What I Wish I Knew in My Early 20’s – Evansville Indiana Boudoir Photographer

My Story

Mar 22

As of this year, I’m officially in my late twenties and have been thinking a lot about who I was five years ago. I’ve been picturing that girl in my head, remembering where I was and what I was doing, and thinking about what advice I would give her if I could sit down and have a coffee with her now.

Thinking about that version of me from 2018 – here’s the highlight reel: I just got back from my very first trip out of the country to Costa Rica with my grandparents, I turned 22 (and definitely *cue Taylor Swift* was feeling 22), had my first real girl crush, went snowboarding for the first time with my best friend, went on two more vacations with my family, moved out of my college apartment that I shared with my best friend and moved back in with my mom while I was student teaching, lost my great grandma, shot my first wedding (and it was probably my last lol), moved two hours away from home and in with a significant other for the first time, graduated college, and started my business one week into 2019.

🌪 What. A. Whirlwind. 🌪

My early 20’s kept me on my toes and brought with it so many first experiences and new things. So much of the world opened up for me and I learned so so much about myself as I figured out who I was and what I wanted for my life. I made some of the best friends of my life, and lost some along the way too. I made some mistakes – some big and some small – but I made it out the other side relatively unscathed and better for all the stumbles along the way.

If I could time travel back to 2018 and have the chance to talk to that younger version of myself, I would listen to her gossip about what’s going on with the RA staff, complain about some class requirement she has and the professor she hates, and would absolutely talk some shit with her about various goings on in her life. We would talk about our best friends, our relationships, and our feelings. It would be healing for both of us.

And at the end of our time together, she would have a few key takeaways from this older version of herself. This version who has been to therapy again, has mended friendships and made hard choices, and learned how to pick up the pieces when things fall apart.