23 thoughts for turning 23 - by Cindy Zhang - cindo thinks!

a couple weeks ago, i turned 23. i mulled over this specific number for days in my head. 23. tweeenty-three. 二十三. i felt that there was nothing particularly special about this number or age, to be honest. not quite as mature sounding as 24, not at quarter life crisis like 25. not about to begin your life like at 22, not on the cusp of youth and freedom like 21. the number 23 is incredibly insignificant to me (other than the fact that it's prime). the insignificance of it though, i've found, is quite freeing. no expectations for this year ahead, no stage of life i feel like i should be at which means: it can be nothing, it can be everything. i’ve always thought that it's quite lucky that my birthday is rather late in the year, close to the new year. this means that i can knock out 2 birds with 1 stone here: go through my turning a year older crisis and new year existential sulking together at once, instead of twice. this year was an amazing year: - 4 new countries: mexico, spain, austri

a couple weeks ago, i turned 23. i mulled over this specific number for days in my head. 23. tweeenty-three. 二十三. i felt that there was nothing particularly special about this number or age, to be honest. not quite as mature sounding as 24, not at quarter life crisis like 25. not about to begin your life like at 22, not on the cusp of youth and freedom like 21. the number 23 is incredibly insignificant to me (other than the fact that it's prime). the insignificance of it though, i've found, is quite freeing. no expectations for this year ahead, no stage of life i feel like i should be at which