I just don't think I can do it, I'm 22 and miss being a teen already. Adults were always so far away from me I never imagined I'd be there, I really don't want to be there... I liked being young, free to have fun with little responsibility. I always cringed at the thought of being an adult and now I'm here. Everything in the adult world is so serious, feels surreal that I will live the rest of my life as one and never get a chance to go back to a simpler time...
Also I wasted my youth so these feelings are compounded
Thomas Brown
People don't grow up anymore. Most 40 year olds i talk to have the same personality as a freshman in college. Basically people now live in a state of permanent adolescence, because there is no incentive to "act like an adult", and shaping behaviors through shaming doesn't exist anymore. So don't worry OP, you can be a loser your whole life, everyone else is doing it
Lincoln Nelson
Im 32, I still feel as if I was 16-17 in my head... nothing changes.
Don't grow up if you don't have to. The only part you have to deal is to be self sufficient.
No one actually feel "Adult"... those who claim they do are deranged psychopath.
Jacob Rogers
28 here. I wish I could go back to being 22. That was the time of my life. When I was 16 I was also just chilling all day playing vidya with friends. Once you start working fulltime life gets pretty boring
Logan Johnson
Ideally you have a string of accomplishments that you build on as you grow older. Start a career, have a family, get your life together.
Zachary Hall
It just happens. Someday you'll be stoked because you bought yourself a new vacuum. The highlight of your weekend will be mowing the lawn and having a beer afterwards. When you get older, your interest and outlook will change, and that's okay. It's okay to miss your youth, but you gotta move on.
Charles Wilson
I sure hope so for my sake
But you know what will happen in this case? Basically that will set the new standard for adultness, so in turn kids will be even more childish/differently childish, but we won't see it that way, we will see the new standards as the norm. I think it's already happening, kids now already seem younger than kids pre-2000s, look at this picture and compare it to modern tiktok teens, these teens pictured seem more like adults to me
31 here. Things don't get better. If you take anything away from this post it should be to enjoy your youthfulness. Enjoy it as much as possible. Don't squander your time.
