I really cannot believe how fast I am growing up..it seems only yesterday I was playing Capture the Flag with my friends at Project Play. Now all of them are gone, off to college. And where am I. A Senior..about to graduate with the class of 2007. I miss being a kid. I miss being able to go through life without a worry in the world. And now it seems that every day a new worry comes up that I have to address. It just is so discouraging. I am going to be going to college next year. I am scared. I am really, really scared. I know that every single one of you on here can relate. You can remember your first mud pie, or the first time you went to the circus, or the countless times you played at the park with your friends and fed the cute ducks at the lake.
It is timeless being a kid. I miss coloring.
I miss having girl sleepovers, and fighting over who was your best friend, but in the end, you never see any of these people later in life. One of my teachers today said that all of the people I was friends with in high school, I would hardly ever see in the future. It is just so depressing.
I miss being able to go to Chuck E Cheese and be okay with going there and not feeling like an idiot. I miss trick-or-treating and dressing up like a princess ballerina. I miss recess. I miss nap time. I miss the small things that I used to be so intrigued by, and now that seem so miniscule to me. I know you all can relate to this. Growing up. It's like the plague.
I miss being able to make up stupid dances to your favorite songs with your friends and sleeping over. I miss the days when I didn't have to worry about matching(or making sure I don't match) and I miss the carefree days getting a recess 2x a day. Now my day is dominated by the classes I have and the tests I have to take and the projects due. There isnt much time for playing in real life.
i miss being a kid too... it was so much easier... and things were just so much simpler... i don't know why, but everything was just so much better being little, where your biggest problem was finding someone to trade lunch with.. hehehehe.
To those who'd ground me, take a message back from me, tell them how I am defying Gravity, I'm flying high, defying Gravity!
I know how you feel. You would think that becoming a adult would be more welcoming, but it's not. I dreaded growing up becoming an adult and not being able to have childlike fun anymore. I was so afraid that once I hit 18 I would wake up and no longer be the same person. But I was sooooooooooo wrong. I have learned that just because I am classified as an adult, don't mean I have to behave like one 24/7. I still have my responsibilties, but when I have a stressful day, nothing make me feel better then going outside and jumping rope or a game of hide-n-seek with the neighborhood kids. Not only do their parents get a free babysitter for a few hours, but I get to recapture my childhood. I realize that just because I am an "adult," I dont have to forget about my innerchild. I do wish I didnt have all the responsiblities I do, but every once in a while I can forget about them and just be a kid.
I can definitely relate. I've felt this way for, well, only god knows how long. I used to believe that I was strong, independent, and capable. The world was fine - you always felt like people in general were inherently earnest. The President was someone you could respect, God was a huge angel-guy holding children with a smile on his face, and adults seemed as tall as skyscrapers. Big was BIG. Exciting was Excitement! But now that I actually understand a bit about the world, growing up doesn't seem all that magical anymore. Ignorance as a child was truly better.
During my senior year, circumstances involving the war, politics...just simply discovering true motives of most people have brought me crashing downward into "the real world." As a kid, I thought I had it all figured out. Recess...best friends forever...school bells and P.E...these things have faded. Growing up has perks, believe me, but nothing was better than just being able to come home and flip on "Are you afraid of the dark?" on Nickelodeon and not worrying about the next day.
College is going to be a brand new experience for all of us but one thing is certain - we are not alone. We have to be reminded that new friends are to be made and better times are on the horizon. I think that just by getting out from underneath my parents, I'll be more confident and secure. Childhood was great and now i'm going to work to make the next stage of my life as good as it could possibly be.
"Being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ." - Phillipians 1:6
This was very insightful. It made me feel a bit more at ease, too, about the whole college business. Thanks alot. =)
I guess we all miss being a kid sometimes. I even miss just being a teenage and back in High School. Never thought I'd say. I'm 26 now. Being an adult can be so stressful, but there's nothing wrong with taking a break from adulthood and playing with the kids sometimes. Or even get together with some friends and have that sleepover. Your only ad young as you feel.