This personal essay explores the author's experience turning 25 and the profound realization that led to life-changing decisions, particularly regarding a long-term relationship.
When I turned 25, I cried on my birthday. Not out of some melodramatic dread of the quarter-century milestone, but because something inside me shifted. Suddenly an internal spotlight flickered on, illuminating every corner of my life I had been unwilling to inspect too closely. Choices I had made, realities I had tolerated, a relationship I’d outgrown. The person I was with ― and who I had become ― no longer aligned. Turning 25 . Entering 2025.
The alignment felt like more than just a number — it felt cosmic. I couldn’t shake the sense that everything in my life needed to realign, as if some internal clock was finally syncing up. At first I didn’t know why this feeling was so strong… but I couldn’t ignore it.For months, I’d been collecting reasons to break up with my (now-ex) boyfriend. He wouldn’t post me on Instagram, but he hadkeeping a profile on dating apps. My family couldn’t stand him; my friends didn’t even pretend to like him. There was dishonesty woven into the fabric of our years together. Every behaviour, every red flag should’ve pushed me to the door, but I stayed. I stayed because I was young and in love and having fun (some of the time), and I wanted so badly to believe love was enough to fix our relationship.At first it was subtle. A quiet but undeniable transformation in how I saw the world — and myself. I started making better decisions, even about things as small as my wardrobe. For years, I’d panic-bought piles of cheap clothes I’d wear once or toss in my donation pile with the tags still on, clinging to trends that never felt like “me.” I started to see more clearly what I liked, what suited me and what was worth investing in. It felt like my instincts had sharpened, my perspective clarified. And it wasn’t just about clothes. The same clarity seeped into my relationship. The rose-colored haze I’d been clinging to lifted, and suddenly I couldn’t unsee the truth: I wasn’t happy. I wasn’t going to b
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