As if this were so far from common knowledge, lol, here it is in black & white text. Ask any child who is new enough to the world, just barely aware of what goes on in the world, questions about life, they will usually be more positive than most people over the age of 21.
By age 21, many people have had a small taste of some of the hard knocks in life.
By the time a person is 21 they are of adult age though some are at different levels of experiencing different levels of maturity. People will age into being of adult age. It happens naturally.
Being a mature, self-supporting adult by age 21 is by far, different from simply being of adult age.
By age 21 a person can serve in the military, vote in elections, be charged as an adult for crimes they are involved in. They can legally buy liquor, tobacco products, get married without parental consent.
In most states in the USA, a person can legally buy a house, a car, make many legal decisions on their own by age 18. In Alabama & Nebraska the age of majority is 19. In Mississippi the age of majority is 21.
You knew this already, right?
If you were unaware, Google knows just about everything. You may get bombarded with information & ads you could live without.
Live dangerously. Ask Google. Do an online search. Pick your poison, lol, start your search engines.
As I have moved through time, flowing like a river sometimes, paddling hard under the surface at other times. There are also the occasional white-water rapids of life, which try the soul. Navigating the rapids can be tricky. When a hypothetical crash & burn happens, it's oh so heavy.
At first moving through it all can be so much fun. The world is wide opened with age-appropriate opportunities in abundance.
The opportunities are there, just stay alive, grab each one.
In a world which worships youth, more people will want to help you in your younger years than in your older years.
Moving through time because getting older is optional, people will give you more chances. They will also be more forgiving when/if you make a mistake.
Everyone wants well trained employees, few people will take the time, the patience to train a new employee. Firing them is easier.
Little by little the realization hits that those opportunities become scarcer with longer gaps in between. This is the onset of the realization that you will have to start creating your own opportunities. Push yourself, take doo-doo from those who dish it out. It's exhausting, frustrating, discouraging, very trying.
This is the birth of the phrase:
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
The same peeps also get scars & meds. They get access to prescription anti-depressants, antianxiety. The fire of learning is real!
It burns.
To succeed at adulting, you must walk through the fire.
Once you have walked through the fire, navigated a world of predatory people, gotten your share or more lumps. That is when the fun stuff starts. Along with shouldering the responsibility, the freedom of doing as you wish, within reason, is such a rush!
Some people get knocked so hard they have difficulty coping.
The pitfalls of addictions can seriously damage & delay just about anyone. I could list the many pitfalls, most of us know of them personally, or from witnessing them, all too well.
Additionally, the risks of coupling up with another person whether romantically or otherwise can damage even the most intelligent people. Female people are more susceptible to damage from other people, particularly from guys.
This is not sexist or feminazi bla bla. The statistics say it all. Only women can become preggo which is a huge impact on them for the rest of their lives.
Firmly, I believe that if every guy had to biologically become preggo, before he could ever have sexual intercourse, there would be far fewer teen pregnancies. If they had to carry the child to full term, give birth & be responsible for that child for the rest of the child's life, oh my!
Yeppers, the population might decrease. If guys had to experience the multiple changes, discomfort. Feeling the pain & life altering for themselves, knowing how much it affects women, they might, just might refrain from seed spreading.
If you are of adult age, a fully self-supporting adult who has navigated the pitfalls with minimal damage ~
You can proceed to get down wit your bad thelf!
Shake, rattle, roll, be like a pineapple! Google it.
Wrapping up, I can tell you that the rewards are so sweet, so fun, so satisfying, so worth it. VICTORY LAP.
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