You know that you’ve reached adulthood the moment you realize that being a child was where it was at and all that acting super grown up you did as a child and teen was really, really wasted time.
Nah, you’re an adult when you realize other people’s expectations of adulthood don’t apply to you.
For me childhood was miserable, and being a financially independent adult with the freedom to pursue my own hobbies is where it’s really at. I could go to a hardware store and build my own friggin lightsaber right now. Or buy a faithful replica online. That’s just objectively the same, but better.
You know that you’ve reached adulthood the moment you realize that being a child was where it was at and all that acting super grown up you did as a child and teen was really, really wasted time.
Nah, you’re an adult when you realize other people’s expectations of adulthood don’t apply to you.
For me childhood was miserable, and being a financially independent adult with the freedom to pursue my own hobbies is where it’s really at. I could go to a hardware store and build my own friggin lightsaber right now. Or buy a faithful replica online. That’s just objectively the same, but better.
We acted like adults because too often we were undermined for being children. We mistook being taken seriously and being grown up.
“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