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So about 3 days ago i turned 19, 19 years old, i know thats young, i know that im still young, but next year ill be 20, and yeah i know that still young, but the idea of not being a teenager anymore SCARES me, like wdym i have to be an adult, i have to do adult stuff, like im not ready, im not ready at all, 20 feels to serious (i know people that are like 30 or older are gonna find this post funny), but seriously, i dont know if im ready, im not mature enough for all this "adult" stuff, im not ready. I feel like im so inmature like im still acting the same way as when i was 15, and i feel like im running out of time, i haven't done ANYTHING important with my life, ANYTHING, like, everyone around me is doing something important, and i feel like ive wasted my teenage years rotting in my bedroom and crying, like sure i have good memories but STILL, im scared that my 20's are gonna be as boring as my teenage years, and that im literally LITERALLY running out of time, i havent done everything important, im wasting my years doing nothinh
HELP?
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m0sdet6
I know some 20-year olds that act like they are still in high school sometimes. There's always a time where you could do whatever you want even if it seems "immature" (though you'd have to balance your responsibilities?). So don't pressure yourself.
That's the best I could say :p
thanks for the advice :D
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Dylis
I'm turning 20 this month, and my advice is that most people never 'feel like a proper adult'. The imposter syndrome is real with growing older and feeling like you're always behind or are still just a kid with bigger shoes. And honestly, expecting yourself to be an entire adult once the clock ticks over is a fruitless anxiety. We're all still learning to be alive at the age we are.
I wasted my teens rotting in bed too. I feel inexperienced socially. That massive part of my development where I was supposed to go out and make mistakes to learn from never really happened. Despite that, I'm having a great time learning about myself. I don't know how to write this without it feeling cheesy or insincere, but it does get better as you get older. Keeping in mind that everyone else doesn't know some massive secret that you don't- that a lot of people our age feel like fake adults as well- it helps. Personally, I just fake it until I make it. And the time passes anyways.
Apologies if this is kind of incoherent, I just woke up. Best of luck with your life!
thank u sm! i think is just the fact that 20 sounds pretty serious, and i tend to think that im the only one that feels that way
by luz.swan; ; Report
VERONICA.
as someone who is almost 24.... being in your 20s can be scary! but it can be really great too. the truth is, very few of us know exactly what we're doing in our 20s. you have all the time in the world to figure out yourself and your life. no one has it as together as you'd think.
good luck to you!
its no incoherent at all i actually get what you mean haha, thanks for the advice
i tend to think that im the only one who feels this way and that everyone around me has it under control lol
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