No one ever told me how much fun it was to grow up.\u00a0 Everyone always warned me \u201clife is hard; don\u2019t grow up too quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Call me young and na\u00efve, but I quite enjoy it.<\/p>\n
This year I am a full-time senior student at CBU committed to two jobs, a boyfriend and a local church and college group.<\/p>\n
Despite all this busyness, I find adult life very stimulating.<\/p>\n
However, sometimes when you are in college you still feel like everyone else is an adult and you are just a pretender. You still have teachers telling you what you need to do. Everyone around you looks so much older, and you feel like you somehow sneaked in as a teenager into the strange world of college by accident.\u00a0 There are certain things that cause you to really grow up.<\/p>\n
One of these things is an increasing amount of responsibility.\u00a0 I have always loved responsibility. Lots of responsibility means loads of planning, which is definitely my forte. I am pretty sure I am just one Excel spreadsheet away from planning what will go on every minute of my day \u2014 a pretty good thing for a busy college student.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, being an adult means I have to regulate my own life instead of parents making my schedule. This change is so liberating! Don\u2019t get me wrong; I love my parents. But getting to choose for myself whether I will hang out with friends makes me feel like an adult instead of a kid masquerading as one.<\/p>\n
Having a real job is another \u201cgrown-up\u201d aspect of college life. One thing I enjoy about having a job is the sense of stability and independence it gives me. I work at the front desk of the Academic Resource Center, and I love every minute of it. Some days I wear my \u201cbig-girl\u201d heels and feel like I am playing \u201cdress up\u201d as a real working adult. But earning money every time I get a paycheck feels like a real accomplishment. I work hard to save my money so that I can put it towards something that I need \u2014 not like a teenager who spends her paycheck as soon as she gets it. It makes me feel so responsible knowing that I can handle money and save it for important things.<\/p>\n
Maybe some day I will be recognized as a real adult without having to wear my grown up outfit.\u00a0 But until then, I am having a great time growing up and becoming a real adult.<\/p>\n
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