Can I still consider myself a “young woman” after I turn 24? I turn 24 in March (next month).

I'd say anyone under 30 is "young".
- I mean anyone before 40, really. Once 40, you're middle aged.
  
  Middle age starts at around 50 nowadays.
  
  The "young adult" category is usually cut off by 30, though, according to Meetup groups and age-restricted social groups I've seen online.
- Thanks!!

0 to 30: young. 30 to 60: middle age. 60 to 90: old. 90 to 120: ancient.
- Dammit but I thought I was as young as I feel!
  Wait... That's still old. Shit.
- ... 2000 to 2060: dragon puberty
- Damn my thoughts exactly. Those were the age ranges I immediately thought of.

18-24 usually gets grouped together for census and survey stuff so you got a good year left in the tank before you're part of the 25-44 crowd
- And a decade or so before your targeted ads switch from fast fashion, adventure holidays and entertainment to things like lawn care products and orthopedic footwear.
- 😮‍💨

You can consider yourself whatever you want for however long you want.
If you feel young and people thing you are weird for saying so that is their problem. Young is a feeling not a number.
- Exactly. I am 29 and I recently was asked for an ID, when I was buying alcohol, lol.

As someone in their 30s, you are a young woman

Your brain isn't even fully developed. Cmon now.

Sorry, but at 24 you're practically on your death bed. ☹️
- And nearly too old for dicaprio
- See but the crazy part is that it just keeps get worse! One day you wake up and have back pain in places you didn't even know could hurt!

anyone born after 2000 is young in my book.
- And will be for ever.
  
  I used to think that but for "anyone born in a year after my birth year", but now I look at some such people and realize that all people eventually turn older. :/ OP is a lot younger than even that though.
- Thanks! I’m still young!
  
  Yeah, come on, of course. "Young" = no one would question the chromosomal health of your baby if you chose to have one right now. So it's in the 30s when that starts to get shaky, but certainly not the 20s.

OP, every day for the rest of your life you’re going to be the oldest you’ve ever been. As time goes on, that age will even become a number you never much thought about or imagined yourself reaching. Around 24 you have pretty much passed all the major rites of initiation and markers of adulthood. There’s nothing else here except getting older. My advice is to get out that imagination and think about what you want your life to be at 50, because it will come.

"Old" starts at 60-65, not 24 xD

M26. I feel old as shit and it's only gonna get worse. A lot of it is your attitude and environment, something i'm struggling with rn. You can still be young in your 60ies if you have wonderful people surrounding you.
- So much of life is mindset. My momma is in her later senior years and still acts 25 in many ways (in a good way lol)

Young and old is relative. I side with those saying young is until 40, then you're middle aged.
- Whereas I'm in my late 40s and don't feel particularly old... if anyone describe me as middle aged I'd assume they were joking around 😂
  
  I'd just presume they mean you're no spring chicken anymore. I'm in my late 30s, don't feel old at all, most people say I look ten years younger than my actual age. But I don't feel like I belong in the same category as someone in their 20s. Middle aged would be the most appropriate way to describe me in a couple years, even if I don't look the part.

Yes. You're still young enough where you don't seem out of place going to bars every friday night, and hanging out of the tops of limos going WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO as the limo drives down the street. The driver isn't annoyed that you're not acting your age. The driver is annoyed that his job is basically glorified babysitter on wheels.
But as a young woman, you need all of the advice. You need to do all the things. See all the stuff. And my advice is to do nothing. Relax, don't do it. When you want to go do it. Relax. Don't do it. When you want to come.
All the advice. None of the advice. Do everything. Do nothing. Life is all about making decisions. Some decisions you'll love having made. Others you'll later regret. Life is all about finding the road that leads to self acceptance and inner peace.
But shoot it in the right direction. We're making it your intention. Live those dreams. Scheme those schemes. Got to hit me with those laser beams! Ow ow ow! Laser beam me! 1, 2, 3, 4

Leornado DiCaprio says you got 1 more year!

Even after 40, there's no shortage of people calling you "young". The actually young people don't call you "old" the same way. Just be glad you're alive.

My grandmother said that old is always 3 years away, but IMO, the end of being a "young woman" is somewhere around 32.

Yes lol. You're still a baby. The cutoff is in your late 30s to early 40s.
I bet your knees and back don't even hurt yet.

If you are asking it trying to get a sense of how other people view that age, you might want to assist with who are the people around you that are in the same age bracket and think about each of them when they are with you. How's do they act, so they do anything childish. Do they seem different from how they were 4 years ago
I think you are a young person at that age. I'm 20 years older than you.
When i was your age, 911 happened. The world did not feel nearly as complex as your first 5 years as an adult have been.
How old you feel can change on a lot of things but man you have had to deal with a lot in those last few years and today is a bigger wtf Than the last 4 years, even before that COVID you had to deal with the first Trump administration (assuming you are in America) so where have you got to live with the I'm a young adult starting out in the world mindset? It has felt like one looming that after another.
Unless you are one of those that have been able to turn your brain off and not pay attention to the world around you, i have great sympathy for young adults like you. I think you are going to be the generation that defines the future, it might take another 30 years but you and others your age are going to have some strong opinions when you get into positions of leadership and i think it will be great for everyone when you get there.
You feel old, but i promise you that you aren't old, that's just exhaustion from life and maybe it's the way generations are getting shorter.
Tech is where the world has been since the dot.com bubble and it reshaped the world. You were born at the beginning of a line of demarcation in history. I was born in in the pocket before that where the people that taught me didn't grow up in a world that looks like today.
The Internet in your pocket is a new era and you are going to be one of the people that defines what modern humans are.
Products of an environment that changes every 6 months.
You are probably starting to see the world looking at people younger than you in a way you have never felt before, the bandits of DOGE are younger than you.
The highest paid athletes are starting to be younger than you
You are cruising through a threshold that might be hard to grasp.
But you are not old.
Not to me or many other people
If it bothers you know that how old someone comes across as really isn't related to your physical age.
You can continue to think of yourself as a young woman for a while yet, but you still likely never stop feeling younger than your actual age. I know people 15 years older than me that act younger than i feel.
Not all, but a big enough number of women have told me 26 is when they stopped feeling like a kid, but many people have a concern with not being in their 20s, it really doesn't mean much i promise you that you can feel great about your age no matter what it is and that the challenges in life that you need to solve for, and the solutions you need to use, are what make us feel younger or older than you are
- There's a 95 year old woman down the road who seems like she's younger than I feel. I wish I still had the spring in my step she has
- This is a great response, OP. Read it well.

As a 23 yo who is mostly surrounded by people aged 50-80, you still have a good few decades left. Some people in their 70s treat life like a 30 yo would.

Use it before you lose it

The main thing now is you are past those every four or so years are different really. The real adulting phase (unless you go to grad schoo :) . Your still in your twenties so this is theoretically one of the better times. Can be on your own but still young enough to party. Once you hit 30's your life is more marked by how aging starts to effect you. Live it up.

I just turned 60. To me you look like a very young woman. Make sure to enjoy your life. Tell your loved ones that you love them. Don't do stupid things that will harm you later, because even though it may look like later will never come, it will.

For me (male) even turning 30 didn’t feel “old”; in my mind that was still basically in my 20s. When I turned 31, though, it hit me. Of course, it’s still not old, at most middle age, but hard to say you’re “young” anymore. But hopefully that means mature. You still have a lot of your energy and health, hopefully, but now also hopefully have a better understanding of what to do and how to make the best use of your life for your goals.

I'm 43. I say I'm old, but I don't actually believe I'm old.
Don't convince me otherwise.

im moving the cutoff as i age and im not going to stop :p

Yes you were a kid before and now you become a young woman

You can consider yourself anything you like. Time is relative. I'm older than you and would say 24 is young. A nineteen year old might look at you as an antique. The trick is to know your audience. Don't openly call yourself young if you're among the elders in the room.

As has been said, 30. This is why my aunt Sharon has claimed to be 29 for as long as I can remember. She's the only 29 year old in the nursing facility.

I'm 58. You are a young woman.
- You soldering stuff is pretty awesome. I just joined the other day and ran across your stuff.
  
  Welcome to Lemmy. Thank you for the nice comment.

People from all across the age spectrum (including this group) use the term "college kids" to refer to folks that are generally 18-22. So if 22 is a kid, you are barely an adult. I'm not sure what all is making you feel old, but maybe having good people on your life can help. I have a spread of ages and it helps with perspective. I am middle age 🫣

Not a woman but I just turned 41 recently. Here’s the secret to life from here on out:
While your body keeps changing (slowly) your mind really doesn’t. So you’re going to feel the same as you always did! This is pretty cool!

It's all relative. I'm 62 - from my perspective you've only recently gone from being a girl to being a woman, so for sure a young woman. Of course in ten years I'll be 72 and you'll be 34, and I'd still call you a young woman.
- I'm 72 and yes, you're spot-on. You're both young! Seriously, if I hear of someone dying at 62, I think oh how sad, so young! Perspective is everything.
  
  Thanks! Even though we're ten years apart, I think we're together on the tail end of the Lemmy age bell curve. It's nice to have company.

I have children older than you. It's a matter of perspective - I think anyone under 50 is young, and no doubt in 10 years time I'll think the same of anyone under 60. I don't feel that I really grew up until I was well into my 30s, and my career didn't really get anywhere before I was 40, but now before I know it I'm retired. Relish your youth - it'll pass soon enough!

Lol

I would hope so

As you get older, ppl younger than you just seem youthful at ages you've already passed. You're very young yet, don't even be stressing it for a long time to come

Shut up.

I'm 34 and I still feel as young as I did at 24, I haven't experienced any fitness "degradation". However I don't have kids; I imagine if that happens and responsibility for another human kicks in it could feel a bit different 😅

It wouldn't hurt. It's a relative word. Some people way past their prime still could technically say they're young or feel young.