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Cheers to Twenty-One! ❖ Audience: Upcoming 21-year-olds

❖ Setting: College campuses in California (Legal drinking age in the U.S. is 21)

❖ Purpose: My goal is to offer valuable advice to young adults who are ready to transition into their 21st year of life.

I will also share personal experiences of when I was 21 and argue why my recommendations are relevant.

Created By: Joseph Flores

Dress to Impress ❖ First, understand the importance of appearance and attire

❖ Take yourself shopping!

➢ I went shopping on my 21st birthday and purchased classy and

professional attire. I always made sure I had a fresh haircut and my

clothes were presentable to the people around me. Because of this, I

was able to get a higher status job position and eventually meet my

partner that I am currently still with.

❖ Dressing to impress will ultimately:

➢ Boost your confidence

➢ Give others a better impression of you

➢ Give you the courage to meet potential partners

Monitor Alcohol Consumption

❖ Next, you are now LEGALLY able to drink and attend bars and clubs

❖ My advice is to relax, socialize, and don’t overdrink!

❖ Drinking in moderation and having water between each alcoholic

beverage is key. This can prevent:

➢ Hangovers

➢ Unwanted trips to the toilet

➢ Acting foolishly around friends, family, or in public

❖ As I was lying on the bathroom floor back when I was four months in of

being 21, I realized that maybe I shouldn’t have had that much to drink.

Had I been monitoring my alcohol consumption, I could’ve avoided

throwing up all over the bathroom that night. Eeek! :(

Drinking and Driving = Unacceptable

❖ Finally, this is my most important piece of advice to you all

❖ Drinking & driving Impairs one’s cognitive and physical ability

➢ ~10,000 killed in 2014 due to alcohol-related driving incidents

➢ This is nearly 31% of all traffic accidents

❖ Morally unacceptable

❖ Uber and Lyft extremely popular and useful!

➢ I use the Lyft app almost every weekend when I want to spend a night

out on the town. I’d much rather pay the price for a Lyft ride as

opposed to paying the price of losing my life or risking the lives of

innocent people around me.

C O N C L U S I O N

The previous three suggestions are those I found most relevant to my life when I began my journey

as a 21-year-old. Dressing to impress, monitoring your alcoholic beverage consumption, and NOT

drinking and driving are crucial pieces of advice that ALL upcoming 21-year-olds should abide by.

Remember: be safe, responsible, cautious, and simply enjoy being young! Time flies after this, believe me.

From this 26-year-old, to you—CHEERS TO TWENTY-ONE!

RWS 305W // May 2017