Twentysomethings cerita

This book is a raw, reflective journey through fear, self awareness, faith, and healing. Told through quiet moments, spontaneous drives, music, and inner dialogue, it explores what it means to sit with discomfort instead of fighting it and to slowly learn self compassion. Blending personal experience with spirituality, autism, and mental health, the author reflects on how fear can shift from a burden to a guide, and how presence, honesty, and small perspective changes can lead to meaningful growth. This is not a story of perfection or instant healing, but of learning to move forward gently, imperfectly, and with faith.

a collection of poems about the things my twenties gently taught me, the things i had to unlearn, and the little truths i found along the way. for the days when you wonder, "was all of this for something?" perhaps it was. perhaps it was simply leading you here. 🌷

THINGS I WISH I KNEW AT 23 What if the life you planned was never the life Allah intended for you? At twenty-three, I thought I had life figured out. I had dreams. I had plans. I had people I trusted. I believed I knew where my life was heading. Then life happened. I left Abuja for Kano with a heart full of dreams, only to discover that growing up meant facing things no one had prepared me for. I failed seven subjects. I went to bed hungry and smiled the next morning like everything was fine. I was accused of stealing something I never stole. I lost friendships I thought would last forever. I battled an illness that changed the way I understood something as simple as breathing. I fell in love. I was betrayed. I healed. Then I opened my heart again, believing perhaps this time would be different-only to watch another future I had carefully imagined fall apart. But somewhere between the heartbreaks, the silent struggles, the prayers, the tears, and the unexpected turns, I began to find myself. I discovered my voice. I discovered my creativity. And most importantly, I discovered that sometimes Allah allows certain chapters to end because He is preparing us for a story we cannot yet see. This isn't a story about having life figured out at 23. It's about being lost and finding your way. About loving and losing. About friendship, betrayal, failure, faith, healing, purpose, and becoming. If you've ever felt behind in life, misunderstood, heartbroken, forgotten, or unsure of what comes next... Maybe you'll find a piece of yourself in these pages. This is my story. These are the things I wish I knew at 23. And maybe, they're the things you need to know too. This version is designed to hook Wattpad readers immediately while still keeping the heart of your memoir. I'd use this as your main story description.

Funambulist- a tightrope walker. Oliver Yates and Jeana Connors are a couple in their early twenties. Like many young adults, they live in a city apartment trying to make ends meat. Along with struggling to make a living, they each have their own emotional and mental baggage. Dealing with poverty, identity, and mental health, Oliver and Jeana walk a very a thin line with only each other for support. The question is, will they make it across or be sent spiraling into the abyss?

no child wants to mourn their mother alone. but no child wants to share their mourning with perfect strangers either. for the siblings nine, their mother was no ordinary mother. each of them being sent with their father for raising, they knew nothing of the others or their mother. when siblings strange get summoned for the memorial of their late mother, things can go awry. but what can really be considered normal when no one knows what to expect? -hula

They drunk themselves through university, graduated to London... and found themselves fated to the same dire ineptitude of wearing a name badge and wanting to die.

1st Place in the Doughnut Awards for Short Story 🍩 | 3rd place in the Midnight Coffee Awards for General Fiction ☕️| Kate, a recent college grad, has to navigate the gig economy in Los Angeles and maintain her sanity, in order to not go broke, get arrested, or end up in jail. Looking for direction, she takes a chance and puts her trust in the universe. But the universe works in bizarre ways, and Kate finds herself knee deep in the competitive trenches of a donut shop war. A Note from the Author: Donut Fiend is inspired by various employment escapades, unforgettable colleagues, and the juggernaut of retail war. If you like the Devil Wears Prada and Dope, then you may like Donut Fiend too. ~absinthesipper

Auvie lives and breathes music. Her life is expressed through her carefully cataloged Spotify playlists which provide the soundtrack of her chaotic adventures and soul searching. In between studying and serving, Auvie is desperate to discover what is all the hype behind love and life. It might take several all nighters, sneaking out, getting grounded, weird social events, and "misordered priorities" but she is determined to figure it out... Then create the perfect tracklist for it.

1. 3am M: You're sooo annoying. Gawdddd I'm going to hang up F: uhuh go on I'm waiting 2. 1:07 morning M: I'm not sure if I'm made for love,I don't think I'm capable of it F: Then tell me you don't care about me M: I can't..... not true 3. Texts a month later F: Hey when is class ending today?? M: uhh 4 i think F: I'm on the adjacent road I'm coming over M: I've got another in 20 minutes F: I'll take what I can get. 4. A few months later M POV We were at mine. He had told my brother he'd help with the math problems. Well I'd spent the last half hour sitting with him in the living room,and he didn't seem intent on leaving my hand he'd grabbed then any time soon Silence tho,not the awkward kind. This was the kind I wasn't used to, rather dare I say it. Peaceful Whatcha staring at I said an eyebrow raised Paradise he said looking straight at me Well it was that moment I knew I was in trouble, add the fact that I didn't seem to mind the notion. The walls were starting to crumble, scary but I never really liked to lose did I...

Light and Nusa had a thing in the past. Today, Nusa is a budding writer with horizons wide open career-wise and in a loving relationship with an awesome adorable guy. Life couldn't get much better than this. Then there was Light, who doesn't live up to his name. He barged into Nusa's life all dark and brooding, with a mysterious (read mind-boggling) plan to find the best love story ever. He will produce it, and Nusa will right it. Will Nusa turn her back on everything good and happy and awesome in her life and join Light in his hare-brained, doomed-to-fail, half-assed scheme or not? Risk everything good in her life and walk the path of darkness only Light can offer? Will they ever find the best love story ever told?

Savannah was a loving sister and wife who tragically lost her life in a car accident. Her sister Margo is trying to make sense of everything. Savannah's Husband Steve is trying to move on and has big plans. Is there life without Savannah? With Savannah gone, Margo and Steve will find themselves reconnecting, making new friends, falling for each other, following their dreams, and by all means not forgetting who Savannah was to them. Can they make all this work? Don't miss out on this award-winning story! 8/15/18 #80 New Author 8/19/18 #15 New Author #681 Young Adult #347 New Adult 9/2/18 #9 New Author #385 Young Adult #210 New Adult 10/5/18 1st Place in Unknown Author in the Blue Rose Awards.

((PAUSED)) ........ What starts as an accident slowly blooms into the most pivotal 45 seconds of Cooper Townshend's life. Elliott Miller is the most intriguing woman he's ever met, and by god, he wants to know everything there is to know about her. Only problem - She's aloof as all fuck. Who knew a simple shopping list could lead to all this?

nail-bit·er (noun) 1. a situation causing great anxiety or tension. "a nail-biter of a victory" 2. a person who bites their fingernail

Life as a 20 year old. Is it fleetingly freeing or detrimental to your very existence?

I'm not particularly great at describing things. Honestly I'm not THAT great at anything, but I do enjoy writing. Here's a short story I wrote. It's about two characters sharing their journey after a break-up. It took a lot of balls to post it. Enjoy. *Being posted in multiple parts.*

*in the process of being rewritten and re-published* Who doesn't love a second chance romance? The Game Changer Sequel to The Seat Filler #1 general fiction 04/06/2015

- A collection of poems that relate to loss, love, and discovering yourself in your twenties. - #26 in #twentysomething (09/27/2023)

Eleonor Smith is a young woman, recently graduated from a master's degree and with it, it seems to be an ocean full of opportunities now that she is what everyone would call a full grown professional woman. Truth is Eleanor couldn't be more far away from been that, she is in a country abroad, away from her family and friends, doesn't have a clue of what to do with her life and more importantly, at 25 she is still completely and utterly financially dependent from her parents. Eleonor is trying to find her place in this vast place we call world, even though she find herself been a little bit of a socially awkward person, she is trying to find a job that will give the representation she has prepared herself for, after all she is just a twentysomething trying to find herself while dealing with the quarter life crisis no one tells you about. Follow Eleonor in her journey of discovering life and more importantly herself, and hopefully we all would be able to learn something along the lines.