what summer looks like in my 20s

Sydney Serena shares her nostalgic Midwest summer experiences, vintage shopping, lake trips, and reflections on social media pressures in her 20s.

Key Takeaways

Midwest summers hold a special, romanticized place in Sydney's heart.
Social media can create subconscious pressure and comparison in young adults.
Vintage shopping is a meaningful and enjoyable part of her summer experience.
Family moments and simple pleasures like home-cooked meals are highly valued.
Travel and nature provide refreshing breaks and inspiration.

What the video covers

Sydney Serena expresses her love for Midwest summers, especially in Minnesota.
She visits a new coffee shop and shares a taste test experience.
Discusses the pressures and comparisons she feels from social media about life milestones like engagements, pregnancies, and home buying.
Shares her struggles with social media and the feeling of time pressure after turning 26.
Explores vintage shopping for unique summer outfits and swimsuit cover-ups.
Enjoys family time with home-cooked meals and attempts a bonfire with s'mores.
Travels to Muskoka, Canada, for an event and enjoys lake activities with friends.
Shows her cute bikini and shares moments swimming and boating.
Reflects on rainy mornings by the lake and the calming effect of nature.
Conducts an advice session about relationship trust issues after infidelity.

Chapters

What does Sydney Serena love most about Midwest summers?

Sydney loves the happiness and romanticized moments of Midwest summers, especially being in Minnesota near lakes and enjoying simple pleasures like coffee by the water.

How does Sydney feel about social media and life comparisons?

Sydney feels subconscious pressure and comparison from seeing milestones like engagements and pregnancies on social media, which affects her self-perception and creates stress about timing in her 20s.

What kind of activities does Sydney include in her summer vlogs?

Her summer vlogs include vintage shopping, lake trips, swimming, boating, family dinners, bonfires, and traveling to scenic locations like Muskoka, Canada.

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Hey guys, it said, "Wow, holy." [music] In my mind, there's nobody that can convince me that there's anything better than a Midwest summer. I did come back to Minnesota for a good amount of the summer because I just love it here. I feel

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so happy this time of year. My point is, this is going to be the best summer vlog you've ever seen in your life, besides my other summer vlogs from the years before.

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[music] Monkey monkey. I will romanticize anything that is like possibly able to be romanticized at all times. So, even just getting a cup of coffee in Minnesota, I have to sit by [music] the lake. Lake. Oh my god, it's

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a river. Oh my god. I went to this new coffee shop. I honestly forget the name of it. Let's do a little taste test.

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Wow. Pretty solid. And [music] this time I did remember to wait to share it with you guys. I saw this as I was checking out and I sort of panicked ordered it because I realized I was very hungry.

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[music] M. This is good. Okay. Panic order gone. Right. I [music] sort of have been thinking about how I'm in the age range now where every single time that I go on social media, I'm seeing an engagement or a pregnancy announcement or possibly

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a move and someone buying a new house. And people obviously aren't doing this to like make me feel bad or make anyone feel bad, but it really like subconsciously affects me. I've noticed I feel sort of about Can I say that?

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Yeah, whatever. I about myself half the time when I look at stuff like that because I immediately had the personality where I just like start to compare. [music] I don't know why I've always been this way. Even in high

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school, I think comparison in my 20s is much worse than the comparison that I had in high school. In high school, maybe it was like about grades or like what college you're getting into, but in your 20s, there are so many different

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versions of accomplishments. And I feel like everyone has sort of a different value system with it. The people that like want to have a family really young, I feel like, oh wait, I'm supposed to already have kids at the age of 26 and

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I'm not even married, but then the next day I'll see someone who bought a house and maybe that's their version of success or someone else [music] who's like traveling the world and single and then I think that that's another

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different version of success that I should have. So, I don't even know why I'm Why did I start talking about this?

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I don't know. I'm trying to stay off social media because I've been struggling recently with that. And I think maybe because I just turned 26, I'm especially feeling like the pressure of time.

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Oh, I think I just ate the tin foil. [music] There's this vintage store that I love here. It's called Revival. I think it's kind of new, but they always have like the best curation and selection of like vintage pieces. I'm going on a little

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lake trip soon, so I want to see if there's like a cute swimsuit. [music] [music] I just got the coolest beach cover up. I actually don't think it's supposed to be for a beach cover up, but that's how I'm

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planning on using it. I can't wait to show you guys. I'm going to show you in a little bit. Sorry to leave you hanging. I really need to show you guys the vision [music] I have with it. I

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think I'm just going to like walk around. But honestly, I don't really have a plan. They have the cutest little boutiques and antique shops [music] here. So, I think I'll just see what I find.

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[music] [music] Can I do a strawberry ice cream cone, please? [music] Obviously, I had to get ice cream. This place [music] has the best strawberry ice cream. I don't even really like strawberry ice cream usually, but something about this is so good and

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fresh. I did not forget to show you guys the top I got because this is probably one of my favorite vintage store thrift finds in a while. I did have such a perfect day today. It was so hot though.

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It's like 95° right now. This is the top that I got at the vintage shop. I feel like I'm really hyping this up, but I thought it was so unique and different.

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I think the combination of these two colors plus [music] the fact that it's mesh is what really appealed to me. And I just immediately thought that this would be perfect for sort of like a swimsuit cover up moment. Especially because

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I'm going on a lake trip in a couple days. I thought this was perfect.

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Anyways, I'm home now. I think my family and I are going to do a little bonfire tonight.

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It's dinner time and my mom made chicken Caesar wraps for us per my request. One of the best parts about going home is honestly having my mom cook dinner again. I never fully appreciated her cooking dinner for me until I turned 18

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and moved out. So, when I'm home, I love when she cooks. Here is the little spread I'm setting the table tonight. I also recently discovered how to make a healthier version of the Arnold Palmer and it's so good. I have to show you

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guys how I make this. What? This has to go if we have this though.

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Oh, I thought it was pretty. Well, so aesthetic. Yeah. [music] So, we were supposed to have a bonfire and then, um, we're having issues. We were going to have s'mores, but it failed.

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Sad. I mean, we could get it to work. Maybe. Maybe. We got the fire, guys. I love a good s'more. And I have a little method to how I make them.

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Ashen, not that deep. Ash, gosh, it's burnt now. Oh, whoopsies. All right, making the s'more. My dad's not making him anything.

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He doesn't like s'mores. He's a hater. Dad, why don't you like s'mores? Marshmallow is my least favorite. I like chocolate, you know.

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If you like them all individually, why don't you like them together? Together, they're just mush.

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Mush. Put one of the chocolates on one side and the other on the other. Why are my the perfect s'more? Doesn't this look good?

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Oh, wow. That does look good. Dad, are you sure you don't want to try?

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Yeah. I'd rather have dairy clean. [music] Good morning, guys. I have transported [music] to Canada. I'm actually in Muskoka. Wow. Definitely said that wrong.

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I'm here for an event and I was like, why don't I vlog because look how beautiful this is. This is my dream summer location. I'm here for a day and a half, super short, and I'm with my friend Kiana. I'm going to go up because

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breakfast started 3 minutes ago and I'm late. [singing and music] They have ninja machines with frozen coffee here. [music] [music] is fine. You see my Ontario plate. I have to I just ate so many pancakes. But we are

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now about to swim. I have on this. Wait, I need to show you guys my bikini because it's really cute. Bikini I got on Shopbop. The brand's Aturn. It's so pretty. Okay, we're jumping in the water. Wait, how are we doing this? Kian

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and I are making a really cute little video when we're here. So, we're going to run and jump off this dock.

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All right, I'm wiped and I realized I have no stamina when it comes to treading water anymore. So, we're going to get ready. I'm going to shower and then we're going to go on a boat. Kind of feels counterintuitive to shower and

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then boat. I rinsed off. Yeah. I need like a little rinse. Yeah. I missed Kiana.

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I missed you. [music] Oh my god. Yeah, [music] they surely [music] Good morning, guys. This morning I woke up to it raining. And usually I would be not happy about that. For some reason, I'm not one of those people like I hate

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the rain. I just it makes me instantly sad, but this feels sort of nice and so calming. I think it's because I'm on the lake. This is my current outfit situation. It's very lakeesque. This is also what I slept in. [screaming]

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Here she is everybody. We are doing an advice sesh. I was wondering if you could give me some advice on a [music] situation. A guy liked me and we started dating but he cheated on me with his ex-girlfriend

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and now I'm scared to get into relationships. [music] What do I do? I immediately read this and I felt a certain way which is why I chose it. I understand that you'd feel hesitancy into entering a new relationship. I've

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never been cheated on,

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again. You should afford yourself that opportunity. I was cheated on as a, you know, little 16-year-old. A and not really kind of. Honestly, guys, I'm going to be so real. It didn't really bother me that much, but I think

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[laughter] like Sizzy said, you owe it to yourself to rewrite what a relationship means. We don't know. We don't know. We don't know what people do to us, and we're putting our hearts in their hands. But would you rather do

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that or would you rather let someone scar you and be forever changed in a negative way? You don't let that become part of who you are. And also, don't ignore the bad flags.

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You know, there probably were some. And if somebody else is talking to you about their ex, then maybe don't date them.

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It's always the red flags in the beginning that come out stronger later on. And you you owe it to yourself. You owe yourself the opportunity.

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Wish you the best, Bookie. Yeah, we wish you the best. Hi.

Topics:Midwest summerMinnesotavintage shoppinglake tripsocial media pressuresummer vlogfamily timeMuskoka Canadasummer fashionrelationship advice

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