20 Surprising Things That Will Obsess You in Your Late Twenties

20 Things You Get Excited About in Your Late 20s

Being in your late 20s is a transitional phase that is both exciting and sometimes scary. At this stage, you start to see your life from a different perspective, and your priorities are vastly different from when you were younger. Here are 20 things that you may find yourself getting excited about in your late 20s ― things that you never thought you would be so excited about a few years ago!

1. Cooking elaborate dishes
Gone are the days when a simple pasta dish was enough for dinner. Now, you crave to savor exquisite tastes and are willing to spend weeks learning to cook something gourmet, like Coquilles Saint-Jacques or roasted potato salad. It takes a lot of time, practice and a few kilos of wasted food, but the feeling of pride that you get when you read all the rave comments under the photo on Instagram is worth it.

2. Local organic vegetables
You get up early on Saturdays and dash to the farmer’s market for fresh veggies and fragrant bundles of salad. You then spend the afternoon chopping and packing them into Tupperware to make the taste last longer. You shop seasonally and inspect each item with notorious meticulousness before stacking it into the basket. Some vendors already know you by name and make small discounts, and there’s a list on your fridge of all the organic shops around your area with notes on where you should buy what. You’ve even attempted growing some veggies and herbs at your windowsill to keep basics in stock all the time and save some money from your food budget.

3. Being concerned about your health
Suddenly, you are aware of all the negative impacts of certain foods, toxic liquids in your household and even harmful bacteria hiding in hospitals. You schedule regular appointments with your dentist and physician, you even consulted a nutritionist, and when you realized that your new insurance covers vision, you were over the moon happy. You now realize the value of working for a company that offers the best health insurance packages.

4. Professional cleaning services
Living in a cramped, cluttered cave with wrappers behind the couch was pretty fine in college, yet absolutely unbearable in your late 20s. Now, every other weekend, you crouch and run sprints around the house with a vacuum cleaner. Sometimes you feel like if someone would gift you a year of professional cleaning services, you would immediately marry them!

5. Massages
A night on a friend’s couch can leave you with a terrible pain in the neck, as can the office chair, spending too much time driving, a bad mattress and loads of other activities. It seems like we got into our late 20s and all our pains and aches intensified. A 60 minute massage session with fragrant oil dripped all over your poor body is no longer a luxury, but an actual necessity!

6. Having a preference of wine
You no longer drink anything that has at least a slight grape aftertaste. A typical conversation with your significant other at a wine cellar now looks like: “Why are we taking that Alsatian Riesling again? I’m not sure that year 2012 will pair well with the fish.”

7. Going to bed before midnight
All the cool kids like you are going to bed early. A “big night out” now is more like – let’s cook something cool, drink a bottle of good wine and go wild by trying out a fancy dessert.

8. Enjoying music from back in the ’90s
You still remember the lyrics to most ‘N SYNC songs, right? And chances are, no one’s going to make fun of you when you mention that in public. In most cases, you’ll end up doing a karaoke session and going as low as “Hit Me Baby One More Time” while having the time of your lives!

9. New home appliances
Your wish-list now has quite a lot of incredible items you would die to have, from a baked taco shell toaster to a pro noodle maker to make your own spaghetti from organic ingredients!

10. Having a seat at the concert
No matter how much you love that band, you will not go to their live gig if there’s no seating left! Rubbing elbows with fellow fans in front of the stage (and secretly wondering if that guy in front of you will smack your nose or not) doesn’t sound cool anymore.

11. Quality clothes
You are no longer friends with Forever 21 and H&M. You’ve started feeling really awkward when walking in, and you are tired of throwing away another pile of tiny dresses, small t-shirts and shrunken sweaters. In your late 20s, you like to spend more on clothes only if it’s actually worth the price.

12. Having “productive” weekends
Gone are the days of an “epic” story to tell on Monday about getting wasted, hitting 10 clubs in a row and waking up in another state. You love telling stories about how hellishly productive you’ve been during those two so-called rest days. You’ve cleaned the entire flat, cooked for a five-person dinner party (with two dish changes!), finished reading the Ernest Hemingway biography, washed the car, cut the lawn and even had time to try a new hairdo!

13. Dinner parties
Gone are the days of “you bring your food, I’ll give my space to chill” types of parties. You now go for fancy Martha Stewart-inspired feasts with matching napkins, two glasses for water and wine, at least three different types of forks, a fresh floral bouquet (that you’ve struggled to make two hours after watching that DIY video), napkin holders and candles. You may even have thought about ordering calligraphy for name cards, but it seemed like it was too much.

14. Establishing a sacred morning routine
Morning routines define your mood for the whole day. You can sacrifice those 15 extra minutes of sleep for a series of yoga exercises and an extra five minutes in a warm shower to gather your thoughts. You’ve ditched coffee for a glass of hot lemon water, you typically cook salads and smoothies instead of cereals and get your clothes prepared in the evening. All those procedures are sacred, and you cannot be deprived of any of them!

15. Documentaries
Watching soap operas and reality shows? You’re so over them! In your late 20s, you prefer to interact with the television to actually learn something new or opt for some beautifully puzzling art-house movie for entertainment.

16. Brunches
It seems like everything you do involves a brunch. What shall we do today? How about having brunch at that new awesome cafe around the corner? No brunch offers? This place sucks! I will never tag it on Instagram, even though the coffee looks pretty.

17. Private space
Sharing is no longer caring when it comes to your “own space.” You are okay to pay that dreadful solo rent price, so that you won’t have to justify an hour in the bathroom while listening to your whining roommate on the other side of the door.

18. Investing in a skincare routine
It’s a line that we’ve all heard before, “You need to start using anti-aging creams as soon as possible!” And while some of us may have been skeptical about it at first, in our late 20s, we realize the importance of investing in a good skincare routine. We want to keep our skin healthy and youthful-looking as long as possible.

19. Going on a proper holiday
Gone are the days of backpacking around South-East Asia with barely any money in your pockets. You now have a clear idea of where you want to go, where you want to stay, and what activities you want to do while you’re there. You’ve probably saved up for this trip for months, and you are not going to let anything ruin your well-deserved vacation.

20. Starting to think about life goals
In your late 20s, you probably start to question what you want to do with your life ― what kind of career do you truly want to pursue? Do you want to travel the world or start a family? You know that the time is ticking, and you feel the pressure to figure everything out before your 30s hit.

In conclusion, your late 20s are a time of self-discovery, growth, and new experiences. You start to realize what you truly value and begin to prioritize things that you never thought were important before. This phase of your life may seem daunting, but it’s also an exciting time where you can learn a lot about yourself and what you want for your future.

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