24.

Recently, I have realized that I do things differently then I used to a couple of months ago. Some small, some big. Not worse, not better. Just different. Maybe it is because I moved to another country. Maybe it is part of the growing up process. Maybe I am just changing. Or maybe it is simply a mixture of all these things, working together to create a new way of thinking.

But I have decided to account these small changes to the fact that I am now 24 years old. 

And so, more for my entertainment than yours, I have compiled a list of 24 ways I can tell I have turned 24.

1. Flossing happens once a day.

2. I enjoy washing my hands.

3. Coffee consumption has been upped to, on average, 3 times a day.

4. Can't stay up past 11 o' clock without being totally useless the next day.

5. When brushing my teeth, try to brush for 2 minutes. (the dentist suggested time frame for teeth brushing)

6. Go running twice a week in order to maintain a healthy heart.

7. Go running because I actually want to.

8. Daily multivitamins. 

9. Make up the bed, also daily.

10. My room is (almost) always clean.

11. Waking up at 6/6:15am to make it to class on time...and enjoying it.

12. Still immature enough to let out a smirk when someone uses the word "do" twice in a row in a sentence. (I "do do" that...)

13. Craving fruit and salads.

14. T-shirt and jeans are no longer an everyday occurrence.

15. Money budgeting.

16. E-mailing my grandparents once a week to catch up on life.

17. Tears at weddings.

18. Still young enough to paint my nails with neon orange nail polish and get away with it.

19. Enjoying the company of children.

20. I get more and pains in my body when I go on longer runs...or when I dance too much.

21. Still young enough to dance around my room, singing Taylor Swift.

22. My e-mail inbox is organized and clean of junk mail.

23. I reach for my umbrella before going for the rain jacket.

24. The doctor suggested amount of 8 cups of water per day is actually taking place.

And so, in the words of Taylor Swift (kind of) ... "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling twenty-FOUR..."