the essay i didn't know i needed until i read it! thank you thank you thank you for putting some of my deepest feelings into beautifully written words. i teared up a bit reading this, especially what you wrote about friendship. there seems to be such a pressure to make lifelong friends, meet your bridesmaids, etc., but realizing that everyone deals with that pressure and at the end of the day, the people you're meant to meet will come into your life, has been so important to making the meaningful (but maybe not lifelong) friendships you wrote about. <3
the best things in life will find their way to you and everything will happen just as it should. 🤍 thank you so much for reading it warms my heart knowing it’s helped you in some way :,)
i need to save this for when i turn 20 and i’m terrified it’s all over—just like i was when i turned 18 and just like i was when i turned 13 and just like i was when i turned 10
I once had a friend say to me when I was at an event that "this is the best part", he whispered it to me like a little kid and if I could use any experience to sum up what it's like turning 20, I would use that.
So i'm saying to you now, this is the best part! (Imagine me whispering it to you like 2 friends who aren't supposed to be talking in class) <3
"The greatest part about being in your twenties is that you’re still young enough that it’s okay to be clueless, because of the new challenge of adulthood to navigate, but you’re old enough to have a more concrete idea of who you are, or who you want to be." ugh thank you for this !!!!
I once saw a post that said "Being in your twenties is rediscovering all the things that made you happy as a kid" and wow?? That's the truth.
I do not think that I have had more fun ever than the first year of my twenties (and I still have 7 months left of my first year)
I make mistakes and I make them big, I try new things and I mess up, I love hard every single time even when it's not returned. I put my dress on even though I hate the way it looks on my back, I dance to music I haven't listened to in years, I kiss boys that I have no business being alone with and I love my friends like it was the one thing I was sent on this earth to do.
I LOVE being in my 20s and I can't believe that I get 9 more years of it! Great read!
You did it again Faith, thank you so much for phrasing such an unspeakable topic for us the girls that don't know how to put things correctly into words😭🩷
this is so beautiful faith :) this really resonates with me as an 18 year old who is scared of adulthood- this has changed my perspective of my 20s to something more positive ♡♡
you are definitely not naïve for thinking so! i think it’s one of those things that everyone is worried about but never has conversations about. but I think once we start discussing it we’ll realize that we’re all in this together 🤍🥲
i relate to this so hard! im just turned 24 and still feel mentally 17, but my younger brother is nearly 17 and it is kind of terrifying to realize how young he is and how much has changed in 7 years. so i totally relate to what you said about your sister. and completely agree that your 20s are a second chance at teenagehood - im taking this time now to rediscover things i used to love and enjoy (slowly), and it is bringing lots of much needed joy!
Oh my goodness. Your substack is incredible and you deserve EVERY success. I’ve never read writing which is equal parts comforting, wise, and erudite like this. Your words go down so easily and yet I wish to chew on them, too. I’m so glad your substack exists; thank you. Take care. ❤️
the essay i didn't know i needed until i read it! thank you thank you thank you for putting some of my deepest feelings into beautifully written words. i teared up a bit reading this, especially what you wrote about friendship. there seems to be such a pressure to make lifelong friends, meet your bridesmaids, etc., but realizing that everyone deals with that pressure and at the end of the day, the people you're meant to meet will come into your life, has been so important to making the meaningful (but maybe not lifelong) friendships you wrote about. <3
the best things in life will find their way to you and everything will happen just as it should. 🤍 thank you so much for reading it warms my heart knowing it’s helped you in some way :,)
i need to save this for when i turn 20 and i’m terrified it’s all over—just like i was when i turned 18 and just like i was when i turned 13 and just like i was when i turned 10
you're gonna be just fine <3 trust me :')
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I once had a friend say to me when I was at an event that "this is the best part", he whispered it to me like a little kid and if I could use any experience to sum up what it's like turning 20, I would use that.
So i'm saying to you now, this is the best part! (Imagine me whispering it to you like 2 friends who aren't supposed to be talking in class) <3
the best part is, you have 3 extra years to figure yourself out in your twenties than you do in your teens!
Love love love this perspective.
"The greatest part about being in your twenties is that you’re still young enough that it’s okay to be clueless, because of the new challenge of adulthood to navigate, but you’re old enough to have a more concrete idea of who you are, or who you want to be." ugh thank you for this !!!!
I once saw a post that said "Being in your twenties is rediscovering all the things that made you happy as a kid" and wow?? That's the truth.
I do not think that I have had more fun ever than the first year of my twenties (and I still have 7 months left of my first year)
I make mistakes and I make them big, I try new things and I mess up, I love hard every single time even when it's not returned. I put my dress on even though I hate the way it looks on my back, I dance to music I haven't listened to in years, I kiss boys that I have no business being alone with and I love my friends like it was the one thing I was sent on this earth to do.
I LOVE being in my 20s and I can't believe that I get 9 more years of it! Great read!
So true! Society talks a lot about coming of age in your teens, but there's definitely a coming of age that happens in your 20s. Great post.
I feel like this was a well needed reminder thank you. Teenage me would be so excited by all the freedoms twenty two year old me has! :)
This was such a very nice read !
You did it again Faith, thank you so much for phrasing such an unspeakable topic for us the girls that don't know how to put things correctly into words😭🩷
this is so beautiful faith :) this really resonates with me as an 18 year old who is scared of adulthood- this has changed my perspective of my 20s to something more positive ♡♡
That was so beautiful Faith 💗
thank you!!! <3
i've been thinking about so many of these points recently but wasn't sure if i was naïve in thinking them—this is beautiful. THANK YOU
you are definitely not naïve for thinking so! i think it’s one of those things that everyone is worried about but never has conversations about. but I think once we start discussing it we’ll realize that we’re all in this together 🤍🥲
thank you for this. <33
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I loved the line “alongside a tapestry of relationships—some old, some new—that make up a mosaic of my identity.” I loved reading this, thank you! <3
i relate to this so hard! im just turned 24 and still feel mentally 17, but my younger brother is nearly 17 and it is kind of terrifying to realize how young he is and how much has changed in 7 years. so i totally relate to what you said about your sister. and completely agree that your 20s are a second chance at teenagehood - im taking this time now to rediscover things i used to love and enjoy (slowly), and it is bringing lots of much needed joy!
Oh my goodness. Your substack is incredible and you deserve EVERY success. I’ve never read writing which is equal parts comforting, wise, and erudite like this. Your words go down so easily and yet I wish to chew on them, too. I’m so glad your substack exists; thank you. Take care. ❤️