What's so great about growing up? Is it inevitable?

[Aaramus 449]

I turned 19 last November and I am feeling a little bit more of a adult than I used to be. I have a full time job, I'm playing bills and all that other boring stuff that comes with being older. However at the same time I can do things that I couldn't before, I can go out on the weekends, I can pretty much buy anything I want now without having to beg my parents for money

 

I'm still very much a child at heart, I still act like a giddy 5 year old on Christmas morning because I feel there are certain things people should still latch onto from their childhood. 

 

I think it does help that I have a job that I love and I actually like getting up in the morning to go to it. I love the feeling of driving and being able to participate in adult conversations than as a child you just didn't understand. They're the perks that I see of being an adult. Even so, I will probably always remain a big kid at heart.

 

That said I'm 20 this year and I don't want to leave my teens just yet!

Edited January 8, 2013 by Aaramus

[Cupcake Ice Cream 436]

Being an adult freaking sucks, don't listen to what people try and tell you. There is absolutely no redeeming quality behind adulthood that is comparable to that of childhood, enjoy it while you have it.

I'll wholeheartedly disagree...with one caveat....allow me to explain (and yes I still respect your opinion)

 

I am in my 30's. I WILL agree that growing up has it downsides such as maladies and new responsibilities...but I tell ya it's so nice to be able to mature and learn that you were pretty damn stupid as a kid...yeah I am saying that..I see kids these days (and yes in my time and every generation) that think they have life pegged...they don't...and allow me to let you in on a little secret...you don't know a thing as an adult either...

 

The beauty is, as an adult you are (hopefully) mature enough to recognize and admit you were brainless as a kid and are brainless now. The beauty is that you are mature and get to adventure like crazy (if you're bold enough to do so) and when you do you learn life and find every day a new adventure if you aren't so cocky to think you know it all

 

That's why I don't put much stock in debates...it;s people who think they know the best for others...

 

So long story short...did I enjoy my childhood? yeah I had responsibility-free and carefree days to tool around...but I wouldn't trade it for the adventuring I do today

 

Be bold (in your adulthood)....and mighty forces will come to your aid - loosely taken from Basil King

 

grow up...and have a good time doing it - Me!

Edited January 8, 2013 by Cupcake Ice Cream

[Creamy Arty 6,252]

If humans got cutie marks like ponies, you would see plenty of people in their 40s who are still waiting for theirs. Just because somebody has a knack for doing something doesn't mean they want to do it, but they may choose to do it solely because they can and because it'll pay the bills. Sometimes they have no alternative. And regardless of their profession, a lot of people are actors on the side, trying to exude a greater sense of accomplishment and contentment than they actually have. You can find this quality in people of all ages.

 

 

Obviously, growing up has it's pros and cons. All of those things you mentioned that are allegedly cons, things such as getting up early, doing housework, etc. really aren't so bad, and are in some ways similar to things young people have to do. Kids work all the time at school. It's stressful. Later in life you'll get to do it for some company or the government instead, only they'll pay you for it. Kids get up early in the morning for school (I had to get up by 6 AM for that), and assuming you do homework as you should, just replace that with the housework. How much housework is there to do, anyway? June Cleaver may have cleaned the house from top to bottom every day because she was a housewife, but it certainly isn't necessary.

 

Looking for jobs is easy, landing one is the challenging part.

 

Why does shopping have to be unenjoyable? Yeah, you need to buy certain necessities, food being the most obvious, but that's not a drag. Everyone loves to eat, and loading up your kitchen with nothing but stuff you like sounds good to me. And then there are luxuries, the real fruits of labor. I don't know about anyone else, but ordering some parts from Newegg or walking out of Walmart with a new TV are enjoyable experiences for me.

 

Who wears suits on a regular basis? Maybe lawyers, accountants, and people in certain other professions, but the majority of the workforce doesn't have to dress that way. Some people even enjoy doing it. Some people also like trains, such as myself. However, I've never been forced to ride one. I drive to work, to the store, and everywhere else. all train rides and flights I've been on have been because I wanted to use those modes of transportation.

 

Staying clean and watching what you say definitely aren't cons. Hygiene is important if you want to feel good and not die prematurely, and I think not enough people give thought to what they say before saying it; what's to be gained by deliberately or inadvertently insulting people, or sounding like a fool? Nothing. It'll still happen from time to time, but can often be avoided.

 

"Money vanishing into thin air?" I know where all of my money is going (too much has gone to Steam lately). Taxes are a bit high, but currently aren't devastating. One's livability depends on his income and the cost of living in his area. If things aren't working out, you either need to find a job that pays more or move somewhere else. I've been to DC many times and I love the place, but I'll never live there because it costs too much and traffic is a nightmare; just parking your car often costs you something... sometimes your car, depending on where you put it. Until a year ago, a friend of mine was living on the other side of the state from where he and I grew up. He loved the place because he knew lots of people, there were hundreds of stores catering to every need, and everything was conveniently close to him. Still, he couldn't afford the high cost of living because his job payed poorly and he couldn't find better work. I offered to put him up until he could find a place of his own around here and could have easily helped him find a job in my area that would have paid sufficiently. He was too stubborn and decided he'd rather struggle where he was.

 

Obligations aren't entirely bad, and looking at them in a different light can even make them fun. It's a matter of perspective, really. I may unavoidably have to do some things, but I'll do them my way. 

 

If you don't think age and popular culture should dictate what one should enjoy, then what makes the adult world such a drag? Do what you want. I'm 24, and I play with the consoles I had as a kid, I play old PC games as well as modern ones, and I watch My Little Pony among other cartoons/anime. My Little Pony. As you all know, many non-bronies frown upon that, but it doesn't bother me at all and I'll never stop. I've learned a lot over the years and my responsibilities have changed as I got older, but who I am hasn't changed. Everything I enjoyed when I was a kid/teen, I still enjoy. I've even picked up a few new things along the way.

 

Clubbing isn't my idea of fun. I hate it. Sitting in front of my computer posting on some forum about inconsequential things is more fun to me than doing that. When I go out "on the town," I prefer small, relatively quiet places. A friend and I like to go to a little cafe that hosts live jazz music and is frequented by people of all persuasions with interesting things to talk about. That's my idea of a good time. Alcohol is consumed in moderation. I know my limit and stay below it. More coffee is consumed than booze.

 

 

I'm not stressed out or anxious at all. I get tired at times, but I'm always content and never afraid. Savoring what I already have is good enough for me most of the time. Becoming wealthy or influential aren't aspirations of mine. Leaving a mark on history doesn't mean anything to me. Everyone needs to chill out more and learn to appreciate what they have.

 

 

tl;dr - life is often what one has made of it.

[Zacharias 191]

I'm 17 and I'll probably be studying till I'm 24 or 25. If responsibilities are going to be too much for my soul I'll kill myself. If I don't get to have a small home and do whatever in my free time, I'll kill myself. If I'm not going to have any free time to be myself, I'm not even going to be in existence anymore, so I'll kill myself. If I can't leave this country by around 2020 I'll probably kill myself then too.

Life is pointless and as you grow older, you'll realize that more and more. You're just a tiny dot on Earth. Earth is a tiny dot in the solar system. Our solar system is a tiny dot in our galaxy. And our galaxy is a tiny dot in the universe. Everything's pointless.

[Hansel 1,512]

Well, I'm 20 and in my final year at uni. About 5/6 months from now, I'll have to go out and attempt to make a start on my career. (unless I decide that I want to do a Masters). In all honesty, this thought terrifies me. Whilst I do spend more time on my studies then I do going out with friends, I still keep a certain quote close to my heart. I'm sure that most of you guys have read it before as it seems to get used quite a lot by Bronies, but I'll post it anyway.

 

 

 

"Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." 

- C.S. Lewis

 

 

 

When I found this quote a few years ago, it pretty much summed up exactly how I feel. Why should my age stop me from enjoying certain things just because the label says "for ages 5-10"? Who decided that once you reach a certain age, you have to put these things away even if you still love them? The answer is simple; no one. No one of importance, anyway. The only thing which really dictates what you should and shouldn't enjoy are social norms, most of which are arbitrary and have no real ​purpose.  

 

So, yes, I'll continue to watch cartoons, read fairy tails, cover my walls in My Little Pony and Adventure Time posters and collect toy figures. I'll do this along side my studies and my "mature" interests. And when I start my career, I'll probably continue to do so.  -_-

[almozayaf 72]

i think way there good number of adult watch MLP these days is because kids these day watch lots of porn

that our thing so we take they show in revenge

 

so what good of being adult ?

that easy ,Car

that all sex is overrated , and the other things is mahh

 

but what i thing is good about being adult is freedom you can't do what you want but there to mach responsibility

 

you know what i read a FanFic that can be about that

My Little Dashie

you will understand when you read it

[Cinnamon bun 26]

From a 24yo martial artist :

Every phase in life has it's pupose. Childhood is for learning by trial and error, Teens are for learning how to interact in different social groups and adulthood is when you're thrownn into the fray.

Cons:

The problem with adulthood is the heavy cost of mistakes. You're expected to have learned what not to do by then and get severly punished for not doing so.

The other problem is resisting becoming a mindless drone. For that it is important to have at least 30 minutes a day in which you cultivate your true self (this, for some of us is watching MLP, sometimes, surely^^). This allows you to not lose focus of who you truly are and that there is something you can relate to and like in this time, despite your financial, social, professional situation.

This is not supposed to be an escape from reality (this is not watching garbage for the sake of watching something on TV). this is reminding yourself what is important to you.

It's like in video games, Adulthood is harder in a "more challenging" way.

 

Now the Pros

Your opinion is finally sarting to be worth something since you're an adult

Your decisions WILL have to be respected.

You're the one steering your life to places.

You can be friends with people ages 16 to 100 and it's not weird.

People who are important to you have a deeper impact on your life.

Longterm relationshinps are the new frontier.

 

Feel free to articulate around or disagree with my thoughts.

 

Hope this will be useful to you, someone else

[Brook 663]

Well you know, the world sucks, and there's nothing really to change that, so far at least. I guess it sucks, but it sure beats being a teenager, I think. I dunno, I'm not that experienced really, I'm just 14 after all, but I'm getting there, it takes time to grow up. The world's a fucked up place man, the systems it has are beyond stupid, and do not fit the 21st century. I think that if we aspire from older generations, we won't go anywhere, which is why we really should let people in their 30s-40s run the world instead of letting the people with too much of an old view over the world to do so. Maybe then life wouldn't suck so much as an adult, but who knows.

[Music Chart Fan 819]

I'm 23, and I just moved out of my parents' house into one of my own this past summer; before moving out, I commuted as an undergraduate and master's student. So over the past few months, I have had to learn to wash my clothes, cook meals, buy food and other necessities, pay bills, etc. They have taken some getting used to, but these things are not really that bad; they have just become part of my routine. I admit that I haven't spent much time so far doing cleaning or yard work, but I live by myself, am fairly organized, and try not to make messes in the first place, so I can get away with not doing much housework.

 

One thing that I have found to be true is this. As a kid growing up, adults seem to have the answers, they have great wisdom from life experience, they know what they're doing, and they have their acts together. But as you become an adult, you realize that there is no sudden transformation, no instant bestowal of wisdom. You and your fellow adults are the same kids (with the same mixture of smart and stupid ones) you have seen and known since childhood, only now you have to take care of yourselves. You don't know how to do a lot of things (shopping, yard work, home repair, budgeting, etc.), so you learn as you go and usually do just enough to get along. Maybe you have some grand future plans (or maybe not), but regardless, you learn to take life a day at a time and enjoy the small things as they come.

[Jessper 735]

I for one am glad to not be a teen anymore.

 

Yes, some things suck. Having to care about money sucks. Not having this mysterious character who makes you dinners, washes clothes and irons them also sucks.

On the other hand - freedom. You are finally your own, full-fledged person. Also, you get wiser, so to speak. I have to smile in very cynical way when I remember some thing I was worried about, cared about when I was 15, just as well as some opinions. Either way, you'll finally get to choose your own path. And that is the most important thing in my eyes.

[MagicalStarRain 599]

As a wise person told me one time,"Getting old is mandatory. Growing up is optional!"

 

I don't have a lot of opinions on growing up, except for the fact that it's frustrating when parents are still calling you "baby" or "sweetie" or anything of the sort when you're in middle school or up. I find it quite exasperating.

[Flicker 141]

Welp, I'm not gonna throw my actual age, but I'm in high school. Frankly, I'm scared of growing up. I like the idea of having a room mate in college and I'm sort of anticipating it, but there's so much competition for the good jobs and you have to be the best of the best to earn a simple living. High School is tons of fun, and I love being with my friends. We know how to party XD But when you're grown up, you can forget sleepovers and afternoons on the week days. In fact, another thing I'm scared of is forgetting them. What if my friends are different after a year? And aren't reunions just for the one year? My best friends are all older! I'll probably never see them again after they graduate.

You have to work from 9 to 5 (or whatever the hours are for a good job) and another thing. Parties won't be the same at all, they'll be all stuffy and mature and formal and all that crap.

And less time with my brother since we won't live together anymore! I love him!

But once I leave the house I'll have a car. Then I can get a kitten.

[Flying Whales 311]

Man, I'm so happy to see this thread and everypony's opinions. I just turned 20 and I already hate it. I mean I know I'm still young, but I feel as though I can't really relate with people my age, I honestly relate easier to some of the high school kids I work with and it sucks. Now whenever I do something it's always in the back of my mind, I'm 20, when I'm playing games, or watching anime, or MLP it almost feels as though I'm wrong for doing so.

 

In short, growing up sucks.

[CyberFlash 41]

At 30, I'm far too old to be enjoying ponies!,(just glad I'm not the only one this age here! hehe

 

Yes, growing up and getting old sucks, but it does have a lot of benefits too. You earn your independence - at the cost of your freedom. You can do anything you like - with the hour or so you get before bed each day. You have plenty of money coming in, but end up with no cash to spend on things you want. etc etc

 

All this causes stress and burn out working for The Man. And amongst all this, its easy to forget who you actually are! Stress has almost killed me on a number of occasions, and being here with you guys and enjoying MLP:FiM let's me reconnect with my younger self. It offers a temporary retreat from all the silly nonsense going on (out there) and let's me escape reality briefly. It works a lot better than the alcoholism hobby I was - and occasionally still do enjoy!

 

Of course there are some genuine good points to getting older too! For me, the best part is how the world gets gradually less scary and eventually you learn to deal with most sutuations that would've upset you when you were younger (Only problem is now, the problems coming in tend to get bigger and meaner too!)

 

But it definitely isn't all bad!

[Cowl 128]

Getting old sucks, every year you have more responsibilities. And then their are wages, taxes, paying for food, paying for transportation,medical expenses, jury duty, waiting in line at the DMV,..., people expecting you to work all the time, everyone else working really slow so they can pretend that their working, old people who ramble on nonsensically but you have to pretend to listen.

It just never ends.

 

But ponies will always be free (thanks to stores giving away free power and wifi).

Edited January 9, 2013 by Cowl

[Zacharias 191]

Is it possible to...you know. Get banned from a thread or something? I really shouldn't be reading these because these posts make me wanna give up already. There doesn't appear to be anything worth living for as an adult. At least not the way I see it...I'll probably just slowly vanish from everywhere and from everyone's lives, so I won't miss anything and I can live my drone life without as many problems. Or have friends who I can never be with and let stress lead me to committing suicide. Heh, which one should I choose?

[Jessper 735]

Is it possible to...you know. Get banned from a thread or something? I really shouldn't be reading these because these posts make me wanna give up already. There doesn't appear to be anything worth living for as an adult. At least not the way I see it...I'll probably just slowly vanish from everywhere and from everyone's lives, so I won't miss anything and I can live my drone life without as many problems. Or have friends who I can never be with and let stress lead me to committing suicide. Heh, which one should I choose?

You should choose to not listen to teens complaining about how being an adult is terrible.

Sure, it has harsh moments, but also many advantages. And if you think about what you are doing, the advantages are way more numerous the annoying stuff. It is also often clever to not imagine how you'll be like your parents.

 

I mean really, your life doesn't suck after 20, your life starts after 20. What you'll do with it is a whole different matter.

[Phaeston-e12 173]

Is it possible to...you know. Get banned from a thread or something? I really shouldn't be reading these because these posts make me wanna give up already. There doesn't appear to be anything worth living for as an adult. At least not the way I see it...I'll probably just slowly vanish from everywhere and from everyone's lives, so I won't miss anything and I can live my drone life without as many problems. Or have friends who I can never be with and let stress lead me to committing suicide. Heh, which one should I choose?

 

For me, I realized that being an adult is 'perhaps' about learning that I am now fully responsible for the path of life I choose, while dealing with the pressure that comes with being 'human' as well. The longer I live and more age, I become evermore convinced of the weight of responsibility that comes from the decisions and the actions I must make. This may sound unforgiving, but this very fact now is the shining beacon of progress for me.

 

I used to be a very depressed person, always trying the point of my existence and my identity. I failed many times and many times felt like that my life was at the dead-end and things were never going to get any better. But upon realizing that it doesn't matter why I am here and the sense of 'who am I' is something that never stays the same, and is up to you and everyone else to 'define'. I've made a decision to define my life as a 'journey' or an 'experiment' and place education as a centerpiece in my life. (do not be confused with teaching as a profession)

 

If I want to learn physics, then I will learn physics. If I want to learn how to draw well, then I will learn how to draw. If I want to write well, then I will learn how to write. If I am not happy with my progress, then I will continue to attempt to get better. If I got C or B as for my grade. Then I will do everything I can to improve grade. If I don't get enough recognition for something I do, then I will get better at whatever that is.

 

I am an incredibly self-pessimistic perfectionist who suffers from OCD. But I stopped letting my pessimism get in my way because logic tells me that I need to do 'something' to get somewhere. I will let them slide once I'm done trying and looking at the result so I can disseminate what I've done right and what I've done wrong.

 

Sitting in a same spot and rambling about how things will never get better stopped making sense to me. It's just illogical.

Edited January 10, 2013 by Phaeston-e12

[Dark Fox 151]

The stigma associated with having childish inclinations is pretty extreme...I mean, I'd love to go on a playground and mess around with my friends till im 80, and it's not like you can't, enjoyign your life doesn't end when you get older, the joy of childhood gives way to the freedom of adulthood. And the best part about that freedom is you can swing on the swingset or paly with legos all you want, and no one can say otherwise...I mean, assuming you don't hurt anybody.

 

Being an adult comes with responsibilities sure...But it far outways not being able to do what you want when you want (within reason) as an adult.

[Clover Heart 978]

Becoming an adult is inevitable. Growing up is optional.

 

And since that was all I had to say, let's fill stuff up here. Boing! *roll* <- proof lol

 

*edit*

Okay, now that I have more than 30 seconds to write a response, allow me to do so.

 

I thought I'd give some pros and cons on being an adult.

 

 

Pro: You can eat a gallon of ice cream for dinner like you always wanted.

Con: A night with your head in the toilet shows you why your parents never let you do that.

 

Pro: You can jump on your bed.

Con: You realize that you spent a thousand bucks on your bed and would like not to see it broken.

 

Pro: Relationships

Con: Break-ups

 

Pro: You get to have your own place.

Con: You have to keep up said place.

 

Pro: Eating what you want.

Con: Having to make what you eat.

 

Pro: Birthdays at strip clubs

Con: No more birthdays at Chuck E. Cheese's.

 

Pro: You can decorate your space how you like.

Con: You have to pay for it.

 

Pro: You can make enough money to do all the fun stuff you wanted.

Con: Most of that goes to sustaining yourself, leaving little (if any) left to do all the fun stuff you wanted.

 

Pro: You can drive.

Con: Nobody else can.

 

Pro: Stay up as late as you want.

Con: You have to work the next day.

 

Pro: Your parents have no more control over your life.

Con: That now belongs to your boss.

 

 

 

Hope that was as amusing as I thought it was...

 

Staring at adulthood from adolescence can be rather intimidating. I think when we're adolescents, we see the next step as being an adult, not really realizing what it takes to get there. When I was a teenager, (particularly in my young teens) I was terrified of becoming an adult. I just thought, crap, I'm gonna have to learn how to drive a car and pay bills and write checks and how to hold down a job and how to upkeep a house and

1. Thinking of it in that way, of course, is intimidating. However, you have to realize, these things don't happen overnight, nor do they happen all at once. Part of being a teenager is learning how to become an adult, and that happens in steps. It's not like, 17 and 364 days, you have zero responsibility, 18 years old, you have to automatically know everything. Some things you learn before you're an adult. Some things you learn as you go. Some things, surprisingly, you never do have to learn. I always thought that when I became an adult, I'd have to do yard work, because I'd always lived in a house. But now, I live in an apartment (as most independent 20-somethings do) meaning that I don't have any yard work. That's not to say that I never will have to do any yard work, but if I never live in a house, I won't. There will be times that will test your emotional strength and you'll be thrust into situations that you've never encountered before. But these (usually) will come as they come, one at a time, and you deal with them individually. Long story short, it's really not as daunting as your mind can make it out to seem. With all the things that get taken away with losing childhood, you're granted all the more opportunities to make your life great with becoming an adult. So don't let this change in your life intimidate you. Just take everything as it comes. You should be fine.

Edited January 10, 2013 by Clover Heart

[Castoro Chiaro 181]

For those who are anxious about growing up, I think it's like everything else: it's the attitude you go into it with.

 

It's hard, sure, and it sucks having so much more pressure and anxiety put on you. But on the other hand, I now have so much more freedom than I used to. I love being able to just hop in the car and go somewhere if I want, or manage my own expenses  without having to rely solely on my mom to help with everything. I've enjoyed both jobs I worked at, and college was totally awesome.

 

And trust me when I say that getting older does not mean every childish pursuit you love now goes out the window. My dad is in the air force, has a house, a wife and kids, and a college degree under his belt...and he's still the biggest nerd I know. He finds time for his own silly hobbies, because it makes him happy. So yeah, growing up DOES mean more responsibility. But it also means more freedom, more room to spread your wings and figure out where you belong in this big wide crazy beautiful world.

[Despair 114]

You could act like a kid and enjoy your youth even when you're about... 30? I don't know, but when the real world calls, you will need to grow-up and face the world like an adult. No one is going to support you forever. Soon you will need to stand by yourself and do thing on your own. Sure, growing up may suck but it's something we must all do someday.

[~Master~ Button Mash 2,307]

From a 19 year-old college flight student:

 

Yes, growing old is just a matter of nature, entropy is a bitch. And yes, this also means more responsibilities as a member of society. However, being an adult comes with a lot of benefits, too. There's a lot, but I guess they can be summed up as "mobility." Financial mobility, social mobility, etc. Does this take hard work? Yes, but the benefits from the fruits of your labor are worth it.

 

As for growing up, let me say this: One of the most important things - if not the most important thing - in life is to be true to yourself, and I think for most (if not all) people this means keeping a sense of childhood at heart, even if they don't use those terms (trying to relate this to that famous quote by C. S. Lewis). All people want to live in a world full of wonder and adventure, the world would become a cold, dark place without it. In short, people want fulfillment.

 

And to be honest, when you couple that with chronological adulthood, I think that's a match made in heaven, really. A childhood's sense of wonder + the mobility of adult hood = being able to finally live your dreams. All those dreams you had as a kid but were too little or powerless to live? Well, now you have the means! And keeping your dreams close to your heart is one of the best ways to live the most fulfilling life possible.

 

Not to mention that so many discoveries and inventions are here because of the curiosity driving the discoverer/inventor, a sense of curiosity that began and grew in childhood. All of our best innovators are/were kids at heart.

 

This is why I hate terms like "grow up." They imply a need for someone to force-change themselves on the inside, usually into something they truly are not, and that includes trying to force people to abandon a sense of youth in their souls because they happen to be some arbitrary physical age. Neigh, I say!

 

Be true to yourself, and live your life how you want, regardless of the labels society throws at you. You only live once, might as well make the most of it (and what better force to guide you through life than the innate sense of curiosity and wonder that comes from being a kid at heart?). As another famous quote goes:

 

"Live your own life, for you will die your own death."

Edited January 11, 2013 by StratoPegasus

[SuperUltimateBrony 351]

I'm nineteen. In no way am I considered a child, but I'm not considered an adult yet. Teenagers. The only group expected to act like adults while being treated like children. The old adage is true. You're only as young as you feel. Personally, nothing has really changed since I was a kid, except my height, weight, eye color, hair color, and personality. I was hyperactive as a kid, but now I'm more laid back.

 

Another tip, do what you want. Sure, there may be things that other adults would look at you funny for doing, (I still go to the mall with my best friend, goof off, and get kicked out of Target by the badass mall security) but it's all in good fun. In two, five, or ten years, I'll still do the same thing. As long as you're having fun and happy, is all that matters. Age isn't really a factor. It's just a number, after all.

[Shadow Blade 1]

I'm 15 and i know the 3 accensionals to a great life are money, time and energy

Kids have time, energy but no money

adults have energy, money but no time

elderly have money,time but no energy