My 20s

My 20s was a roller coaster, full of ups and downs. There was a lot of growth throughout my 20s. Gained new life experiences, good and bad. Made new memories, new friends, new skills, and new perspectives. 

My Milestones in my 20s:

• Turned 21 and could legally drink woo! Legally bought my first bottle of liquor and it was a bottle of Jagermeister. 
  
  
• Bought my first car. I just bought my mom's car and she used that money to put towards her current car.
  

• Graduated from the University of Oregon.


• Paid off my student loan within a year after graduating. I was super aggressive and pretty much put majority of my paycheck towards paying off my loan.
  

• Had a total of 3 full time job at different companies. Currently, still at the third company and am enjoying my job here. Got my very first promotion yay.
  

• Moved out of my parent's and into an apartment downtown with Gabe. Our first time living together.
  

• Bought my first house on my own woo! Big girl purchase. Along with house renovations before moving in and lots of house maintenance.
  

• Adopted Mello. Best decision ever, I can't imagine life without him.
  

• Got lasik. I can see without glasses now, but I still wear blue light glasses to help with eye strain when I am watching TV or on my laptop. 

• Got two tattoos. My first one at the beginning of my 20s and the second one at the end.
  

 

Notable random changes/updates that come to mind for my 20s (in no specific order):

• Rediscovered my love for reading. Buying a Kindle was one of the best purchase in my 20s.
  

• Started enjoying drinking hot/warm water by itself. Especially in the fall/winter season or when it is cold out. When it is hot out like in the summer, I will drink water with ice to cool myself down.
  

• The last 2 years of my 20s, I started making my own smoothies and drinking it for lunch. So yummy and healthy. It is an easy way to get my fruit intake in.
  

• Towards the end of my 20s, I have been trying to exercise more consistently to lose weight and to be healthier. Using my stepper, doing Youtube workout videos, walking more, etc.
  

• Got into skincare and taking way better care of my skin after moving out from my parent's. Incorporated using sunscreen on a daily basis.
  

• My motion sickness got worse hahaha.
  

• Gained a lot of weight as my 20s progressed and towards the end I am trying to lose it.
  

• Got and still am really into true crime. I love watching Stephanie Soo's videos.
  

• Survived the Covid Pandemic and transitioned to remote work.
  

• Grew out of my party/drunk girl phase fairly quickly. Too many drunken nights at the start of my 20s lol. Now I rarely drink and when I do, I get tipsy very fast.
  

• Finally learned to effectively put on eyeliner. I have struggled with that so much throughout my 20s and finally the last year I have finally found what works for my eyes.
  

• I am way more anxious and have really bad anxiety now. I get anxious about anything and everything, it's not good.
  

• Being able to keep in contact with new and old friends. I really do care about my friends and I try my best to maintain those friendships even though sometimes I feel like I am putting in more effort than the other person is.
  

• My skin started getting really itchy so I take allergy medicine everyday to help with it...been going on for a while now, should probably see a skin specialist or something to see what's going on.
  

• Fell in love even more with matcha. I liked matcha before my 20s, but in my 20s was really when I started drinking it more and even learned how to make my own matcha lattes. I love matcha anything.
  

• Started a "Happy Journal" at the beginning of my 20s, stopped for a couple of years and now back on it again. My only form of handwritten journaling that I do.
  

• Built a closer relationship with my cousins and family which I am thankful for.
  

 

Places Outside of Oregon I visited in my 20s:

• Los Angeles, California
  

• O'ahu, Hawaii
  

• New York
  

• Vancouver, Canada
  

• Seattle, Washington
  

• San Francisco, California
  

• Las Vegas, Nevada
  

• Houston, Texas
  

• Vietnam
  

• Baltimore, Maryland
  

• Minnesota

• Santa Barbara, California
  

• Puerto Vallarta
  

• Phoenix, Arizona
  

• Palm Springs, California
  

• Vancouver, Washington