I’m 24 Years Old, and I Feel Like My Life is Over

There’s a kind of loneliness to adulting that I don’t think I was prepared for.

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I know that saying my life is over at twenty-four is dramatic, but sometimes it feels like it. You know how things always seem worse in the moment and then when you climb out of whatever state you’re in at the time, you realize it wasn’t all that bad? That’s kind of how life has been feeling.

So, here’s why I feel like my life is over at twenty-four.

I feel like I’m falling behind.

An easy way to dissolve myself of claiming responsibility for my internal flaws and insecurities would be to blame this feeling of falling behind entirely on the rise of social media. I blame social media, but I blame myself more. I'm frustrated with the fact that I’m so easily influenced.

I love being connected to old school mates on social media, and I love seeing how life has been for them since we stopped seeing each other every day. But sometimes, admittedly, it’s exhausting. I see people getting married, going on vacation, having career success, and I feel like my life is falling flat.

Ever since I was little, I wanted to be extraordinary. I didn’t realize until I grew older that I wanted to be…