{"id":3760,"date":"2016-12-07T20:22:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T20:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2016-12-07T20:22:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T20:22:40","slug":"growing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2016\/12\/07\/growing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months ago, back in the summer, I had a mid-life crisis. I was at a relative\u2019s house for a barbecue and my aunt asked me how old I was turning this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m turning nine- oh.\u201d My eyes widened with the sudden realization that I wasn\u2019t turning 19. I was turning 20. I had a dumbfounded look on my face, so my aunt starting laughing and left me to deal with my internal crisis on my own.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t going to be a teenager anymore. I was going to be an adult. I was going to be <\/span>old<\/span><\/i>. Panic started to set in as I started reaching out to different people, explaining what happened and what I was feeling. I didn\u2019t want to grow up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Growing up means more responsibilities. It means more stress. It means swallowing my pride acting like an adult. It means less free time. It means the fun is over. It means a dark and bleak future of eternal suffering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which brings me to today. My birthday. My 20th birthday. And… it\u2019s not as bad as I thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sure, I have a bunch more responsibilities. But I\u2019m actually having a lot of fun. I love planning, so planning out all the Programming events for next semester for Beta and IFC is a ton of fun. I have a dozen other non-academic things I need to attend to before I leave. But I\u2019m enjoying myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I\u2019m definitely not acting my age. If you ask anyone that knows me, I\u2019m one of the most obnoxious and immature people around. You can always count on me to say something inappropriate at the worst possible time. <\/span><\/p>\n

The fun never really ended. Things changed, but I never stopped having fun. I\u2019ve made so many new friends and even more memories. The future is now and it\u2019s not that dark and bleak.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe growing up isn\u2019t as bad as I thought.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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