Mainly because you remember how you used to look at people your age and how much awe and respect you had for them... So old and mature.
Is that really where you are? You don't feel any different...
One minute you're 8 years old looking up at the twenty somethings then BAM everything is happening so fast!
College, career, marriage, babies... (or any combination and not necessarily in that order).
When I asked my grandmother (who is in her late 80s) when she started noticing that she was aging she responded that it wasn't until her husband, my grandfather, died a few years ago.
That baffles me.
In some way or another we stay young inside, unaware that time has passed and changed us (physically, mentally, emotionally).
We forget that we ever didn't know how to function as adults (but be aware that I use the term "function" loosely).
Let's face it, "adulting" didn't become a thing because it's easy.
Let's face it, "adulting" didn't become a thing because it's easy.
Think for a second, though.
Can you really believe how far you have come? Just look at you! Succeeding and stuff. You rock.
You have made it this far, really you can do whatever you put your mind to. Sure, there are learning curves, monetary barriers, relationship troubles, and other things that make life more difficult. But haven't you made it this far?
The past may not be pretty but it IS in the past. Over. Done with.
Look to the future.
Improvement and success don't have to happen immediately. It took your whole life to get where you are today and you're not done yet.
Just like when you were a kid imagining what it would be like to be where you are today, someday you'll think back to where you are now.
Be proud; if not of the success you've already had, of the success you will have.
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