21 PROBLEMS WITH BEING 21

I always write these little introduction things last, and right now i'm sat in bed in my brand new fluffy pyjama's with a can of diet pepsi feeling productive for the first time since Christmas began. Which in my books was about 2 weeks ago. 

You might have noticed i haven't updated my blog in about 82 gazillion years but I've been so stressed juggling 330 different things at uni that i just didn't. 

No head-space, no creativity, no time... basically, whatever i needed to make a blog post, i didn't have. Instead i had deadlines left right and center. Index cards absolutely everywhere. And one of those under-the-skin spots that just lurk on your chin, looking very red and angry whilst simultaneously ruining your social life. 

Post on dealing with stress coming soon by the way. 

But now, i've consumed enough chocolate to last me a year. This year, that is. Not the upcoming shiny new one. And i'm feeling very content, hence the blog post that nobody, including myself, ever saw coming., 

So yeah, without further ado: 21 problems with being 21. 

1. You're essentially an adult now. You're old enough to drive, drink, drink in the USA, adopt an actual human being, and yet you still have no idea what the hell you're going to do with the rest of your life. SOS. 

2. In fact, you're so adult you're expected to make your own doctors appointments: "Just ring and ask for an emergency appointment" ... "But mum it isn't an emergency"

3. You might also be expected to pay your own bills. This requires sensible thinking and not the kind of thinking that enables you to justify spending your last £15.50 on a mac lipstick instead of the electricity meter. 

4. Your mum promised you your skin would sort itself out by the time you were 20. She lied.

5. Freddo's are no longer 10p. A problem by anyone's standards. 

6. Whilst you've only just learned how to contour, there are 14 year old girls looking 18 and putting your makeup to absolute SHAME. 

7. Receiving pyjamas for Christmas and being happy about it because you cannot afford to spend money on such luxuries. 

8. You're the same age as Raheem Sterling; a footballer recently sold to Manchester City for £49 Million. 

9. You're also the same age as Justin Bieber who's reported to be worth around £200 Million. 

10. Politics. 

11. Disney is still everything. And you secretly still want to be a princess.

12. Applying for jobs before realising they require at least 2 years of experience. Abort mission. 

13. Having to endure the "have you got a boyfriend yet?" conversation from your grandparents at every god damn family get together. Will the interrogation never end?

14. Still not having a fucking clue how to poach an egg. 

15. The irrepressible desire to travel. 

16. Having to buy your own toilet roll. 

17. And having to wash your own clothes because oh look, i've dyed all my whites grey again. 

19. Having to buy your own coat, because coats are expensive and there are too many options and this one is practical but this one is pretty and ooh, feel how soft that one is but it'll get ruined in the rain. It's just too difficult.

20. Spending a fortune on bloody candles. I bet 12 year old you didn't give a flying fuck about bloody rain-washed berry scented candles. 

21. Plastic surgery. Because when you were a kid all you cared about was cake. Thigh gap? Cake. Lip Fillers? CAKE. Boob job? CAKE!!!

aaaaand finished!  I could definitely continue; the problems are probably endless but "21 problems with being 21" had a nice little ring to it and i didn't want to ruin that or bore you all to death with a never-ending list.  

What do you think? Do these problems apply to you? Or is there something I've forgotten to mention. Leave a comment and let me know!

- LOVE FROM LORNA, X