how it feels to be 27.

[@revelatoriumpod]

hello it's me aforementioned podcast - a new ep just went up today!

[@Frandalfthegrey]

27 feels...calmer. I feel less shakable, more resilient, and significantly less worried about what anyone thinks about me. It's like the noise is starting to sink into the background, and I'm less distracted by all of the "shoulds" available to me. It feels playful. It feels like I have plenty of time. And it feels like the lesson, "I am never finished' has finally started to sink in. I don't have to be complete by 30. I'm complete now, and at the same time I never will be.

[@jessicahoward7138]

Love this, there’s something about your late 20’s that gets you feeling introspective

[@arielsong1289]

I'm 26 heading towards 27, having similar feelings right now!

[@ethanglenn9917]

You hit this right on.

[@hilaryadmine]

That's exactly how am feeling at 27😮

[@Hope4Life26]

AMAZING. ❤ I love this!

[@harrietjane]

I’m 27 too. It feels scary - I feel like due to covid I’ve lost 2 years of my life. I feel a lot younger than 27. But as time goes on I feel a lot more confident in myself - as the older I get the more I realise time left on this earth is getting shorter. I find it easier to connect with people. I find it easier to commit to decisions and follow through in closer time (hello tattoos and booking spontaneous trips). And I realise that 30 is, suddenly, right around the corner and that is wild. If anything, 27 is the age I realise that I simply must honour what I truly need and burn for in my soul. At 30 I want to say that I followed my dreams and made them a reality. 27 feels like a crossroads.

[@coscorrodrift]

i feel like you, i'm 25 but i feel like i'm still 22 or 23. i find myself watching commencement speeches, graduation speeches, student addresses, and relating, like if i was just fresh out of school

[@pabloarranz3626]

Also 27. I have started this year by going on a three month trip through Europe and getting a tattoo. I feel more relaxed jumping into the unknown.

[@slowburnraloh1807]

Man I'm 27 and I feel the same way about losing 2 years of my life almost like I was 23 then skipped to 26. Had a hard time getting into trade school(which would be completed by now) but I have to remember I'm still young

[@jasonhatfield4747]

I remember 27 quite well. I'm 41 now. 27 is still your youth. Your body at that age is still like it's always been...trouble free, dependable, full of energy. It's not until you hit about 34 or 35 that things start to go down hill from a physical stand point. So you still have a few more youthful years left. Enjoy your 27 year old body to it's fullest. In about 6-7 years you'll be wishing you could have it back!!

[@jessicahoward7138]

I am going to be 27 in a month and I also feel like it becomes harder to keep, maintain, and even make new friends the older you get. There’s just something about getting older that makes it difficult to have a social life. I feel so lonely sometimes

[@samgould8567]

In my experience, it gets better in your 30s as long as you are willing to branch out. My late 20s were some of the loneliest years of my life.

[@thelifeofbrandoncooney6099]

I haven't had a social life since junior high school

[@BelaCurcio]

Kath 😭 this feels like one of those moments where we're elevating above the normal day-in-day-out business of this platform. What a deeply meaningful video

[@Katherout]

THANK YOU MY DEAR

[@HopefulMere]

I'm turning 27 in 2 months. Aging scares me, but videos like this definitely help me feel more at peace with it. Thanks for the great video!

[@adrianromerocodes3211]

just turned 27 yesterday, feel like I should've been further ahead in life by this age, at 26 I felt like I still was a long way from 30, yesterday at 27, I feel like I'm very close now Lol, but for some reason the fog got clearer at 27 (even though it's my second day here) on what I have to do to live the life I want to create for myself and hopefully with my loved ones. good luck everybody, enjoy your 27th here we go!

[@lupeeshalupeesha2741]

I’m 2 decades older than you and it feels like my world is getting more narrow. Unfulfilled dreams and aspirations have been let go. College and old friends are distant fuzzy memories. What I want often takes a backseat to what others need. What I would say to those younger than me is that as you get older everyone around you gets older. Remember that.

[@jasonhatfield4747]

I agree with this. Seeing friends from my 20's or even celebrities that I have always thought of as young getting older is comforting knowing I'm not going through this alone. Mentally, I feel the same, but physically, you lose energy and your body doesn't tolerate as much abuse as it used to.

[@taylorlien569]

I would say that 25 is peace and chaos. At once settling into myself and my life while also holding tenderly all the versions of myself that were not afforded that tenderness by the world she occupier. It's preparation meeting luck and realizing how much more complicated leaving your childhood behind actually is even if it's not something you associate positive memories with. Everything changing is everything changing and that's hard regardless of the way you thought you prepared. Twenty five is straddling the line between youthful ignorance and optimism and the terror and knowledge that comes with having lived just a little more life than when you were 20. It's crossroads and intersections and stopping to cry at each of them because nothing about any of these moments can you ever get back when it's over. it's getting everything you wanted but still sobbing when you have to leave your best friend. It's what's best for you coming at the price of the smaller things that kept you here. 25 is complicated and beautiful and emotionally challenging. It's lots of big seemingly unnameable feelings coming on the heels of shock that your work has finally paid off. It's coming into the life you have always dreamed of and feeling the fear of that reality. 25 is change. Big change, life shaking change, but more than that it's learning how to absorb the change you wanted into a new life and a new version of yourself that occupies new spaces. Exhilaration accompanying sadness accompanying everything you're leaving behind. Because change is hard even if it's exactly what you wanted.

[@gigipc2488]

incredible words! "it's what's best for you coming at the price of the smaller things that kept you here." i feel this point so deeply!

[@nikki5195]

as another 25 year old you put this into words perfectly!

[@unknowndarkangeluser]

This comment was made on my 25th birthday. Accurate

[@bscott9141]

Wow this really touched me. I turn 26 this year and this perfectly sums up what life feels like right now at 25.

[@amiam9503]

This is beautiful. Thank you.

[@Elelooovesmusic]

25 feels like a choice instead of a coincidental accident. I am very lucky and I recently got to pick my job and city, all while being surrounded by my favourite people. it makes all the difference when your life is the result of your decisions - and not just a foreign place where you somehow ended up without ever really wanting to. 25 also is slowly getting used to self-confidence: trusting that I will continue to handle challenges - but also being able to brush off rejection as a normal part of life. 25 is thankfulness for the gift of friendship and the immeasurable luck of meeting the right people at the right time. we really are the product of the people who surround us and there is no better feeling than being a complete fan girl for all of your friends. 25 is agency and curiosity and the realisation that life is short and we’re mortal and that there is so much to try out and see ✨☀️

[@Katherout]

a choice instead of a coincidental accident... real

[@MicahBratt]

One thing that became more apparent the older I got is that the world doesn't get older, just you do. There is still someone experiencing being 18 for the first time.

[@abbeyprendi]

february pisces unite! 28 feels like a year of new beginnings and the ending of things that no longer serve me. 28 feels like i'm just beginning real adulthood. 28 feels like preparing for my 30s that are quickly approaching while still trying to enjoy my last few years of my 20s. It feels like I am on the precipice of something new.

[@МарияТугаринова-ь7е]

Oh I like the video! It gives me a bitter-sweet feeling, as I remember how lost I was at my 27 and was looking for answers but I couldn't form the questions.. I didn't know then that my 30s will be happier and libirating. The main challenge of 20's is to get to know yourself renounce your youth belives about yourself and the world, get rid in your mind of projections of your parants / friends/ on you and fell in love with your true self. You are on the right path.

[@GLamoRousCooKie]

This gives me some hope as a somewhat lost, confused and depressed 27-year old.

[@missmillienettleton]

Really gorgeous video. I've been feeling scared about turning 25, still feeling messy and disorganised, as though I were 23 (subtracting 2 because covid). The way you spoke of the lessons you're learning felt very calming, a nice reminder that our way of experiencing life is getting richer as time passes❤

[@RachelHaraburda]

Being 20 feels like a bigger crossroads than 18 where out of high school everyone lost contact and went separate ways and my peers are about to finish college next year where as I had to take a break, and others have been in "long term" relationship or moved out while some have yet to do so. I know there is so much life ahead of me but I don't feel shiny anymore but also I definitely haven't established my place in the world yet. So much to see and do and experience in the most broke time of my life

[@gigipc2488]

the ~healing~ I love it! love that you're aware of your pace! 22 feels like a trainwreck I never saw coming but learning to find the stunning shards of beauty in the crash. it's being uncomfortable with uncertainty and learning to say yes to risks and realizing that I have a tendency to cling to old dreams longer than I should. this video is a masterpiece of wisdom!

[@Katherout]

22 unfortunately can and has been a trainwreck for many!!!! wishing you well, truly

[@rhysking2564]

I'm also 22 and can confirm, it's been a wild ride, but already better than 21 for me personally

[@AG-bq2zd]

22 feels like I’ve taken sunglasses and blinkers off that I’ve been wearing for the past 8 years. The lights are brighter, the plants are greener, the world is bigger and more beautiful than it had been, since a time when my eyes were those of a child. I was extremely mentally ill as a teen and the wisdom and (terrible) life experience that gave me has made me pretty fearless. I see so much beauty in everything and I’m not phased by anything. I love just being carried by the earth and saying yes to the opportunities that tempt me and no to those that don’t. I don’t need to rush anywhere, and there are always wonderful things to do on any journey. My best friend (who funnily enough is 27) and I have had a routine since early March, where we walk 7km to a beach outside of the city every night, swim in the sea in the dark, and walk back and look at the stars, learning the constellations and talking about anything and everything. I think that sums up this age for me. That of course doesn’t mean that bad things don’t happen, but again, that’s just life (life!) and it’s wonderful as a whole. The cold, almost metallic spring Nordic ocean on my skin as I look at the city lights across the bay make the world seem so much bigger, and my problems seem so infinitesimally small.

[@Katherout]

omfg I LOVED reading this

[@rocknation7065]

I like the narrations,your voice sounds great.

[@Slipping_thru_the_Seams]

your stories of calamities made me cry in a good way. im 27 too and this is so interesting and on point

[@subhakhan1900]

I'm 20 and it feels like change, motion and painful, uncomfortable but exciting growth. I'm about to turn 21 it's both scary and invigorating because it feels like I'm starting a new chapter in my life. I hope I don't fall flat on my face.

[@Freedom00-u5r]

@@subhakhan1900 If you are willing to listen to anything I have to say, coming from someone that’s 26- please please please use this time to learn yourself, invest in books/podcasts, not trying to keep up with ANYONE because it’s never worth it, and try to avoid drama at all costs. No matter where you work or go to school, age is just a number and maturity depends on the person. Don’t drink or smoke much, take care of your body cause it will reward you in the long run, I recommend weight training and surrounding yourself with positivity. Even when things get out of hand, if you’re able to, seek advice from those that are very mature, older people that carry themselves very well and just know that it is this that will help elevate you. If there’s anything I wish I could’ve changed it would be not being so stubborn. You’re prolly 21 about to be 22 now. You’re very young and there’s so much to learn, myself included. I hope this isn’t coming off as projecting either, I just want you to do better than I did, but also point out what has helped me as well. Maturity speaks volumes and I’ve had many people defend me even when I didn’t realize it. I hope you are now thriving and doing well but even if you aren’t….if you’re still breathing, you got another shot at doing better! Take good care of yourself ❤️

[@tiffanyferg]

this is so beautiful!! And I absolutely love how you edited this, especially the text dancing around the screen

[@Katherout]

love u so much my sweet tiff

[@coscorrodrift]

yes, i was gonna say the same! really dynamic, i liked it a lot. the folklore looking font but with the movement was really cool and it worked

[@atk2597]

More of my 20s are behind me than in front of me. 1997 babies, we GROWN af. Almost 27… wow… f**k time. At this point 27 turns to 54 real fast. Idk about 54 yet, but it’s the same timeframe, 27 to 54… damn…

[@artprojects_]

Another 27-year old here. Nice to hear how other people are experience this age. Very calming!

[@sarahtohme4041]

I liked that you followed the permanence section with imperfection. I relate specifically with the tattoo thing, I feel like I haven't found anything that i think i like enough to have forever. My boyfriend has a lot of tattoos though and says that even if there are regrets, his relationship with them changes with his relationship to his body, and also they're always with you so they just kind of become familiar. Even if you have regrets, you can hold a piece of what your past self loved. Even if your relationship to it changes, it's still worthy

[@rheavals]

Kath, omg this video is the best I've seen so far on youtube! You have no idea how much it touches my heart and my mind.. I'm 39 with family and I'm totally in a different phase in life BUT, your video made me so emotional and I can still relate to your words and emotions too.. This is so inspiring beyond words. Thank you, this is so beautiful omg I'm emotional 🥹 I'm gonna share this to my friend whom I think would really need to hear your words of wisdom too 🥰

[@jackiemartin7276]

I'm turning 27 next month, and I really appreciated this video. I feel like my feed is constantly awash with 19 year olds and I want to see people my age and older living and growing! So thanks for sharing :)

[@Katherout]

WE ARE LIVING AND GROWING!!!!

[@vikm1341]

me too. I want to see people my age too.

[@klairer9427]

Wow I feel like I needed this video! Your thoughts on the plasticity of relationships really resonated. For me, 26 is the year of learning boundaries (through therapy!) and reflecting on what I want out of life

[@sophsbookss]

turned 23 two days ago! it feels like i’m finally getting a grasp on what it actually important to me, not what everyone else tells me what should be important to me. I’m still working my way towards those things but it’s good to have a better sense of self.

[@glizellealderite]

I just turned 27 yesterday. Surprisingly, I don't feel anything. I mean probably in a good way because my past birthdays, it all felt like I was in this constant pressure of becoming someone else, a perfect and successful person. But today, I just don't feel any sadness or happiness. I just feel like yeah i turned a year older and i'm gonna continue living my life the way i am. It's actually weird because i normally write a poem every birthday for myself and it's always a sad poem. I don't know. Maybe I have become calmer about the idea of who i really want to become vs what the people around me want me to be.

[@rebeccasrandomness3045]

This brings me so much comfort at age 21 it makes me feel so hopeful about relationships I have lost. You have such an insightful way to explain your thoughts and growth! 21 feels hopeful and like every single thing is possible. It feels like I have endless opportunity while I'm slowly loosing choices with every decision I make.

[@Hey_its_Dre]

40 feels empowering! I accept myself completely, flaws and all. What a damn relief! Yes I have stretch marks, yes, those are crows feet forming around my eyes - it feels so weird to say it, but this is me, and I accept all of it! If I find out someone doesn’t like me it doesn’t effect me like it did in my 20s. Sure, it doesn’t feel great, but there isn’t the weight behind thinking “everyone needs to like me”. I know what is important now - I will not spend hours upon hours on makeup anymore and I will not dare put on a body shaper that will make me feel miserable all night - nope, if the dress is that tight - time to pick a new dress. I am a mom and I have discovered what it means to be “in love”. I can stare at my kids faces all day and I would follow both these little beings to the end of the earth! This is what is important! I have come to look at my life in chapters. Every chapter has different challenges and obstacles. I am also a ICU Nurse and my career path has taught me that every single day is an absolute gift, every breath is a gift and every year I age is a gift (I often think of how many of my patients didn’t make it to my age 😔). One other very strange thing is in my 20s I remember thinking that I would transform into an “old person” and everything would shift. I would want to start wearing old people sweaters and maybe even take up sewing or something. Nope! My brain still feels 20 and I have confirmed with my 70 year old patients - they still feel mentally in their 20s too. How odd! An epiphany - I don’t get older and start developing an old person mentality. I love being in my 40s!

[@jasonhatfield4747]

I feel sorry for people who can't accept aging as well as you do. Especially those who think that plastic surgery is going to keep them looking young. Just accept the process. No one can escape it!

[@limesrawsm]

This was the most stunning video diary I’ve ever seen and please please make one for next year! I turned 26 a few months ago and it’s scary getting older and feeling like you don’t know what the HECKIN HECK you’re doing w your life but you made me kind of excited for more of it even though im feeling a little directionless

[@Jenny-uy5qd]

This video was truly art. I really appreciated what you said about being a slow burn because I feel the same way about taking months (read: years) to make a decision that I have been thinking about for a while. As someone turning 27 in the upcoming year, it was really nice hearing your reflections on this and also seeing that it wasn't "I finally have everything figured out" since we are constantly evolving humans.

[@chichilafemme6336]

21 is chaos, confusion and uncertainty. It’s like I confidently decided to go on a journey and my ship set sail and at first it’s all fine and dandy but you get to the middle of the ocean, the waves are rougher, and the sea seems endless, in ever direction you are met with sky and water and that’s it. Suddenly everything you knew feels useless, and for the first time in your life you understand that you know nothing in this world. It’s the first time you see your parents not as these adults on a pedestal that know everything and are so wise but as humans. Humans who make mistakes sometimes very dumb ones. You see them start to age. They start to talk to you about how they feel more. You see their flaws, you see how your parents relationship really operates. How good or how toxic it is. At this age you start to figure out if you like them as people, not because of blood. I’ve grown so close to one parent to the point that we talk everyday and we laugh and plan activities like friends, in fact they feel like a built in best friend. Yet the other parent we drifted so far apart, once you start to remember how they treated you growing up. I’ve also come to cultivate close friendships, I love my little circle of friends, I don’t see them as much anymore since I graduated but everytime we reach out it is as if no time has passed. Envy has become a close friend of mine. I may have graduated early but my career has been very tumultuous and I’m basically broker than ever, filed for unemployment and spend days putting in application after application. The same cannot be said for my friends, peers, old hs friends. One got a job at nasa, one got a job as a lab technician in a hospital with a really big bonus. One is studying abroad in Canada. Another did a semester in France. I’ve never felt more behind than ever. I don’t know what my purpose is, but I know that my job, my degree all of it was never me. I am a circle trying to fit myself in to a triangular hole. I’m stepping back and reflecting what I want to be, who I want to be. My family life has been chaotic. It’s a rollercoaster that I never asked to be on. But I’m still learning to cope with it all and my friends both in person and online have been the greatest support. I started therapy back in august and it has been the best thing ever, I’m so grateful for my therapist she’s amazing. I started going to the gym consistently for 5 days a week. I have a gym membership, I do weight training, I’ve tried so many new things and I feel proud of myself. I’m eating better but I’ve finally stopped dieting and just focused on eating foods that taste good and make me feel good. Though I still feel insecure about I’m getting better and stronger. Other random things I did, I was an extra in a short film (exciting!) and I walked a fashion show (also exciting!)

[@secondjoint]

I’m 32 and still becoming. Maybe there is no rush to find permanence. Sure, I have a huge amount of respect for those who know exactly what they want and what they stand for, and those who lived in the same community , doing the same kind of work for decades, and everyone on the street seem to recognize and stop to greet them. But it’s no point to force commitment when we are not ready. Finishing a challenging 12 week course is a measure of willpower. Serving the same community for 12 years is a measure of love.

[@Katherout]

a measure of love!!!!

[@angelaox]

This was so beautiful and I relate heavily to sooo many things in video. This video feels like a gift 💛

[@rhysking2564]

22 feels at times like a chaotic wildfire. Everything feels like it's falling apart around you, it's hard to breathe, you don't know what's going on or where to go, and it's hard to see the path moving forward. When the flames die down though and the destruction has leveled, you realize that through this chaos comes a fresh new slate. Just as a new forest will grow in the wake of a wildfire, a new adult life seems to be just on the horizon. My early 20s so far have taught me so many (sometimes difficult) things: Coping with loss/grief and coming to terms with my own mortality; recognizing the unrelenting speed of time; learning that in all relationships boundaries are necessary and that I don't have to put up with abuse; that my parents are also human and did the best they could even if it wasn't perfect; and the list could go on and on. Being in your early 20s is a tumultuous time of self discovery and trying to figure out your new adult identity. It seems to me like being on the edge of true adulthood while still sounding the last echoes of the wild sense of youth of your late teens. It's a weird age honestly and I look forward to (hopefully) gaining more of a sense of peace as I go through my 20s as many people older than me in the comments have claimed. Thank you for such an interesting video!

[@Adrianaxo.]

22 here as well and feel the same exact thing! We got this!❤️🦋

[@marialuizadcn]

I am speechless. What a cool well-edited and well-constructed video! The visuals, the storytelling, the perspectives. Such a relatable topic, I loved it ❤

[@katherineb7761]

this video is so beautiful. it described many of the emotions I am feeling now at 23. thank you.

[@harrytucker4778]

I love how this video just gave me an insight into a totally different life. I’m turning 27 this year and this made me feel such a deep calm about who where I am in life. I just wish I could stare at such beautiful views as yours!

[@t.kruste3085]

omg, I relate to hard to being a slowburn! Feels nice to have that mirrored in an accepting way. I had never thought about it in those terms

[@christinakcover]

Loved watching this video, what a gift, have been meaning to leave a comment on your pod episode last month + then saw this on my feed -- love and gratitude from a fellow February Pisces. Loved what you shared about permanence, I definitely struggle with the same in many aspects and have seen online that some describes pisces people as "flighty" and think it's all shown up a lot as I've felt sort of one foot out of the door with many huge decisions, while seemingly running out of doors, and running out of options/potential/time it feels (like the song on Paramore's new album!) Among it all, inspired by the ways I think you've leaned into a steadfast more permanent dedication to creativity, here on YT and on other platforms. I think that 26 is full of realities and full of more intentional decisions needed to keep things up and running in life, less auto, more manual, but think this has coincided with graduating from grad school and working full time and other shifts. Thanks always for the invitation to reflect!!

[@nailahhuq1238]

my favorite video you've made

[@Katherout]

THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@nailahhuq1238]

@@Katherout you're welcome! i'm so excited you replied. i've been watching since you were in college

[@cl.j.a.a.9492]

27: claridad, búsqueda, amor

[@erinbsvids]

Loved seeing how Kath has evolved and reflecting on how I’ve changed in the year or so since I subscribed, around the 26 video or so. I’m turning 24 next month and excited/nervous to see what that brings! Lots of endings and new beginnings, I think. So validating reading these comments!!

[@Katherout]

it's nice to touch base annually, glad you're still around to do so

[@abbyneal2337]

24 feels like early springtime, when the daffodils are starting to peek out and someone you know inevitably has a family of birds who've made a nest near their house to raise baby birds from eggs to first flight. it feels like a time where i and everyone around me are on completely different tracks moving in different directions at different speeds, but that we're all going somewhere we need to be going. it feels like a year of growing and shifting and falling in love with a million new things and falling back in love with things that have always been around in new ways. the early 20s feeling of dropping out of the sky and trying to find any footing i can is almost resolved, and i'm getting to the point where i feel like i have at least one foot somewhat planted and i can start moving ahead into my adult life beyond the basic need for survival. it feels like a year of budding and blossoming and deepening my roots while also growing

[@Katherout]

appreciate u so much abby

[@allyson--]

:,) wow, I would so read more of your writing if you have any works online/available.

[@cassiemyers6689]

Beautifully written

[@katieb3172]

I feel like I can get a gauge of what age feels like when I compare it. 19 is having a problem you caused yourself, freaking out, crying, and calling for help. But 21 is more like having a problem you caused yourself, freaking out, crying, taking a deep breath and having to solve it yourself. But when you do, it feels so good to know you did it!!

[@360shadowmoon]

I loved this! I also reunited with some old friends this year that I had accidentally let go of due to long distance, etc. and I'm so grateful for it. It's like time never passed. A good reminder to not take these relationships for granted.

[@blueseal1425]

I'm 19 and hearing your story gives me hope. I hope for friendship, finding my passion, managing my daily life on my own. Today I'm just not feeling very confident in my skin so hopefully, it will get better

[@jenniferlinskey6581]

20 is feeling like I've grown so incredibly much, but also not enough. Things aren't in place yet. I don't know where I'm going. When I feel love and happiness, I want to chase after it. I don't know what's real or what to trust sometimes. I take things day by day. I try to savor being young and not fear getting older.

[@Katherout]

love this

[@cristinalamanna1195]

This october I will be turning 21 and this phase of my life I just feel lost. I feel like a can do anything but I’m paralyzed with fear and the unknown of my life. I feel like I’m so young and so old at the same time due my personal life that I don’t dont know what I want from life. For me is just that I want to live an authentic life and enjoy moments with people. In the end I don’t know if I will figure out or not, provably not, but I’m excited and that Is all the matter to me. Anyway I hope your trip to Italy overall was beautiful, I hope you and your mom had fun here at my country. Xx

[@SirJaymesDAudelée]

It’s always nice to do a lengthy retreat in silence. After several weeks of no talking, you start to think like this: ‘If I could say just one thing right now, what would it be?’ This is how we learn to speak from the heart.

[@p1shb0tt1n]

27 feels like a journey of finding the peace within the chaos life throws at us, grounding ourselves and finding out our values and how they vary with others, We are all different, but all connected in some way and still figuring things out.

[@DhruvDonkey]

I love University for the ease of how you can just shuffle through friends, live so much in the present and not worry about how you need to put in the work to keep them going, because if one dies, another will be there to take its place. I related too hard to that. Plus my Pisces mind hates permanence too and I struggle with any kind of life long commitment. Tell me that it'll be for a year or two and I'm fine. Tell me it's forever and I'll burn it down in flames. Thanks for this reflection!

[@Katherout]

i really did not know aversion to permanence aligned with pisceanism but i feel much more vindicated now

[@surabhisubramanya]

This was so beautifully made. I love your creativity, authenticity and self awareness Katherine ❤ loved this video. I am 29 right now and know mentally what phase I am in. But I don’t know if I’d be able to articulate it as beautifully as you! You’re a talented storyteller ❤

[@Katherout]

thank you SO much.

[@allyson--]

You've traveled to some of the most beautiful places!!

[@Katherout]

honoring your choices really did take until my late 20s it will unfold with time!!

[@NFSMAN50]

Fellow Zillennial here lol, I turn 27 next month too! We are now full fledged adults haha. I like being in my mid to late 20s, because your rates go down as you get older and are less of a risk to others. Great video Katherine, hope all is well friend!!

[@kathycabezas]

Beautiful reflection, thank you for sharing. I'm not completely sure what 27 means to me just yet, but this video def inspires me to reflect on that. 💛

[@crackhead4540]

Fantastic. I happened to stumble across this video just 5 days shy of my 27th Birthday - 15th May - The years are creeping up on me.

[@kelseyjonae4680]

Live while you still have time, create the person you want to be! Stay true to you 💜

[@jollietalvarez8560]

I remeber 27 was a Time for me reflection on my life where to turn 😊am 70 now ❤

[@carykh]

I really love the way you described the same feelings I’ve been having, like how easy it was to lose/gain friends in high school, or how the mishaps during travel can end up the most memorable (like when my passport got stolen in Chile, but then I got to see the US Embassy and meet generous police officers!) I’m 26 now, and I’d say 26 is… perhaps coming to terms with how unstructured adult life can be, and pushing myself to go out there and make something of it.

[@safety_sid]

I am very proud of you for sticking with Seattle and continuing to build a life in a new city post-pandemic. Very inspiring.

[@Katherout]

it's my home!

[@DPearl0227]

Beautiful insights. Also a Pisces who turned 27 this year and am just now acknowledging my age.

[@renadg8853]

In my 27 years of living, I never related to a video Ever as much as I do to this, and here i am crying my eyes out on the other side of the world cuz i feel seen and "normal"

[@adela2857]

19 is floating through life trying to grab onto something and trying to remember what matters most to you. 19 is feeling 15, but expecting of yourself to act 25. it's forgetting who you are and figuring out who you want to be. you've spent your childhood agreeing with your parents and teens disagreeing, now you need to find the truth that's somewhere in between. it's being terrified of losing all the friendships you've built. it's going out every weekend because that's what you're supposed to be doing, and some of those times having what you think is the best time of your life. it's making out with a stranger in a club, it's throwing up in a bathroom thinking you're too old for that. always thinking you're too old and should act it. it's learning that your time is your own and not knowing what to fill it with. it's remembering how good it feels to cry, and how important your friends are to you. it's finally wearing the clothes you like and listening to the music you like and doing what you like without trying to fit into a mold, but then missing the comfort and direction of that mold. it's trying to finally be yourself and being unsure who that is. it's finally realizing your own talent and potential. it's trying to take care of yourself but thinking life's too short to waste it on 8 hours of sleep and other healthy habits, even though they do actually improve your mental health. it's watching videos like this and realizing how much time you actually have. it's finally loving all past versions of yourself.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

19 is a kid.

[@wingtan2657]

20. it feels like i’ve been given a blank piece of paper & thrown into an unknown world where i’m supposed to navigate & fill the map up. each obstacle showing me what skills i lack & what little strengths i have. it’s scary to go head first into exploration & finding out places on the map that lead you to self-discovery & exclaim your weaknesses & blind spots that you need to work on. it’s even scarier to work through them & strengthen those gaps. i feel like it’s a weird place between feeling like i need to speed things up yet also wanting to give myself grace for being young.

[@mahak8739]

the visuals are absolutely stunning! And as always, loved your introspection and articulation of thoughts, nothing short of wisdom

[@TheMusicalJenius]

23 feels like growing pains and stretching your muscles after not doing so in a very long time (tense uncomfortable, neccessary). I am told 24 gets easier and i really hope so! i have a brutal job but i should have kinder more rewarding one lined up by my next birthday. i am glad i have gotten to know myself better and I can't wait to figure out what I really want out of life

[@Katherout]

23 is SUCH a growing pains year i will endorse that reflection

[@Piku20107]

What a well-written script.

[@PrinceSnot]

Your videos make me both happy and sad. Happy because your stories always feel so relatable and its relieving to know someone else goes thru the same things, but sad cause i wish i could break out of the cycle the way you did.

[@katechampain]

This is my favourite of your videos so far. Amazing work, thank you for sharing

[@spoonofsamar]

I'm 23, and I'm going to start my hospital internship next year. It's an age of new things, of trying your best to make actions but you're still young and stupid. You're always unsure, and you're too confident for things that might not be right. In relationships, I have prayed so hard all my life and got 2 best friends that I'm scared of losing when I move for the internship. It's an age when you want a supportive relationship and someone to calm you down and cuddle you but you just fail at every turn for some reason. You feel unstable, and alone and it's scary but seems about right... stability will come, calmness will come. This is just how being young is. I just want to live this as best as I can, so when the future comes, I can live that the best way as well. Anyways, thank you for the beautiful video. I really enjoyed watching it. You're amazing. I hope you live a happy lovely year ♡

[@rust719]

At 29, I feel I still have to learn a lot about actual life, life skills. I feel like I haven't tried different jobs and I stuck in one job because I couldn't find one for several months. The fear of failure took control of my life & didn't take any action. I still think I'm young and I should be taking more risks instead of settling down.

[@no1kalani]

OMG your story is so similar to mine. I started watching this video wondering why all these places look so familiar and now I have nearly identified almost every place in this video even ones I have never been to yet. I live in Kent, Washington. I'm from California and the moment I first visited Washington in March 2018 5 years ago, I knew right away it felt like home and I had to do whatever it took to move here. Now I finally moved to my dream state in August 2021. I left all family and friends behind here to start completely fresh. I am 28 years old completely on my own. I have to say everything I've done to get here is completely worth it. I'm in awe every time I go outside. Even just my simple drive to work every day STILL always has me mesmerized by all the beauty of this place. I get so excited EVERY time I see Mt Rainier on a clear day. Makes you appreciate it anytime you see it even more because you don't get to all the time. Anyway I really could go on.... It just was very nice for me to come across this video in my recommendations without any expectations of this being in my home state which is the first video of yours I have come across. Thank you for uploading this video 💜 Now I'm subscribed because duhh! 😂

[@Celeritate7]

holy fuck.. I almost never cry, but for some reason, I just bawled my eyes out at your story about Joelle 🤷‍♂ thank you for this video, it was so beautiful ❤

[@saltyboyspod]

I really enjoyed your storytelling style

[@Toribell1928]

I love love love your reflections on your frienships. I'm at a point in my life where I just feel so lonely friendshipwise. I have friends but I don't have best friends, not like when I was younger. But I wonder if the "lost friendship" I still think about are actually lost. I don't need to be best friends with everyone from my past but I would like to at least reach out and wish some of them good will.

[@cassiepierce7954]

This is art. Thank you.

[@lauraelisee]

I’m 33 now and have to say I am enjoying my 30s more than my 20s 😊❤

[@evanr9583]

I feel like the question that should be asked is: how did it feel to be 26? You can't know how it feels to be 27 or any other age until you've been that age for a while. When I first turned 30, I had no clue what it was like to be 30. And even less of a clue what it was like to be in my 30s. I'm still learning what that feels like.

[@arletahera5299]

I love this format of visual diary! :)

[@johnlevine3384]

27 as well, it was great to hear ur reflections in this video, gotta do my own sometime this year!

[@kerryann1236]

This was beautifully articulated

[@mattallengroupatREAL]

You find that as you get older the number is less important than the level of satisfaction and happiness at whatever stage of life you’re at.

[@CintyaSaraswati]

I’m also 27 years old this year, I can’t believe life has been moving so fast, I feel like I’m still 21 years old!😐

[@Catluvr543]

This was so beautiful

[@amandak4540]

20 feels like waiting for 21. 20 has felt long and like a confusing transition into self reliance and trust. It requires a lot of faith that things will work themselves out and that you might be wrong about a lot of things you once thought you figured out.

[@juliethere2]

this is such a beautiful video! I already know I'm going to come back and watch it over and over

[@Katherout]

omg

[@SyreLikeAFire]

love this. 19 feels like neglect lol ;) i’ll write a proper answer when i have a minute later

[@Katherout]

neglect is an excellent word

[@katherinemead5556]

Oh wise one 😉! I loved the stories about rekindled relationships-I needed to hear that ❤

[@Katherout]

friendship is abundant and resurgent!

[@elisazouza]

imma be 24 and its very scary! im a graduate without a job and my own place and it doesnt feel right!!!!

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

27 is very young.

[@aeolia80]

Holy F!!!! I know that girl in the video, the old friend!!!!! I knew her when she was a kid doing theatre in our hometown.

[@Jibril_Abdulkadir]

Super relatable getting older has its up and downs 💙 the video

[@fionapollock8040]

well this is lovely

[@Joshdifferent]

I’m 27 also! This video was very relatable especially how you feel about friendships. 👏🏽👏🏽🗣️🗣️🗣️! Great video ❤🎉

[@mdrenders]

Relate to this so much, Great video too

[@goingtocalifornia]

I legit think I’ve been following this channel for ten years and have never seen a whole video. The metamorphosis is too interesting.

[@Katherout]

omfg what a video to pick. mayhaps the best