So I turned 24 yesterday and the biggest question on my mind (as it seems to have incepted all of my friendsâ minds) is: does 24 count as âmid-twentiesâ? âWelcome to your mid-twentiesâ my friends quip. Others take the less subtle approach: âyouâre an old manâ. For some reason, people in their early twenties have an obsessive fear of the mid and late-twenties. Perhaps, itâs because young professionals in their early twenties still want to pretend that theyâre in school and that things donât have real consequences and there is an opportunity for do-overs. We crave the spontaneity of campus, the non-commitment of parties, the safety of a bubble. At Rice we used to call this phenomenon going âbeyond the hedges.â It was a big issue that the school and the student association tried to solve for by naming the problem and devising solutions to encourage students to leave the campus they paid good money to go to school at. The effort was designed to help introduce students to the world outside the magical village that the school campus consisted. For most students, you got glimpses in your weekly off-campus food adventures or the occasional concert-festival-artsy gathering, but none of these really brought students face-to-face to the real dangers of the real world. We were afforded a safety that people scarcely recognized and appreciated. The few real encounters with danger that we were privy to were the occasional campus police reports of armed robberies, stalking, or petty thievery.
I think this is my favorite one of your blog posts! đ A lot of the ideas, especially the part about no longer having to follow a rigid plan, resonated with me. I enjoy hearing about the latest ideas that excite you, and I hope you continue to share that excitement with the rest of us!
the mid-twenties (mini-đ 1/100)
I think this is my favorite one of your blog posts! đ A lot of the ideas, especially the part about no longer having to follow a rigid plan, resonated with me. I enjoy hearing about the latest ideas that excite you, and I hope you continue to share that excitement with the rest of us!