Being 25 Blues

The number 25 never really struck a chord in me while looking at it numerous times in my maths class. But now somehow it always glares at me where ever I happen to chance a look at it !!!! Yes, I am in the 25th year of my life, silver jubilee year you may say. But off late I don't see anything jubilant about it.


These days I somehow get flashbacks about my teen days. Maybe its just my mind but in every occasion, I get reminded of something I did as a teenager. As a result I have started missing those teen days. That carefree attitude and that uncomplicated life. Friends were easy to make and life was all about simple things. At 25 you kind of miss that carefree attitude. Even if you heart wants to be carefree, your mind quickly puts so many checks in place - it uses weapons like responsibility, maturity, "act like your age". Poor heart finally gives up :(


You also experience a lot of change in your day to day life at 25. Somethings are just thrust right into your face and some just quietly make an appearance. Although by Govt norms you attain adulthood at 18, its not until you have reached this magic number that you are socially considered an adult. So that makes people critically scrutinize you where ever you go. For example,if you are out with your friends at a fancy restaurant and crack a silly joke ending up laughing loud, you could draw some stares from elderly around you. They would think/say "Abhi bhi bachhon ki tarah behave karte hain ". So then you decide to act all adult and want to go on this fantasy trip. Of course every well bred Indian child will ask his parents before venturing on such trips. So you ask your too and what do you hear "Akele ghumne jane layak bade nahin huye abhi". There goes your adulthood :)


25 is also a year, especially for girls in India, when you suddenly find your single girl friends diminishing in number at a fast pace. So most of your girl friends are either married or engaged. In either case they are no longer freely accessible to you. The intensity is not that great for guys but in quite a few parts of India you even find single male friends diminishing in number. So you are left alone to tackle you "Being 25" issues.


So in all this dilemma of who you are and what you want to do with your life, being at 25 can be difficult. You have access to so many new aspects of life but you also have to shut the door on quite few. In the end all that helps you not go crazy is a good balance.  Eat well, sleep well, feel good and live your life. Because this 25 will never again come back in your life. So celebrate this silver jubilee in your life with color, passion, youth, independence and wisdom. Take all these trials and tribulations with ease so that another 25 years later you can laugh and joke about it :)


To all the people who are going through the "Being 25" syndrome.......Life's Like That !!!