekends. 18-21, dude just go live. We have responsibility but nothing nearly like what it's going to be in a few years. So let's enjoy the age we're at. Don't worry about what other's think or are judging you for right now - they have no choice on what you do. You are the ruler of your own happiness.

Where you're at in life is okay.