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1. I’m closer in age to 30 instead of 20.
2. My favorite song of all time is still Haunted by Taylor Swift.
3. My parents are getting older than I’d like them to be.
4. I still can’t drive despite finally getting my license 2 years ago.
5. My life looks nothing like I pictured it 10 years ago.
6. I have never kissed anyone or gone out on a date.
7. I question so much.
8. The pandemic halted so much in my life, I feel like I should be 2 years younger than I am.
9. I love my friends, but I still mourn for all the friendships that lost their way over the years.
10. I love my parents, but still live with them, and it’s driving me insane.
11. I desperately want to move out of this country daily, ideally to London.
12. Will I ever meet my soulmate, and how will I know?
13. I wish I was 100 lbs thinner.
14. I still like to live in the fantasies in my head.
15. Music is truly so powerful and is always there for me.
16. I wish things on both sides of my family weren’t so divided.
17. Growing up as a fake only child is still so isolating all these years later.
18. The job market is so terrible, and it makes me scream every time I have to write a cover letter.
19. Traveling, concerts, and Broadway shows are truly my absolute favorite things in the world.
20. Do you ever wish you could close your eyes and wake up to being 17 again? (Especially back in 2016?)
21. People leave you out a lot, and you still never fully get used to it.
22. TV shows and books are my escape.
23. I still geek out over so much in pop culture.
24. I still don’t know what I want to do when I “grow up,” but I know what I don’t want to do.
25. Will I have kids and be a good mom?
26. I can’t afford anything anymore.
27. Cheers to another year around the sun!

This was written by our contributing writer, Demi Tsatsaronis.