thetwentysomething.

In our twenties (and often thirties), we find ourselves somewhere on a spectrum. I don’t know if there’s a name for it, but we’re all well aware of it. We likely have friends on either end of the spectrum, but most of us fall somewhere in the middle. For the sake of brevity, let’s call it the Drop Shots – Babies Spectrum. We all have that friend who rocks the club scene five nights a week, with no intention of changing that pattern in the near future. We also have that married friend who uses foreign terms like “mortgage payment” and “maternity leave”.

While we move from one end of the spectrum to the other, there are a variety of things that can happen, maybe some post-graduate education, perhaps some travel, figuring out your career, make-ups, break-ups, maybe finding someone to spend your life with, or even finding yourself (whatever that means).

Some of us are in this in-between phase for most of our twenties and thirties, while others take the Snooki-path and go from one end of the spectrum to the other in a matter of a few (9?) months. While we all take different paths, and rarely end up in identical places, we tend to experience a lot of the same things in the process.  Wherever you find yourself on the spectrum, I hope I’ll hit on something you can relate to.

(Please don’t discount my credibility for the Jersey Shore reference).