LIVIN OUR CRAZY LIFE

SURVIVING YOUR 20’s: THE CHAOS, GROWTH & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

In this episode we’re diving deep into the chaos of navigating life in your 20s. We’re yapping and complaining about the everyday struggles that come with growing up. Join us as we unpack the ups and downs, share relatable rants, and try to make sense of this messy unpredictable chapter… If we’re going to survive our 20s, we might as well laugh and complain our way through it.

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Duration:: 22m
Broadcast on:: 20 Nov 2024
Audio Format:: other

- Hey guys, welcome back to another week of Live In Our Crazy Life podcast, it's Olivia. - And Megan, as everybody knows, by now, we are 20 years old. Okay, that comes with a lot. That's a big package ordeal. That's 20 years of learning, 20 years of going through everything under the sun. So let's just complain a little bit. Let's complain the whole time. - Let's complain the whole time. - What we're best at, not the complain part, the at part. - I think everybody's gonna say like, oh, you're 20, you're so young. And yes, I'm young to you because you're like 50, but to me, I've been through 20 years already. I'm not saying I'm old, I know I'm young, yes, and I cherish the 20s, but I swear when I, I don't even mean to be like that type of person, like, oh, I want to turn 20, does that. But I swear when I turn 20, you know the saying like, I wish I was an adult, like I wish I was older when you're younger, and then your parents would be like, no, you don't wish. - No, you don't. - I wish that I was not older, me too. There's so much responsibility. They never tell you that paying your bill, that's something that comes every single month. Just because you're sick, or you want to go away, or whatever, that does not hold up for you. You are paying that bill every single month. Phone bill, internet bill, freaking cable TV. I don't do cable TV, but. - And then you talk about moving out, and it's like, oh my gosh, and it's just like, wow. - There's just a lot of responsibility with being in your 20s. You are now also responsible for, like, not only physical things, you're responsible for healing, and showing up for yourself, you're responsible for your health, you're responsible for paying your taxes. Like, what even is taxes, okay? 'Cause I keep hearing down my freaking neck, pay your taxes, pay your taxes. I pay my taxes, but I just want to say fuck taxes, because I already pay a tax every time I buy an item from the store, and I don't care if I sound stupid right now, I don't really even know why I have to pay taxes, okay? I don't care. I don't care. - It's so stressful. Like, it's so stressful. By the way, like, there are positives and ups, but we're complaining this whole video. - We're just gonna say. - Like, I just don't get it, like, what do you mean, like, I have to, like, get a job? - Oh, not even to mention this girl wants a credit card. Listen to the struggle of her getting, just trying to get a credit card. - I know, you're gonna say you don't have a credit card at 20? I know, I know it sounds bad, but-- - But why even would you want a credit card, okay? It's, like, fake money, right? - Well, the reason I don't have a credit card is because, like, a lot of shit happened, and, like, I don't know, like, COVID and shit, and then, like, I don't really have parents to tell me to get a credit card, and, like, that's not something I know how to do at 16, I'm just saying, or whenever you just get it. And then, like, also, I was scamming them a bit because I dropped out of school, and, like, I know the fees of pain is only, like, $16. But that's every month, and that adds up, and so I just never went to them to, like, get a credit card, 'cause then they went, "No, I'm not a student." And then it's like, I have, I'm not gonna speak about this, 'cause the government's listening, but, you know, there's-- There's circumstances where I don't have a credit card, okay? And I go in there, and she goes, oh, so, like, you're planning to move out? And she's just yippee-appin' in my ear, da-da-da-da. She's saying you can't get a credit card, 'cause of certain reasons, and number two, good luck, because now you don't have a credit card, you don't have a credit score, so you're not gonna be able to move out. And she's listing off these things about over the spiraling, I'm already spiraling, I'm already going crazy, don't you think that I know this already? Thank you, and I literally told her, I said, you try having no parents to help guide you at a young age, she had a credit card, she's like, "Oh, like, even if I tried to, like, they wouldn't let me." And I said, "Okay, you know what, you're not really helping, "you're just making matters worse, "so just get out of my face." - Yeah, so yeah, that's a problem, and like, gosh, like, moving, bro, like, why are these realtors not messaging back? Like, I messaged you, do I wanna see your place, and then you don't even message me back, like, why not? - Right, do you want them a mission or not, because it's like, wow, and it's like, the groceries, okay? Like, cooking yourself a meal, like, you no longer get home-cooked meals, like, it's like, you're either paying to eat somewhere, and I don't wanna do that, and it's like, or you're making a home-cooked meal every day, and that just takes something 40 minutes. - And it's not a mission. - You might think, like, this is the real crazy part about having to cook your own meals, and live on your own, and do everything from scratch, is that you might think cooking a roast chicken consists of chicken, you know, it consists of potatoes and carrots and, like, soup stock. Do you wanna know every single ingredient that goes in that, 'cause I guarantee you, look up a recipe, you have to go, you have to get the spices. Each individual spice. Now, where are those spices gonna go, right? You don't want those going in a bag in your drawer, you want those in jars, so now you have to order jars, you have to order labels. - Then you have to get an Amazon account so that it comes prime delivery, so that your kitchen's on a shit mess. You have to get olive oil, right? I'm not having shitty olive oil, okay? I'm a lady of quality, so now I need to go to a specialty store to get specialty olive oil. - I'm gonna look at all the ingredients, and then you wanna get salt, right? Okay, you see salt, you're not gonna get rock salt, you didn't have Himalayan salt, Celtic, sea salt, you need to get thick flake salt. It's like, - And then, God forbid, you have to buy yourself sheets for your bed. - You have to buy, you wanna do the dishes? - And then your dryer breaks, you have to find a handyman to fix that. Oh, and then your tires pop, and you gotta go spend money on your tires. It's so tight. - It's so tight. - Bro, like, gassed it. - Gas on top, like, you wanna go anywhere? You wanna go anywhere? Look at that dick. - And watching for the gas versus drop, and I will, I will drive across the street for that three cent difference. - For that three cent difference? 'Cause that three cent difference, like, it's just a-- - And larger detergent. - Oh my God, larger detergent. Then you have to get a stain remover. Not even just dish soap. You have to get multiple sponges. You have to replace your sponge, like, every month, right? - Oh, and it's like shampoo conditioner, and it's like-- - Body soap! - It's like, when we move out, we're starting from scratch. - The hardest thing? - The hardest thing. - It's actually flakes. You need like, your oregano. - What about it? - The hardest thing, too, is like, when you wanna take care of your health, and you start looking into health and stuff, like, you can't get the cheapest option anymore. Like, you can't get the cheapest option, because the cheapest option for the most part is killing you, so you wanna bounce your hormones, you wanna start taking care of your health, you wanna take care of your health, all of these things, it's like, you're opting for the better option, and that is more expensive, and it's like these sacrifices you have to make, and it's like, stupid! - It's ridiculous. - It's stupid! - It's ridiculous, and like, you're starting from scratch, and you move out, that means I need a bed frame, I need a desk, I need a dresser, I need, like, I have to rent the U-Haul to drive down there. God, how much is that gonna cost me out of my pockets? It's like, whoa, and I have no, and I have no man to help me move myself in there. How am I lifting with just Meghan and I? I know I do Pilates, but I can't lift the whole bed frame up the stairs, down the escalator. - No, how are we gonna tilt it this way, and put it this way, and move it this way, and we're like, here, we don't like it. - And you're literally all, and you have muscles to help, and you're willing to do it for free, please help. - Actually, if you're willing to do it for a home-cooked meal, we will cook you a meal in English. - We'll see about that, we might just be Montacos. - I'm just saying, like, I'm starting to think all these things, I'm like, oh, no one's taught me how to do any of these things. - That's the thing, when you grow up, and you never had someone to show you how to do certain things that require growing up, that is so hard, because I don't even know if I'm doing things wrong, because I don't even know certain things exist. I don't know, like, yes, I can change a light bulb, can I change the light fixture? I don't know if I'm gonna get electrocuted, right? I don't know. - I don't know either. Once I tried to build something, once Meghan and I tried to build a wheelchair for my grandfather, and we literally fucked it up. Like, it was a two-step thing. You know, when men say, like, women are stupid, sometimes we just are, and it's okay to accept it. Like, you're right, like, sometimes, I don't even know the interesting moments where it's like, wow, we really are just like dumb. Like, mm, a man wouldn't have done that, but we did. We could not build a wheelchair. - And that's why. That is why sometimes, like, as hard as it is to say, sometimes you do need a man to help balance things out in your life. I'm all about girl power, like, never needing a man, but, yes, having men in your life in some way, shape or form is important, okay? That's half the population. - Okay, I-- - 'Cause they are just stronger. - And they're helpful, they're stronger. They also look at life differently. They're resourceful. - They're wise. - And they are also full of love, but, like, a different type of love. And they'll just be able to lift my bed frame up into my room for me. - Right? - Well, I'll be falling down the stairs. - And they're funny, like, men are so funny. 'Cause, like, why do you do the things that you do? You know what I mean? - Men are so funny. - Yeah. - Like, women are stupid, but, like, men are stupider, so it's, like, funny. - And so, yeah, it's just been, like, really hectic. And I'm only 20. That's, like, how many more years is this old? It's like chaos. It's, like, duh, duh, duh, duh. It's, like, why? There's so much to do. Like, I don't know what I pay a bill every month, and I know I sound like a little child right now, but it's just, like-- - But this is a complaining episode. (laughs) Like, I just, it's, like, oh my, and, like, God forbid you wanna cook a soup. You understand how much ingredients you have to buy to make that soup. You might as well just buy the can, and it's, like, I'm not gonna buy the can, 'cause that's so bad for you. - That's what I'm saying. It's so hard. It is so hard, but also-- - So, like, eat. - You wanna, you know what I'm saying? You wanna make these meals, but, like, you're at work all day. Like, when I get home, I wanna sit down for a minute, and then, you know, I don't wanna turn into someone who goes to work, comes home, and, like, I mean, we don't go to work right. It's, like, a bit different, but I don't wanna come home, and sit down and be so tired from the day that all I wanna do is watch TV. Like, I wanna be out doing things. I wanna live my life. I'm in my 20s, right? So, where is this time? Where is the time to be doing all these things? - I know. It's just, it's just, like, wow. Like, what? But then, there's also the other responsibilities. Like, I'm, I love having friends in my life. I think it's so important to have a support system and have fun times and everything, but, I just wanna say that it is a lot of responsibility to have friends and keep relationships up as you get older. - Like, the expectations of, you know, being able to be available for your friends is like, it's just like, every friendship you have is different, too, and it's like, and then it's like, dating. It's like, you're expected of so much when you are, like, in your 20s, it's like, some people are gonna be getting married and are, like, pregnant. Some are, like, literally across the country. Some are, literally, just in their bed every day. Some live with their parents. And it's like, where are you supposed to be? It's like, everyone's at a different stage. - I don't know what direction to take it. It's like, oh, my head is literally like this, and it's like, what is going on? It's like, oh, it's like, it's a lot. It's a lot, I'm not gonna lie. - And that's when you turn on the podcast, and the podcast tells you, just breathe. You're everywhere you need to be. Go through life. And the thing is, is that, yes, we preach that, but it's like, what the fuck is going on? - Everything is moving so quickly. - No, I do agree with everything I say. I'm just saying, like, this is what goes through my head. - Yeah, like, you can take all the time in the world and understand as much as you understand, but life is happening so fast, and it's like, trying to keep up with that. Feels like you're running on a treadmill, and all you are is a fat guinea pig. - It's yes, because it's like, back to, like, the dating, it's like, God forbid you, what, you're gonna meet somebody, and it's like, you gotta at least talk for, like, two years, and it's like, what, then you're gonna get engaged, it's like, oh, and then it's like, oh, you're gonna get married. By the time you're like, but then it's like, imagine you're 25 and you're still single, it's like, am I gonna meet someone that I'm gonna marry, or am I just gonna be alone forever? Oh, I don't know, time will only die, time will die. - Time will die. - Time will die. - Also, like, I just don't get it, and I just wanna be the type of person that hosts a gay man at my house, I'm friends with people, it's not awkward, you know, everybody has to be so serious, you have to be so serious, like, I don't understand, like, why can't we just kick in if we have fun, we have fun, like, I don't know, it's just like, oh, obligation, 'cause she might get it too attached, or she might wanna be my girlfriend, it's like, I don't care, I just wanna be friends, that's just like, hang out. - Let's just, like, chill out, and let's just chill out, no obligation, okay, because we have a fun, monopoly night. - But we're also people, we don't have, obviously, we're chilled out people that don't necessarily have specific direction in life, okay? That's also why we're fun people to be around, that's why we're able to just do whatever whenever we want, and that's such a gift, because I look at other people my age, and they're tied down by so many things, and I-- - Someone I know is engaged in, they're 20. - Yeah, and that's a beautiful thing, 'cause everybody wants a different path, but for me, I'm like, I just can't handle that right now, I couldn't even imagine that, because, but it's like, I know the direction I need to go in, it's just everything that comes at it, okay? It's like driving, like, 200 miles per hour on the highway, and then, like, cars just flinging at your face, and you gotta dodge it like this, in the thing. I don't wanna do that every day. - No, right, like, maybe you're in there, but every day, that would be very tiring, I don't want to. But I also am so grateful for this life, though, because, like, I would hate myself if I was in a routine, I just, we're just not the type of people to be able to do that, my brain wouldn't handle that, I would hate my life if I was doing the same thing, if I was in a routine. So, as much as I'm complaining, and we're complaining right now about all these things, it's like, I would choose no other way, because number one, I know everything works out, and everything will work out for us, as we always say, and number two, I'm grateful that we have freedom, and I wouldn't, I'm like, I'm gonna ask for a break here and there, right? 'Cause, like, just please, come me some slack, but I would have it no other way, so. - But we also choose this. This lifestyle is harder, this lifestyle is harder, because you don't have a steady income, you know? You're not sitting at a desk from nine to five, so there's pros and cons. You're not gonna get that $70,000 the end of the year that you're, like, guaranteed, you're not gonna get the benefits, like, oh my goodness, like, dental, and like, my doctor insurance, like, I don't have that, because I don't work a real job, a real job, like, clean your teeth, why do you pay for it then? Like, I can't afford it, right? And then what, God forbid you get to the dentist, do you sit in their fucking chair, and they say, x-rays? X-rays are $350. - I'd rather pay for, you know, my car insurance, so. - So yes, although, like, we live in a pick and choose life, it's like, it will work out. - It will work out, it's crazy, it's just crazy, it's just crazy, it's just crazy. It's just, it will work out, okay? At least we have free healthcare, until we don't. - Until we don't. - I'm saying it's free healthcare, right? But how come sometimes I have to pay? - All I'm saying is when I was-- - Path should be free, okay? Paths should be free, paths, and tampon should be banned, but that's, I don't care what you think I'm saying. - Path should be free. - Paths should be free, all other things that should be free, everything, yeah, I don't go with women that's deaf men don't have. No, anything, also I think glasses should be free, you know, you didn't choose to be blind, you did not choose to be blind, and not everyone has that luxury of insurance that their work pays for their glasses, so yes, glasses should be free, like I feel bad for people that have to pay for cuts. - I think why is getting a real job come with benefits? - It could be so that you feel forced into getting a real job to afford your lifestyle. - I'm not getting a real job, I have a real job, like exactly what I mean to, like please, I'm not explaining myself, but I'm so excited to move, that being said, like I know it's gonna be stressful, I know I'm gonna be like, do I have enough money to pay for my rent, I have enough money to pay for my groceries, but I would rather do that in my independence and like go into my room at the end of the day and not have like my 12 year old sister above my head talking to her friends on FaceTime, going through my journals, going through my money, stealing my $5 that I actually need, okay? So I appreciate both sides, okay? I know I'm complaining because this whole episode is about complaining, but. - That's so real, I just listened to that and I'm just circling that in my head, I'm like. - You would rather be staying in your bed independently than your dad yapping in your ear. (laughing) - Well you didn't do your fork. Oh well I guess what you don't have to do your fork. - If I want to leave my dishes in the sink because I just did all my entire day and I wanna wake up the next day and do it, that's okay and if I don't wanna make my bed in the morning, okay? I understand that it's make your bed in the morning for a fresh start on the day. - I know all these things, some days I just don't want to, I don't want to, and I don't have to. - But sometimes I just wanna stay in my bed all day without you questioning me barging through my door. What are you doing in bed? (mumbling) - Also I don't like people touching my things, okay? I don't like, listen, before I moved out, I had to have like separate drawers in my fridge, right? For like my own groceries or I had to have like my own water filter. - My stuff goes in the garage. - My stuff goes missing, my stuff is being used. I don't like, I am like, I'm not OCD, but I have certain things that I like for myself only and yes, my Brita water filter is one of them, okay? And like, that sounds crazy, but I don't like your greasy hands on my water jug, okay? 'Cause then I won't drink water and I bought this specifically for me and I keep it in my own area. So if you have come into my area to get my items and use them, it's like, I don't even want to use them anymore so that I might as well not bought them and I just feel invasion, okay? So don't invade my stuff, I don't like that. - Get your grimy hands off my stuff, okay? Get your own eggs and milk. I should not chose those words to say 'cause I made it made fun of. - No, because you use their eggs. - I used their 12 pack of eggs, yes I did. - No, it was like 24. - It's a big juicy motherfucker pack. Due to the fact we're moving out soon, we have been sorting through our closets and we have closed from when we were wearing like crop tops and like going out and stuff and just like old plaid flannels and like, hey guys, weird stuff that we would never wear now. And that's also another thing is like, because we're moving out so soon into a whole new like, province. - Are you taking this with you? - I didn't actually believe it or not, three episodes were filmed today and we had to choose three separate outfits. Both looking at my closet, like mouth open, wide eyes open and like getting older. You have to decide. We have to choose a new more mature style. You know, I don't wanna think again. - It actually sucks. One shirt costs like $40 nowadays. I just have the basics. One black tank top, one black t-shirt. But then you're a girl. So you have to have like a low cut t-shirt but also a full coverage t-shirt. So you gotta have a full coverage tank top but then if you have mandrelers, it doesn't really work. - Then you can't wear the thick ones 'cause then you'll look like fricking, whatever that guy's name is, the Rock Johnson. - Rock Johnson, that's it. And then like, you have to have like, you know, but you're a woman. So you have to have dress pants but then you should probably have 'em in two different colors. And then you gotta have black jeans, right? We're one of a baggy look but you have to have a tighter pair for work and then you gotta have a skirt. - It's more for like a mandrel. - No, even to mention this goes out, socks. You have to have a low cut-on. - High cut socks, this, that. - Pumos. - Also the like, men only have to have like three pants, three shirts. - Yeah. - Yeah. - And like a suit, depending on their job. - It's feeling-- - It's feeling like a lot. - It's feeling heavy. It's feeling like a lot. - It's feeling like a lot, lot, lot, lot. And I'm blessed and I'm grateful and I'm very privileged and I'm very thankful. But that being said, this is a complaining video. - Yes, we could do a whole episode on everything Good Your Lives but we will at the end of the year. - Yeah, yeah. And God forbid you just want a juicy steak at a steakhouse. That is your whole paycheck. And when sitting, gone. Oh, and then like you need a new phone. You can't even afford a new phone. - That's the big things, right? When things start breaking down, like your fridge breaks, your dishwasher breaks, I would rather just not use that appliance anymore. - I know, but like let's say your car breaks down. You can't, you have to. - You need a car. And then like, let's say our phone breaks down. You mean this day and age, you need a phone. And it's like, you only have it for this long but you can't even afford a phone. Oh my gosh, if anyone wants to buy me a new phone, let me know. It's hard out here. - That being said, we are complaining in this video but that was the whole point in this video, it was the complaint. And it feels good to get this off your chest. - It does, and we're super grateful for life. That's not what's in question here. We're just having a fun time. - Okay, and we're hungry now. - Also, I know who you watching this and you're thinking the same thing, that it's stressful. Everyone knows life is stressful. And I know you're gonna say it doesn't get easy, easier. I know that. - Yeah, welcome to your 20s and beyond. - Okay. - And if you're not in your 20s, yeah, good luck. Enjoy your childhood, bro. Stop complaining and eat those home-cooked meals. Okay, anyways, I'm hungry, so we gotta go. - Yeah, I think, I think it's rough this week. We'll see you next week. Have a great day, bye!

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