Growing up, that formality of growing up, seems to me a silly abstract thing. Whenever I hear someone go, "I'm a grown man," particularly people of my age, it makes me want to laugh. All I know is that I think I understand the world less and people more than I did ten years ago. That is to say, the world is complicated enough to make me realize that I'll probably never really get it, and I've been around long enough to begin to figure out what I want from people and what they want from me. Now, I'm only 20, but as far as I can tell, that's a big part of growing up.
But honestly, I think worrying about being Grown Up is silly. I've been living life one day to the next ever since I was born, and it's never turned into a 5-10 minute musical montage for my benefit - I've had to deal with every day. So I don't expect life to all of a sudden tell me I'm Grown Up. I'm just going to keep living and learning and realizing how little I know until I die. Hopefully the process is relatively happy.
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Date: 2005-10-26 01:38 pm (UTC)But honestly, I think worrying about being Grown Up is silly. I've been living life one day to the next ever since I was born, and it's never turned into a 5-10 minute musical montage for my benefit - I've had to deal with every day. So I don't expect life to all of a sudden tell me I'm Grown Up. I'm just going to keep living and learning and realizing how little I know until I die. Hopefully the process is relatively happy.
How's that for an answer?