Your 20s are the best time to spend all your money on traveling
By Jasmin Shirazian
I’m not sure if I’m just in an impulsive state of mind imposed by the crumbling state of our country, but I’ve recently stopped caring about how much it costs to get the fuck out of this country — even if it’s temporarily. To experience a new culture, to find that there is more to the world than the constant state of distress our elected officials place us in, it reignites hope in a person. At least, it did for me.
I’m not just traveling for myself, either. When I’m on my way to the Eiffel Tower in Paris or River Thames in London, I think about all the women who never got to travel — of all the young girls who dreamt of coming and never found the time when they got older. I think of my younger self, who I let live through me as a 23-year-old woman. I’m thinking of my future self, and how I’ll get to talk about all my adventures and show off my sexy pictures of when I was 20-something taking shots in Madrid. I carry all the versions of myself throughout the places I find myself in, and I want them to experience the world.
Money isn’t real, our things aren’t either — memories are what we get to keep, and even those we can’t take with us. Not to get existential, but if it all comes to an end anyway, why not live? And in this world, you unfortunately can’t live without spending money.
We are in a scary place in our world right now — mind you, I am not an economist nor am I here to spew any financial advice. I’m simply a girl with a spending habit and a newly found love for travel. And before you claim I’m using daddy’s credit card, I’ll be the first to tell you I don’t have a daddy — by blood or sugar. I fund my life almost completely by myself, including bills and rent. So, I’m not saying to liquidate your savings and go into debt, but I’m telling you it’s okay to spend money on yourself and on your experiences. You deserve good things — to fly, to cruise, to experience a hot, freaky, international fling.
I promise if you try, you can find a way to make it happen — and it’ll be so freakin’ worth it.
Jasmin Shirazian is the curly-haired head copyeditor and social media manager for The Lumberjack. She is a TV show enthusiast, cat lover and higher education reporter for CalMatters.
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