December is a month of anniversaries for me. It marks the anniversary since getting scoliosis surgery in 2002, graduating college in 2013, and launching the Twentysomething Vision blog in 2015. It’s officially been FIVE YEARS since I graduated college. WOW! And it’s almost been 10 years since I graduated high school! I can believe that because I feel very far removed from high school, but it still feels weird thinking… The post 5 Milestone Accomplishments Since Graduating College 5 Years Ago appeared first on Twentysomething Vision ..read more

Note: I’ll add more photos once I find some from the days after my surgery. For now, enjoy the read! “Is that normal?” My friend innocently asked, as I bent down to tie my shoes. “What?” I responded. “Does everyone’s back do that when we bend?” She asked. I realized what happened – bending exposed the most obvious sign of my scoliosis: the hump. You can only see the hump… The post Scoliosis: The Good, The Bad, and the Curvy appeared first on Twentysomething Vision ..read more

I sat in the college community living office, waiting to be questioned…Campus authorities called me in to question me about an article I planned to write for the college newspaper. I was 21 years old, it was my last semester of college, and I was the newspaper’s co-editor in chief. Just a week prior, a student hung a Swastika flag in his dorm window during a sensitive time – the… The post That Time When Authorities Questioned My Newspaper Article appeared first on Twentysomething Vision ..read more

Ed Sheeran’s lyrical genius and guitar riffs can’t be contained inside a building, so he simply embarked on a stadium tour to promote his album, Divide. My friend Audrey and I saw Ed Sheeran play at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL on his second-to-last night of his U.S. stop on the tour. It was worth the drive, worth the time, and worth the sleepless work night (cue the… The post Ed Sheeran Unites Music Lovers in Tampa – Divide Tour 2018 appeared first on Twentysomething Vision ..read more

Ever since I was a tweenage girl, I despised my thick, knotty, curly hair. During summer breaks, my dad brought me to work. I’d play my turquoise GameBoy Color, read, practice my sales pitch, and sign my name as “Sylvia Quinones,” a name I came up with that looked nice written in cursive. My dad’s employees were friendly. I updated them on what was going on in the Harry Potter… The post Curly Hair Quarrels: Waving Hello to the Curls appeared first on Twentysomething Vision ..read more