Tell me about it. I've been dropped into being an adult - somewhat forcibly, I suppose - and it's quite an interesting culture shock. Switch from being a 19 year old college kid whose parents pay for everything to a 20 year old parent of a 7 and 3 year old who is working full time and pretty much ignored by his parents.
Quite a culture shock indeed.
Matthias
· 5 years ago
Christopher, congratulations on your two kids in one year - that was quick :-).
My kids are 12yrs / 7yrs / 10months old. Time went by so fast that I'm sometimes surprised to realize that _I_ am supposed to be the grown-up around here.
Gianfranco Ramoser
· 5 years ago
La vie est dure même pour les adultes...
Gianfranco Ramoser
neuro
· 5 years ago
You know, I've recently learnt the hard way you can't see yourself growing and becoming adult. But once, you just realize game is over.
drac
· 5 years ago
please stop speaking about that, i haven't yet realize that i'm not a kid anymore!
xxbabiexx s2
· 4 years ago
is being an adult REALLY hard???? >
snood
· 4 years ago
oui, c'est dur, mais en même temps super! plus de responsabilités mais aussi plus de choix...
Chris
· 4 years ago
Im 23 years old and half the time I still act like im only 15.. Its hard, 23 years of bad habits and ill perceptions on life..
Im just begginning to realise that life is a game.. and that everyone is a player, even the people that love you the most, they still want whats best for themselves..
I guess no matter what, youve gota put yourself number one and use information as power to get what you want out of life..
Wouldnt it be nice if we could get by in life without not having to keep a part of ourselves protected.
PLAY THE GAME
Josh Tervit
· 2 years ago
Neat article Steph. I believe that being an adult is difficult - and we shouldn't shy away from becoming one. The end result is worth the effort. To analyze your current situation - then look to the past and see how far you're come is an incredibly rewarding perception.
Being adult forces us to change, and change is a painful thing.
Part of being an adult is to adapt yourself to the situation - and not make the situation change to accomodate you. Forcing the world to change for one person is selfish. I just wrote an article in my blog about it - and some other things as well - http://tervsparadigm.blogspot.com</p>
Take care
/teenager?
· 2 years ago
Im a student in turkey and Im a teenager because Im 15. I can make some mistakes so Im so sorry. ı read your writing about being an adult because my teacher gave me a homework for researching. you told the truth about our lives because in my opinion you know something or everything aboutlife and the parts of it.I don't know anything about other countries but in my opinion students have to get good marks to be a successful adult in every country. ı know and I want to have good marks but sometimes I don't have... I realize something and ı don't think being an adult is hard.......=)
XaS
· 2 years ago
Oh my, Josh: "Part of being an adult is to adapt yourself to the situation - and not make the situation change to accomodate you.".
This has a double meaning. Making the situation change to accomodate you is being selfish for sure, but making the situation change to accomodate everyone is completely different, and, in my eyes, actually being more adult than accepting some silly situation that really makes everyone around you unhappy (not always you included). Being adult requires much will, and accepting some absurd situations is just lacking the will or courage to change them, nothing more. Btw, I did mention changing a "situation", not "people" (which we indeed have to learn to bare with on some occasions).
Moreover, change is only painful when it's forced upon us. If you have the will to change, then you shall manage, and it's surprising how many people are afraid of changing because they fear that a new and unknown situation will occur (even though it may be better still).
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Quite a culture shock indeed.
My kids are 12yrs / 7yrs / 10months old. Time went by so fast that I'm sometimes surprised to realize that _I_ am supposed to be the grown-up around here.
Gianfranco Ramoser
Im just begginning to realise that life is a game.. and that everyone is a player, even the people that love you the most, they still want whats best for themselves..
I guess no matter what, youve gota put yourself number one and use information as power to get what you want out of life..
Wouldnt it be nice if we could get by in life without not having to keep a part of ourselves protected.
PLAY THE GAME
Neat article Steph.
I believe that being an adult is difficult - and we shouldn't shy away from becoming one. The end result is worth the effort. To analyze your current situation - then look to the past and see how far you're come is an incredibly rewarding perception.
Being adult forces us to change, and change is a painful thing.
Part of being an adult is to adapt yourself to the situation - and not make the situation change to accomodate you.
Forcing the world to change for one person is selfish.
I just wrote an article in my blog about it - and some other things as well - http://tervsparadigm.blogspot.com</p>
Take care
Im a student in turkey and Im a teenager because Im 15. I can make some mistakes so Im so sorry. ı read your writing about being an adult because my teacher gave me a homework for researching. you told the truth about our lives because in my opinion you know something or everything aboutlife and the parts of it.I don't know anything about other countries but in my opinion students have to get good marks to be a successful adult in every country. ı know and I want to have good marks but sometimes I don't have... I realize something and ı don't think being an adult is hard.......=)
Oh my, Josh: "Part of being an adult is to adapt yourself to the situation - and not make the situation change to accomodate you.".
This has a double meaning. Making the situation change to accomodate you is being selfish for sure, but making the situation change to accomodate everyone is completely different, and, in my eyes, actually being more adult than accepting some silly situation that really makes everyone around you unhappy (not always you included). Being adult requires much will, and accepting some absurd situations is just lacking the will or courage to change them, nothing more. Btw, I did mention changing a "situation", not "people" (which we indeed have to learn to bare with on some occasions).
Moreover, change is only painful when it's forced upon us. If you have the will to change, then you shall manage, and it's surprising how many people are afraid of changing because they fear that a new and unknown situation will occur (even though it may be better still).