Just yesterday, we were excited about beginning our time in college; last afternoon, we were brimming with hope about the future and looking forward to seeing where life takes us, and only last night, we were out causing mayhem on the streets, enjoying our new found financial independence, downing Jagers, knowing our bodies could handle it and. We danced the night away with the people we grew up with, and hangovers were a foreign concept.
Yet we woke up to the hangover of adult friendships. Some friends are married, some are going for their MBA, and some have quit their jobs, overwhelmed with the soul-draining nature of their jobs and are now travelling the world. Weekly group outings have become annual wedding reunions. Friends who lived a 2-minute walk away are now a 5-hour flight away. Yesterday, we were ready to take the world head-on; today, some of us have been knocked down by life.
We are not defeated; we are just dusting ourselves off to have another crack at it. From being excited about birthdays months in advance to not knowing what we are doing even a day before, the years have become something that happens to us. The enthusiasm of youth is slowly breathing its last breath, but taking its place is the contentment that comes with age. We are the ones who grew parallel to social media and while it has continuously evolved it has continuously stopped us from doing the same.
I hope we realise that “life was simpler back then” will always apply and has always applied. Today, we are living a simpler life than tomorrow, and tomorrow is 40. Your bones may have started to creak, your left shoulder and your heart may be injured, but there is life in them yet. Get in your stretches and get out there. There is a life to be lived
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