Not Quite Grown: A New Blog About the Chaos of Your 20s

Well, hello, internet! (Super cheesy opener, I know. I didn't know how else to start this)!

This is the beginning of my first blog post that I just decided on one random Wednesday afternoon to start, because I figured why the heck not? I have free will, right? Surely SOMEONE will see this and be interested in reading on what I have to say (even if it's only just my husband).

I thought about making my debut into the blogging world for a while now, but one of my goals for 2025 was to take more chances and bet on myself more, so that's exactly what I'm doing. I sat down at my desk maybe 30 minutes ago and started Googling on how to start a blog, and now here we are. This feels so weird! It's like writing in a diary except the whole world can see what you wrote. It takes vulnerability to a whole other level.

My name is Grace, and I'm a 24-year-old recently married woman living in Alabama (Disclaimer: I am NOT a redneck) who also happens to have been unemployed for 33 days at the time of this writing (I had to Google it, because I absolutely suck at numbers). My twenties so far have been full of highs and lows and to be honest, I still don't know what I'm doing with my life. It seems everyone around me has their career paths laid out and know what they want to do until retirement, but I simply don't. I'm wandering aimlessly around, not really tethered to one thing, at a crossroads about what my career and life could look like. It's brought on a lot of existential contemplation in recent months, but I get by with lots of humor and funny memes. Did you expect anything different from a Gen Z girly??

I started this blog on the off chance that at least one person out there could relate to what I'm feeling. My goal is to discuss all the great and not so great things about being in your twenties, including making friends, dealing with burnout, mental health, financial struggles, and somehow feeling grown-up, but also....not. That's why I chose the name Not Quite Grown for my blog, because I feel that perfectly encapsulates what it's like being in your twenties. Society expects you to have your shit together, but you just can't seem to fake it enough to be convincing. And who can blame you when the world is getting crazier and crazier by the second?

If you made it this far, I'm so glad you did! If your first thought was along the lines of, "This Grace chick is weird as hell, but she seems super cool and relatable," then yay! I hope you stick around. Even if you didn't think that and just thought I was weird, well.....sorry. You can still stick around, I won't be mad. Even if you live on the other side of the world but found something I said resonated with you in a way, great! PLEASE stick around, I'm actually sooooo funny!!! (Heavy sarcasm implied).

I promise I will not always talk about super heavy and depressing topics on here, and I will try my best to sprinkle in some humor when I do because that's how I cope. I just thought that if there was even the slightest chance that you, the wonderful person reading this, can relate to what I'm going through, then I can help you get by by telling you you're not alone and you'll always have someone in your corner rooting for you. My blog is a place for you to scream, cry, break a few things if you need to, laugh, vent, whatever you need!

Well friends, that's my first blog post! Phew. That was anxiety-inducing and pretty scary, but guess what? I can do hard things, and so can you. I'm so glad you made it to the end and like I said earlier, I hope you stick around for future blog posts. I'm not quite sure what my posting schedule will look like, but my goal is to publish a blog post at least once a week. Thank you for reading, and I'm thankful you're here with me on this journey!

Love,

Grace