So many young people who hear this, and are saddened by the realization, are those self-absorbed depressed teenagers with that
nobody-knows-the trouble-I've-seen attitude and fear of
responsibility and accountability. Life goes on-- let me tell you-- If you think this is
old,
you ain't seen nothin yet. Experienced
death?
heartbreak? Too much work/studying?
Too smart for high school? The
shit just keeps on coming, and too smart is never
smart enough.
I personally consider myself a total freaking idiot. I'm not sure if this is good, or bad, or even true-- but I know enough to value perspective that comes with
experience, because it's
rarer than you think.
Old people say that
youth is wasted on the young, and in the same sentiment I don't consider being young and feeling '
old' as a liability-- Do you
realize what most people would have given to know what they know now when they were young? I've dealt with a lot for the few years I've been alive-- some of it
bad, but mostly I've been
extremely lucky. It's given me a tiny little bit of
perspective. Moving out on my 16th birthday,
making a life, paying
tuition, running a
corporation-- It's all stressful, and my friends all wonder why I've given up my
teenage years to grow up so fast. This is why:
There is nothing in the world like being
immoderately young, moderately thin, and moderately successful in
New York City. Life sucks-- but if this is
as good as it gets then I might as well enjoy it.
It's impossible to live
madcap existence once you get past a certain age, or a certain stage in life. This is why
experience acquired during youth is so
valuable-- you've got it when you can still use it. They say that experience is the most expensive school of all.