12 THINGS I WISH I KNEW IN MY 20s!

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So you lovely people, tomorrow is my birthday! Another year, and oh man this has been a biggie: buying a flat, renovating a flat, AND getting a book deal! It’s been a year with all sorts of pinch me moments for me, but it has been so hella stressful too. A hectic frantic exhilarating exhausting kind of year, you know? How has your year been? Stressful? Calm? Boring? Sad or happy? Whichever type of year you’ve had, i have to tell you, this next upcoming year, it’s going to be such a good one, i can feel it.
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@norawotton5440 Жыл бұрын

I’m 64 and still usually feel like I’m 19. So much more fun than being an adult.

@lallameriem3846 11 ай бұрын

Your my girl🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤

@majbe1911 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday, Jenny! About adulthood being a myth - I totally agree! I have grown-up children, and during my early days of being a parent I thought "I must be an adult now", but no, I still don't feel like a grown-up. I guess I'm doing something right ;) I love your videos, and love your brave approach to life. :)

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

oh thank you and lots of love to you❤️❤️

@amandalapanda394 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Jenny! I’m 41 and just had my first baby. Just want to say to everyone who doesn’t want kids, it’s also ok to change your mind at any point. Or don’t! Definitely don’t feel pressured to have kids at all, but if you do hit 40 and change your mind, that’s ok too! Xx

@pawpao1 Жыл бұрын

De acuerdo contigo yo pensaba como ella a esa edad y las cosas pueden cambiar 😊

@GuidetteExpert 10 ай бұрын

Very common for women to have kids 40-45 years old now adays. I think its good to enjoy your life and learn about life before taking responsibility for another life.

@nelliedanielyan5879 Жыл бұрын

Losing my father definitely made me feel more adult. Some part of my inner child just died with him. And also birth of my son made me feel both more and less adult. There's obviously responsibility, but also doing all the kid stuff with him makes you feel like one again :)

@erika8456 Жыл бұрын

I am 27 and only have one 7 month old baby so might not be the best example...but we have the whole mortgage and all those adult responsibilities yet I still feel like I am a 17 year old trying to find my way in the world. My husband always says he never plans to grow up, haha (in a good way like that he wants to play with Lego and watch Saturday morning cartoons). I have been struggling with reaching my late 20’s and feeling behind on life. I just finished my first year of university and everyone there is so much younger! But I always appreciate your take on aging and it’s a good reminder that I don’t need to keep up with anyone else. I actually hope to write books one day too so I was so excited to hear that you wrote one and got published! I look forward to reading it 💕

@erika8456 Жыл бұрын

And happy birthday!

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

oh erika this was so lovely to read, thanks for sharing this!! and YES getting out of that societal deadline nonsense is one of the most freeing things ever 💛 lots of love to you and your fam x

@cross5063 Жыл бұрын

You're not behind on anything - you are a new mother AND studying, that's incredible! Lots of your peers won't be in this phase of life for another 10 years, and you'll be out of the very intense years of parenthood. There are many benefits to becoming a parent young if that's what you want, you'll have much more energy for one, and as your career or writing or whatever you want to do kicks off, it's likely your child/ren will be by then in school or childcare, giving you much more freedom. You have lots and lots of time- so many people are chasing what you have, and though there's so many ways to live life, you've got your shit together on a few fronts

@Authorthings Жыл бұрын

The good thing about going to university later is you'll appreciate it more, learn more, and be able to apply it better because you have some idea of where you're doing and what you want to do. I'm 30 and if I could go back and get my bachelor's again, I'd definitely do it different. But we can't change the past, only learn from it. Professors might take you more seriously because you're not 18 lol. Jobs will too.

@SORELbxl Жыл бұрын

"It's ok to take a detour", loved this so much, Jenny ❤ Thank you for your wondrous channel and happy birthday! 🎉

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

thank you haru!!! lots of love from london xx

@CRG_ Жыл бұрын

I’m 30, but I’ll bite 😂

@yamabo Жыл бұрын

I don't have kids either but I also feel like adulthood is a myth. When I look at my parents now being 31, I feel like they have no idea about anything either LOL they're just going with the flow and trying their best. Happy birthday and I will try to pre-order the book soon ☺

@MindOfMine. Жыл бұрын

I am 37 and don't have or want kids. And I am feeling like I can do what I want, but that is something that should belong to adulthood I think! Make your own life choices and don't care about what others think. In my heart I feel the same as I used to, so feeling young does apply to me I guess 😊

@OdinsSage Жыл бұрын

I've never understood people who "get embarrassed by how they dress in high school/as a young adult". I went through so many styles back then (and am still going through style changes now) and can't imagine ever being embarrassed about outwardly expressing myself at any stage of life. And damn, do I miss some of those periods of dress.

@camillalundgren3485 Жыл бұрын

After 40 I felt I was becoming wiser, I found both important questions but also answers about myself and life. But I also found out how little you know, how people stay the same and that you actually are free to just live your life. I believe adulthood is a myth!

@rebeccaalves4796 Жыл бұрын

Key to happiness: never take any tiny detail in life for granted. Walking in your local park, safety, affording groceries! It brings such boost of energy to my everyday life!

@OdinsSage Жыл бұрын

"Mistakes are a good thing, you'll need them later for your memoire" is what I'm gonna tell my nieces and nephews from now on. Such great life advice XD

@Es_Tay Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Jenny! I found this video both very relatable and insightful. Having just turned 30 this year, and coming up on a year as an assistant manager, I still do not at all feel like an adult. I completely agree about making mistakes. I did the whole get married and start to settle down thing and that absolutely did not work out. So at 27 I quit my job, packed up a car load, and moved to the city. Now I live with my (also single) best friend in a fun decorated house with our cat and I couldn't be happier. My marriage was a massive mistake, and horribly painful, but I wouldn't be where I am (or who I am) without it!

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

oh this is lovely to read! happy for you that you’ve found a life that’s good for you ❤️❤️❤️

@notjustirene Жыл бұрын

Well, “massive mistake” or not, it was very insightful to leave it and to have the maturity to move on. You have some courage! Your current life sounds so good. I think you’re on to something 😊

@Adrian-kz1xq Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday! 🎉

@ninice53 Жыл бұрын

happy birthday!!

@icequeen7025 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday 🎉❤

@mr.creative4567 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday ✨

@kikern Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday love

@beitheleaf8221 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday gorgeous! Tbh I needed this advice today, I remember embracing a few phases that have come and gone but experimenting has helped me learn to like and be true to myself ❤

@mizzorino Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Jenny!! 🎂

@nadialodomiri3888 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on all your achievements, Jenny. Happy 🎂 !

@AM-bm2xw Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Jenny! These were some very interesting and insightful thoughts :)

@_sijeuni_ Жыл бұрын

Grattis~!! ♥ What a great video!!

@kaleighvictoria Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love all of these “advice from big sister Jenny” videos 😄 PS happy birthday!! ❤️❤️

@aznn9008 Жыл бұрын

Sending lots of love to you❤️❤️❤️ appreciate your videos so soo much!

@winterburden Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jenny Mustard, happy birthday!!

@silvialfa1 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Jenny!!!! I agree with everything you said, above all the sennior's advicing part hahaha

@gangsta_meg Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Jenny!!!!

@namaiyrajuodi Жыл бұрын

You're so inspirational, Jenny - I just love those non-judgmental vibes you radiate! I feel like with time, I get way mellower, but sometimes I still am a little too harsh on myself, and this video worked as a great reminder not to 🙃 And oh, happy birthday, of course - we all love you, keep on shining! 💛

@emilythompson7393 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Jenny!

@tessdepaep9421 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, amazing Jenny 🥳

@lean8834 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday! 🎉

@silkehuybrechts7832 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday, dear Jenny! I loved this video, so many little pearls of wisdom! I am also convinced that adulthood is a myth. I am almost 28, I have two cats and I am getting married with my boyfriend of ten years, and I still don't feel like an adult. I have been a teacher for four years now, and every time a student comes to me with a problem, a little voice in my mind asks: 'Shouldn't you ask an adult?', only to realise: 'Oh wait, that's me!'

@Karo27007 Жыл бұрын

For sure one of my favorite video-"series" of yours. All the love, health and happiness for your birthday! ❤🎉

@lorriechilds4037 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Jenny! Wishing you all the best in the coming year! I am a 50 year old mother of 2 teenagers who also has a mortgage and I don't totally feel like a grown-up either.

@susanbaldwin9050 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Girl 🎉

@mariaferreira7647 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday lovely wishing you lots of happiness 😘😘🥰🥰

@aangel0293 Жыл бұрын

Another lovely video as always ☺️ Wishing you a most wondrous birthday Jenny, much love and light 💖

@nerdisaur246 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Jenny! I love you

@cherylgita1953 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, Jenny. I wish you all the best. And thanks very much for your inspiring videos.

@courtneyrichardson42 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, Jenny! Always so relatable and inspring. ❤

@karolinaspangenberg9425 Жыл бұрын

Happy belated birthday, Jenny! And thank you for this video, you made some good points!

@tracy020whitney Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Jenny! My birthday is next week. I loved the fact that my favourite youtubers were born in May. I found out long after I had subscribed and i was like.......damn I knew this is an earthy taurean vibe

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

hahah earthy taurean ! love it 😂🥰

@yuliyasayenko8364 Жыл бұрын

Dear Jenny, I wish you a very happy birthday! I hope all your wishes will come true. You're such an inspiration!❤️❤️❤️

@shirkaner6548 Жыл бұрын

such a sweet and beautifully curated video 🤍 wish you the most wonderful birthday and a gorgeous year! youre such an upper in my life :))

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

oh thank you thank you!! lots of love xx

@broomhag Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday! May there be many more. This is a video a lot need to see. Thank you.

@CamillaNessan Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday 🎉 Well said ! I loved your style phasee and been watching you since light eyebrows era. Making mistakes is key and not staying in unhealthy relationships is important advice to remember. Having kids certainly make you bit older as responsibly becomes more and taking care of another human make us less selfish and very generous ❤ much love from sydney Australia

@Micahangelina_ Жыл бұрын

Happy YOU DAY!! Sending serenity and love 🎉❤

@jazziechandra8231 Жыл бұрын

Brava, Jenny! And the very happiest of birthdays to you! This video is brilliant. I agree with everything you‘ve said here, and I love your intelligent carefree attitudes. As you know, I am also a vegan, and I‘m childless by choice. I reckon you may be right about the mindset changes of parents. Luckily, if one has a furry or feathered child, that doesn‘t happen! I also feel it‘s always the right time to leap into a new life, or a new chapter. Right now, I‘m becoming the me I have always wanted to be. I have to remind myself to not fret over things I never even thought about when I was a teenager, but I‘m determined to not become jaded. It‘s all about perceptions.

@lovelylangers Жыл бұрын

Hi Jenny, Happy Birthday to you! I totally agree with what you said. Adversity in life makes us stronger and more rounded human beings.

@sarahmckenzie3929 Жыл бұрын

Solid advice!! I CANNOT wait to receive your book!! I have a feeling that it will be, and remain, one of my all time favourite books 😊 Wishing you a happy birthday from Canada 🥳🎂

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

omg sarah!!! this made me smile a lot and also become slightly nervous!! hope it lives up to the hype hahah 🤞🏻💛💋

@midorijimenezfunamotto9924 Жыл бұрын

Happiest bday! I realy love listening to your voice and learning things from your page. Thanks for helping me feel better, and for inspire me to eat less animal food!

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

oh thank you midori!! love from london ❤️

@shilpa8042 Жыл бұрын

Super late birthday wishes 🎉 your content is just amazing and you are amazing 🤩 much love

@troffaamra4289 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Jenny! I love your “adulthood is a myth” theory! I’m 43 with a 5-year old daughter and I wonder if I ever will feel “adult”. However l think that is part of one’s personality, cos I have friends who have felt adult since being much younger……. But hurray for never feeling adult! I love these people!

@TheMennomilist Жыл бұрын

You are always cool!! Loved your list. I always state that while friendships take two people to function well, it takes one person to actually make it last. I am the friend that reaches out and keeps in touch the most with people over time and my friends are glad I do that. It is how I have been able to maintain close friendships for 20-30+ years (I'm 39). I mean I have children, but I started dating my husband at 16 and sometimes still feel like we are teens with one another, even though we have a sixteen year old now. I feel young still! I think it is important to be wise but keep your childlike feeling. I will climb trees and catch frogs still and such. I am youthful! Happy birthday by the way!!!

@seltzermint5 3 ай бұрын

I am 47 and married / no kids (ever) and I DO feel like an adult, but only to some extent. I love that, personally. I know this could change at any time but the biggest thing that feels less adult to me is all my peers have so many health issues that I do not have. I'm extremely energetic and hyper so even with laugh lines and grey hair coming in people often think I'm in my 30s. Not a brag, but my experience. I don't know how much of it is being childfree but I also have that feeling Jenny mentions of being mildly surprised and grateful at how stable and happy my life is.

@lizu17 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday beautiful Jenny, you are such an inspirational simple and complex woman, all in one, just love to follow you here, on insta and also the podcast, looking forward to get your book, have a happy happy birthday :*

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

oh anita you’re the sweetest, this made my day!! ❤️❤️

@lizu17 Жыл бұрын

@@JennyMustard its all true my dear 😘

@carolaeiler9607 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday, Jenny! So glad you´re around! Your videos enrich my life! :) About feeling like an adult: in my thirties I already had three kids and a mortgage and was still not feeling like an adult... Seven years ago I fell very seriously ill and it wasn´t until then that I fully realized what being an adult meant: taking 100 percent responsibility for your life - your relationships, your health, your everything... I´m still learning, but at least I know the goal now... ;) - I and I have fully recovered by really looking after my mind and body... :) And: Im sooo much looking forward to having grandchildren and doing A LOT of silly things with them as being an adult definitely does not mean that you forget how to have fun... ;) Wishing you all the best and a wonderful day tomorrow!

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

this made me smile! ❤️❤️❤️

@joannalukaszuk2260 11 ай бұрын

thanks!!! I smiled a lot watching it :)

@kat_thefruitbat Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday, Jenny! 🥳🎉 I can’t wait to find your book in my mailbox! 👏😍 Thank you for these beautiful reminders! 😊❤️

@SpringSpark Жыл бұрын

I'm 28, and I have felt like an adult for a while now. I don't have kids, but my parents, who also partially rely on me financially, are far less adapted and successful in the modern world than I am. So it makes me feel more adult than them.

@tempest9172 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday, Jenny! My birthday is a couple of days away, and your video is so well timed. Im turning 29 and frankly got my notebook and pen down as soon as I saw your video title. Of course not all your tips apply for me, because I'm a lawyer, but I can adapt your principles very easily. Thank you and David for all the hard work you put into your videos here.

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

happy 29th!!! ❤️

@yaoyao1673 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday, Jenny, you are more gorgeous than I first saw you here in 5 years ago.❤

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

oh thank you nadia!!!! ❤️

@melindaferreira9879 10 ай бұрын

Im 52 .. never wanted kids .. ended up adopting a daughter at 37... Still dont feel fully " grown" even w all the responsibilities, its strange trying to raise a child while still feeling like a child myself.. doesn't help that i had to move back into my childhood home to care fort elderly mom.. every day is an adventure... Happy Birthday! Congratulations on your book! All the best!!! 🎉💯!!!

@Stregga1 Жыл бұрын

Grattis på födelsedagen! お誕生日おめでとう!

@surlespasdondine Жыл бұрын

I still have quite a few of the same clothes I wore at 15-21. Feels great to have evolved but stayed true to my taste.

@geraldgabad1373 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday my Crush❤️

@tortadepimenton Жыл бұрын

this is like getting an advice from an older sister. tysm

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

🥰😘💋

@foo9877 Жыл бұрын

Jenny, I don’t know what you’re doing, but you are one of the coolest and most stylish people that I know of on KZfaq. I really appreciate you bestowing your knowledge and experience into us. I look up to you a lot and I am thankful for you and your husbands videos. From the bottom of my heart, happy birthday and many more

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️ !!!

@JeffHeon Жыл бұрын

Solid advice!

@isabell905 Жыл бұрын

Love this Video

@ReReChan Жыл бұрын

I'm 39 y.o this year and I agree with #5 :))

@xochilguevara3429 5 ай бұрын

I feel the same about “adulthood”

@clarabarreiros446 3 ай бұрын

There is a Sarah Anderson book I love called “adulthood is a myth”. Your comment just reminded me of it! ✌️

@xochilguevara3429 3 ай бұрын

@@clarabarreiros446 😄

@tracyehrenberg6074 Жыл бұрын

happy birthday Jenny! yes, adulthood is a myth!

@m16612 10 ай бұрын

I luv the cup and saucer at 4:10. Can you share the link where we can buy them?

@surlespasdondine Жыл бұрын

I'm 41. I wish I'd known in my 20's how much better it would get in the decades to come.❣

@Authorthings Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday!!! I'm 30, and no, I don't feel like an adult. My career after college never really took off, but I got a mortgage, a husband, a dog, vehicles and a yard I have to take care of, bills, grocery shopping, calling companies to make sure I'm not being overcharged, etc.... And I still feel 17 in a lot of ways, maybe 19... Lol but I'm clearly not. Idk if I'll ever feel like an adult or want kids. I have names picked out that I'd like to use "some day" but "some day" probably wont come. I never feel more ready to have kids. I never feel financially stable because SOMETHING always comes up or needs to be fixed... And I dont want to carry a child... Maybe some day we'll adopt.

@kaltespopcorn4087 7 ай бұрын

Love how you just assume we will all be writing memoires and people will read those.I will definetly mention you on the thank you page in mine 😉

@kaltespopcorn4087 7 ай бұрын

Also #5 gives me this giggly feeling in my stommach... What does adulthood mean anyway?

@JennyMustard 7 ай бұрын

Can't wait!

@sylvieleguennic5589 Жыл бұрын

Joyeux anniversaire! de la Bretagne en France. A plus.

@veronikab1607 Жыл бұрын

Yes, having kids definitely makes me feel a bit more like an adult as ever before. Independent of caring of them, i still dont. ;) Happy birthday!🎉

@Veg_Sabbath Жыл бұрын

"Flying with British Airways instead of RyanAir". Oh girl, how I understand! Unfoturnately still in the RyanAir area though! Happy birthday Jenny!

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

oh hahah thank you lovely!! and wishing you out of ryan air era asap!!! x

@stefirejulien8019 Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday! Actually yes, having kids definitely changes the game and made me feel adult... But that doesn't mean that I know what I'm doing 😅

@skincaremakeup40 7 ай бұрын

I'm 49 and i feel much more younger than my daughter who is 14,she is so strict and conformist and me,I've just opened my own youtube page.And yes,I am a teacher in a high school and have lots of responsabilities and yet....i don't feel older than 16😊

@julijabrodske Жыл бұрын

how do you take care of your hair? its beautiful :)

@beccalena Жыл бұрын

I just preordered to Germany ☺️😍

@JennyMustard Жыл бұрын

oh yay! thank you!! really really hope you’ll love it 🥰💛🤞🏻

@barbararogers6013 Жыл бұрын

I want to pre-order your book but I will not buy it from Amazon. Is there any other place I can order in the US?

@user-it1ic8zf5n Жыл бұрын

С Днём Рождения Дженни🎉 Зачем взраслеть☝️😉

@katarzynai8819 Жыл бұрын

🎉🎉🎉❤ Happy Bday❤❤🎉🎉😘🫠😁✨️🙏🏼

@kushig2932 Жыл бұрын

Don't actually know how to pass 27 and everyone thinks I'm 24 and I'm in my mid 30's

@willlexie Жыл бұрын

I feel more adult when I have medical insurance, count my monthly expenses and plan my passive incomes. I'm childfree and have no pets nor plants cause I'm travelling. But I still like to have child-spirit such as eat chocolate cereal as my breakfast on my bed whilst watching some cartoons. I love to balance of being an adult and being a child, I feel more content.

@melindaferreira9879 10 ай бұрын

Getting life insurance at 50 made me feel adult...

@andreabrischigliaro5377 Жыл бұрын

Ciao Jenny tantissimi auguri di buon compleanno a te da parte mia ok ciao alla prossima ❤❤❤❤

@andreabrischigliaro5377 Жыл бұрын

Grazie mille per il tuo cuore ciao Jenny alla prossima 💙💙🥰💙💙

@methyouth Жыл бұрын

I’m a parent and i feel like a kid with a kid

@startpage717 Жыл бұрын

The no eyebrows and hair color was fking cool...Loved it...Congratulations!! Oh and myth YEP Adulthood is...(Just read a book about a 15 yr old taking care of her 8,11 and 7 yr old siblings-any who they made it through) was she an adult at 15?

@pinkpotatoes9849 Жыл бұрын

Some phases are developmental. I think it's hard to 'want' children knowing how much work is involved, one will never know the joy of having children unless one goes through the biological changes. So the best way is not to exclude the motherhood phase.