What is making the most of my 20’s anyway? In many ways this goal perpetuates society’s ideals about what we should be doing during certain decades in our lives.

I’ve come to realise that getting older isn’t neccessarily a bad thing:(I just have to believe that myself now) I just need to stop pertaining to society’s ageist values. Is a 23 year old woman more attractive than a 33 year old woman or is a 33 year old woman more attractive or somehow better than a 43 year old woman? (Young men don’t seem to think so!) I mean Halle Berry looks better than me yet she’s old enough to be my mother! Society tries to imply this but it’s just not true. It’s all a mind set and how we choose to conduct our lives.

Age really is just a number I am realising because I am 24- supposedly in the prime of my life and yet life hasn’t even begun for me. I know that there are women in their 30’s out there that look better than me, have a more enriched and exciting life than mine etc. Therefore it must be more about how I go about my life rather than my age. Yes there are things I want to do before I settle down but those things dont have to stop just because I turn 30.

In fact quite the opposite, when I;m in my 30’s I will probably do the things I wanted to do in my 20’s but in high style. I.e. perhaps have more confidence in my abilities and will definitely have more financial stability which will afford me a slightly more affluent lifestyle. So many women in their 30’s exude sex appeal and confidence.

I’m looking at it like this, women in their 30’s are just the sexier, awe inspiring, no-nonsense taking big sisters of the women in their 20’s who are beginning to really find out who they are.

Therefore no more pressure on myself. As long as I look after myself I can look forward to what will be instead of thretting about it.