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Originally Posted by ryborg
I feel like a goddamn kid. I'm 18, turning 19 here soon in July, and I wish I was an adult.
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I hate to sound like a grown-up, but I am -- the only thinKi can say here, is don't wish your life away... you get one shot to be this age... Enjoy it while you are in it, if you spend your time wishing you were older, you'll miss out on some stuff.
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Originally Posted by ryborg
College still feels a little bit like highschool around here, and it seems like many of the students don't take their lives seriously -- which I find both irritating and disturbing.
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Once you hit the working world, you will find that some people still don't take their lives seriously, and still act like they are in high school, it's the person, not the environment. You can't change other people, you can just be true to yourself.
[QUOTE=ryborg]I figure if I was an adult, the people I'm around will have realized that there is more to life than partying and, perhaps, finally understand people like myself. I'll go out with friends and aquaintances, but sometimes I tell them that I have work to do, and that it's important to me. Whenever I do this they just look at me like I'm crazy and tell me to get a life, sometimes jokingly, sometimes not. [.quote]
There are some adults who still haven't figured this out yet. Give yourself a pat on the back for understanding responsibility.
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Originally Posted by ryborg
When I'm at work I also sometimes wonder if people actually listen to what I say, because I feel like I get discredited and written off just because I'm young, regardless of what I have to say.
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Some people might write you off because of your age, it's their loss, they will eventually come around. Other people will write everyone else's opinion's off because those opinions aren't theirs, age is not even a factor, that need to always be right i s what drives that.
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So tell me, does it get better once you're out there and in the "real world"?
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In the real world, you will find the slackers, and the professional partiers and the boys and girls who don't want to grow up, you being responsible will eventually pass them by and they won't matter so much. You will associate with people who are more like you, and those others will kind of dissappear from your view.
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Will people get off my back for not jumping at every opportunity to get drunk that presents itself?
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Yes
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Will the older people I'm around ever actually listen to what I have to say?
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Yes, keep doing what you are doing, and keep your cool when dealing with people and you will eventually be heard
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Will I ever find some understanding and mutual respect?
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I'm more than twice your age and am still looking to find that -- Hopefully you will be more successful than me.
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For those of you more experienced than myself, what can I expect?
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You can expect to live your life for yourself, and do what makes you happy. It takes a strong person to not succumb to peer pressure no matter what the age is... It gets easier as you get older, but give yourself a lot of credit for finding your own way now and doing what you want to do.
It gets easier... Hang in there.