Adulthood is something to fear.
Nothing fundamentally changes when you become an adult. Rather, it’s the realization of the immense journey that led you to this moment that make you blink your eyes and say, “oh I’m old now.”
Not that 18 is actually a very old age, but it is the age people start swearing way more often. It’s a subconscious thing.
Here is Aimee Carty’s song.
“Oh, to be a child again,” they said
To have a brand new heart and brand new head
To find the smallest of all things exciting
To find the biggest of all things inviting
”Oh, to be a child again,” they said
At first, I thought it too
But now I’m thinking
And I don’t know if I do
’cause I’m just thinking
That maybe we don’t miss being younger
Maybe we just miss the wonder
We miss the point of viewBut we can have it too
If we really try
All you have to do
Is open your eyes
The world is just the same
As it has always been
The beauty is alive
It’s eager to be seen
So don’t dismiss the colours
Don’t dismiss the sounds
Find comfort in the rain
Find magic in the clouds
As we get older
We fall into a spell
To blame it on the world and not to look inside ourselves“Oh to be a child again,” they said
Look at them, they have no fears at all
They’ll chase their dreams
They’ll get up if they fall
But I think the main component
It’s not bravery
I think it’s just living in the moment
They don’t get caught up in the future
Or caught up in the past
Or caught up thinking about the things they don’t already have
When you’re a child
You don’t wish your life away
Or long for other times that isn’t now, that’s not today
What makes 18 a landmark? Perhaps, it has to do with the brain. Grey matter reduction makes the brain less able to learn, but more efficient. Well that explains some things.
https://www.ted.com/talks/shannon_odell_when_are_you_actually_an_adult + Shannon Odell: When are you actually an adult? | TED Talk + Most countries recognize 18 as the start of adulthood by granting various freedoms and privileges. Yet there’s no exact age or moment in development that we can point to as having reached full maturity. If there’s no consensus on exactly when we reach maturity, when do we actually become adults? Shannon Odell shares how scientists define adulthood using stages of brain development. [Directed by Biljana Labović, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, Gen Parton-Shin, May Yoshioka, music by Weston Fonger, Samuel Bellingham].