"Having left the dependency of childhood and adolescence, and having not yet entered the enduring responsibilities that are normative in adulthood, emerging adults often explore a variety of possible life directions in love, work, and worldviews." Jeffrey Arnett
School to college...college to university! As kids these used to sound so exciting and we couldn't wait to grow up but when u'r really there u cant help asking yourself...is growing up really all that exciting?? we normally take it for granted that as things will evolve we will change and adapt automatically but is it that easy?? A lot of emphasis is always laid on adolescence as being a sensitive and difficult phase but what about the emerging adulthood phase? Not much talked about but certainly as critical! At this point in life it really feels like a huge responsibility that u have towards yourself! I truly am having sleepless nights thinking and rethinking about the future as things have never been so uncertain. The feeling that what you do now will probably shape your whole life is pretty scary and more so when you choose to differ from everyone else in the same situation as you are. This summarises how i have been feeling lately but there is a different side to the story...
A new phase of life where you feel that your life is in your own hands and you can mold it can be a wonderful feeling. True that i could keep on thinking about the future, try to picture myself 5 years down the line and freak out when i realise how blurred it is but why torture myself anymore! Slowly i am learning to understand that being different from everyone else is not necessarily bad...it just means that you are taking a different route...probably a less taken one but who said everyone has to go the same way and have similar destinations...
So to everyone facing this kind of situation...happy journey :)
School to college...college to university! As kids these used to sound so exciting and we couldn't wait to grow up but when u'r really there u cant help asking yourself...is growing up really all that exciting?? we normally take it for granted that as things will evolve we will change and adapt automatically but is it that easy?? A lot of emphasis is always laid on adolescence as being a sensitive and difficult phase but what about the emerging adulthood phase? Not much talked about but certainly as critical! At this point in life it really feels like a huge responsibility that u have towards yourself! I truly am having sleepless nights thinking and rethinking about the future as things have never been so uncertain. The feeling that what you do now will probably shape your whole life is pretty scary and more so when you choose to differ from everyone else in the same situation as you are. This summarises how i have been feeling lately but there is a different side to the story...
A new phase of life where you feel that your life is in your own hands and you can mold it can be a wonderful feeling. True that i could keep on thinking about the future, try to picture myself 5 years down the line and freak out when i realise how blurred it is but why torture myself anymore! Slowly i am learning to understand that being different from everyone else is not necessarily bad...it just means that you are taking a different route...probably a less taken one but who said everyone has to go the same way and have similar destinations...
So to everyone facing this kind of situation...happy journey :)
