When did you start feeling like an adult?
5.12.2008
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Until I reached my late 20s, even though I’d been making big, life-altering decisions on my own for years, I never felt like I was completely in the mindset of being a grownup. All the things I’d done up to that point, although they shaped me into who I am, weren’t quite enough.
The reason I didn’t feel like a grown-up didn’t have anything to do with feeling — or acting — irresponsible. I’ve been taking care of myself ever since I graduated from high school a few days month before I turned 17, and the following month I moved 60 miles away from my family I went to college for a year, then I took a break from school for a few years while I worked, between the ages of 18-25. During that time I made the decision to go back to school. Read more »