feel like an adult

This is something I really need to do. Since the age of 9 Ive been practically raising myself. I finished school when I was 16 and moved out into my own apartment when I was 18. And yet I still don’t feel grown up. I always feel like I still want someone to take care of me, Ive always felt that way since I never really had anyone to do so. How exactly do you do this?

now that im away and perfectly capable of taking care of myself i feel older. i can look bck to a year ago or 2 and see how ive grown as a person and how i think and feel. its good to know. overall i class adult is ;as knowning i can look after myself and can handle the world and problems alone if needed

I feel more and more child-ish every day. People all seem comfortable with things like drinking and sex, and both ideas make me giggle like mad. I need to learn to just, I dont know. Grow up. Everyone keeps telling me that if I’d do these things, then I’d be more comfortable around them… but that sort of seems backwards to me. I shouldn’t do them until I am comfortable.

I can have mature conversations and act mature, but I can’t manage to feel mature. There are certain things I just can’t see myself doing, because I don’t feel like an adult yet. I’m barely out of high school and I guess that there’s time, but even little adult-like things just seem way out of the question for decades yet.

I roller skated to the shops today. It was fun. We had friend over last night and I felt like the little girl. I just want to be a lady and be sophisticated. But not boring.

“Growing Up” in the way your family and friends mean it… isn’t all its supposed to be…

Being honorable, respectful, playful, and young at heart… that’s the way to be. You can become mature and not “grow up”. Being young at heart, keeping that child like amazement at new things, seeing the world each day like its some new and wonderful place… even when it isn’t… it makes living so much better.

So, I guess what I am saying is… its okay to mature… just not worth “growing up” (according to what most people expect.) You need to keep your wonder of the world and your youthful thinking intact. It will pay-off when you are older in more fun and being able to deal with changes life throws your way and frankly, I think it will help you live longer.