As many of you probably don't know, I'll be turning 21 later this month. I think back to when I was younger, and I always thought that my 21st birthday would be this big moment for me. I would be an official drinking, driving, gambling adult. Good thing I don't drink or gamble. Well... I can drive! Oh wait...been doing that for years. I actually don't know why I thought turning 21 would even be cool, haha.
The point is, I always thought that at each big landmark I would feel so much bigger, more mature and responsible, and that hasn't been the case....for any of them.
My parents DID throw me a cool 16th birthday getaway in Park City with two of my BFF's, and then I got an awesome surprise party from my friends, so that was pretty cool! I didn't FEEL any different though. I didn't start dating right away, and I procrastinated getting my license for a few months, so it was just like being 15.
When I turned 18, I became an official adult, but I didn't feel any more responsible than the day before when I was 17. I wasn't ready to move out right away and live life on my own. Yea I went to Idaho for school for a few months at a time, but I still felt like a teenager.
I am now turning 21. I live at home. I am not currently in school. I pretty much touch on this subject every time I post something on here, so I promise this is the last you will hear of my lame life. My point is....age is just a number!
We spend most of our lives wishing it away! Don't just assume your life will get better when you can drive, when you can date, when you move out, when you are an "adult". The only time your life will change is when YOU change. When you work hard and achieve things that way.
Don't wish your life away....live in the moment. Work hard. Do what you love, and you will always be happy. You won't have to wait for those milestones in your life to try and feel like you are more of something that you haven't worked hard to be.
