Twenty-Something

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Pick a career. Pick a city.

Call your mother back.

Have you eaten? Have you slept?

What’s your five-year plan?

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Get a pension. Get a hobby.

Stop wasting your potential.

Are you happy? Are you sure?

Have you tried journaling?

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When are the kids? Where’s the ring?

You’re not getting any younger.

Be a little more like her.

Have you thought about hunger?

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Move out. Move on. Move forward.

Make a budget. Make a choice.

Why so quiet? Why so lost?

Why can’t you use your voice?

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Drink more water. Work out more.

Read the news but not too much.

Find yourself. But hurry up.

Stay in touch. Stay in touch.

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But go out more. Live a little.

Stop being so serious.

You’re only young once, you know -

Why are you so mysterious?

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Just decide. Just commit. Just go.

Stop overthinking everything.

What are you so afraid of?

What does your silence bring?

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Pick a career. Pick a city.

Pick a feeling. Pick a path.

Pick a version of yourself

before the whole thing snaps -

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