{"id":148,"date":"2024-02-29T08:05:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/?p=148"},"modified":"2024-02-29T08:05:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:05:36","slug":"im-about-to-turn-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/2024\/02\/29\/im-about-to-turn-20\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m about to turn 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m almost to the point where another birthday is not necessarily a good thing anymore and that’s an emotional turmoil I’m just going to have to deal with on my own. To be honest, I don’t really know what turning 20 means. Unlike turning 13 (becoming a teenager) or 16 (getting a driver’s license), there isn’t a clear marker of what 20 signifies. It’s a confusing space \u2013 not quite teenager, not quite full-fledged adult. It’s also an opportunity: for the first time, and maybe the last, you get to write your own script on how your year unfolds; without any societal pressures and expectations.<\/p>\n

While I navigate my life as a 20-year-old, I want to take this opportunity to introspect on what my past year has been like. So much has happened in so little time but here are my main takeaways:<\/p>\n

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  1. Pursue your passions wholeheartedly, and like-minded individuals will naturally gravitate towards you. Join clubs you’d enjoy even in solitude. This is where you’ll find real connections and genuine friendships.<\/li>\n
  2. It’s so important to enjoy your own company. When you find contentment in your own company, you naturally become more open and approachable, creating the foundation for deeper connections with others.<\/li>\n
  3. Be open to new things. College is the time to discover yourself. Try not to get into a routine by trying something new once in a while.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This year has been one of the best years of my life and I can’t wait to see what life has in store for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’m almost to the point where another birthday is not necessarily a good thing anymore and that’s an emotional turmoil I’m just going to have to deal with on my own. To be honest, I don’t really know what turning 20 means. Unlike turning 13 (becoming a teenager) or 16 (getting a driver’s license), there isn’t a clear marker of what 20 signifies. It’s a confusing space \u2013 not quite teenager, not quite full-fledged adult. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/diya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}