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Life passing by...
I know I shouldn't be feeling like this, but I feel like my life is just going. I'm 19 years old, nearly 20. I am going to university this weekend. I know that in 3 years time when I graduate I will be an adult properly, as opposed to a college student living with parents. I don't know why, but being an adult with so much responsibility terrifies me 
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Reply 1
Im not so terrified just sad. Im 19 and really wish I could go back to when I was 11/12 etc and relive the last 7 years. Life is so easy, you have no worries in the whole world, no pressure, no responsibility.
Reply 2
Im not so terrified just sad. Im 19 and really wish I could go back to when I was 11/12 etc and relive the last 7 years. Life is so easy, you have no worries in the whole world, no pressure, no responsibility but its so different now and only going to get worse
Reply 3
To be honest, i find that nowadays im finding life more enjoyable than ever. I have an education to pursue, a vacation job, a car...all with lots of responsibility, but lots of rewards too. I wouldn't go back to being 11/12 if I had the choice, freedom and life is too limited, there are so many things you cant do or even comprehend. If you are starting uni shortly, don't worry, it will change your life (most of the time for the best!).
Reply 5
Anonymous
Im not so terrified just sad. Im 19 and really wish I could go back to when I was 11/12 etc and relive the last 7 years. Life is so easy, you have no worries in the whole world, no pressure, no responsibility.
Exactly. I want to relive my life so far and do so much more. I was a very shy child and would love to apply myself to so much more... living for the moment and that...
Reply 6
Esquire
Well you could spend your time worrying about it on internet forums and let even more time pass you by... Oh the irony 
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...What else should I do at 12.30 AM? Any sensible suggestions would be welcome...
Reply 7
I'd rather go back to the good old days. With hindsight you wish you could have done things differently dont you? Unfortunately, unless a time machine is built there's not much we can do..
Reply 9
TheConfuddledOne
With hindsight you wish you could have done things differently dont you?
Yes, and the bit about the time machine is true. But when your whole life goes, what then? Nothing? Pearly gates?
Until you've got children you don't have much to worry about. I had a wild time in my 20's but then have had to become more responsible in my 30's. It's your life and your choice as to what to do with it. When you think about the serious side of life you probably will feel down for a bit, but hey, everyone goes through it and it doesn't have to drag you down. Best quote for those times...
"This too will pass." - can't remember exactly where I heard that one.
Yes there can be a lot of crap in life but remember there's a hell of a lot of good too.
"This too will pass." - can't remember exactly where I heard that one.
Yes there can be a lot of crap in life but remember there's a hell of a lot of good too.
Reply 12
Anonymous
Im not so terrified just sad. Im 19 and really wish I could go back to when I was 11/12 etc and relive the last 7 years. Life is so easy, you have no worries in the whole world, no pressure, no responsibility.
That was what I was thinking a few months ago. Wish I was a child again
Anonymous
Im not so terrified just sad. Im 19 and really wish I could go back to when I was 11/12 etc and relive the last 7 years. Life is so easy, you have no worries in the whole world, no pressure, no responsibility.
^^ it was the complete opposite for me! at 9-years of age, i had to get up at 3am and feed twin babies as my mum couldn't cope. then i'd get up for school the next day... absolutely wrecked.
i've never felt so free as i do now! which is what makes the future so scary for me.
Reply 14
My momma always said you're only as old as the man you feel. So start a playgroup hug program.
Reply 15
I have only recently realised that this is my life - not a prelude before the opera (which is how I always perceived education). This has actually made me even happier because life is good and it has always been good, even though I had my tragic and sad moments. Life is about the journey, not the destination, and we are on that journey right now, and even if there is something sad ahead of me, hey, I have had so many happy moments and days and years already and I'm grateful for them. They will help me get through the tougher times which may or may not lie ahead.
When I was growing up I have been lucky enough to have been told (about a 1000 times ) about how I'll regret not appreciating my childhood and how I'll want to be a kid again, so from the age of about 10 I did actually start appreciating my life, and I can't even say I have any regrets. Some things that I wish have happened differently, they happened for a reason, they were recorded in my diary which gave me a chance to evaluate them and "forgive and forget". Every time I make a big-ish decision I make sure that it is what I think is right in that very moment - then, even if doesn't seem right with the hindsight, I know I did the right thing and that I wouldn't have done it differently if I had a chance to.
I still don't feel like a grown up, I feel like I'm growing as a person and I think about "the old me" with a smile. I know myself so much better now, and strive to learn more about myself and of course the world; I still think that the world is amazing; I know that I'm true to myself, I know that love is what will always keep me going; I have so much love around me and I can appreciate every second of it, and I do, I really do. Quite often I stop on my way to school or to work or to the park or to my friends and think about it for a second; one day will pass by, and perhaps I wil never feel exactly the same way, things change and people change, but I will look back and smile and think "God, I really was happy - different happy to what I am now, but I was happy."
Isn't life amazing really? Millions of people have felt love and joy before us, they are now long gone and perhaps forgotten; one day we will be gone and probably forgotten too, and some excited and nervous guys and girls in their late teens will ask themselves, "Is life passing me by?", and then they will be gone too. Millions of people haven't left a mark in history, but they have made a huge difference to those around them, and in the end, that's all that matters. I don't feel one bit sad, I just feel comforted and calm, and I feel that I'm glowing with quite strong happiness (not that you can tell on-line
)
When I was growing up I have been lucky enough to have been told (about a 1000 times ) about how I'll regret not appreciating my childhood and how I'll want to be a kid again, so from the age of about 10 I did actually start appreciating my life, and I can't even say I have any regrets. Some things that I wish have happened differently, they happened for a reason, they were recorded in my diary which gave me a chance to evaluate them and "forgive and forget". Every time I make a big-ish decision I make sure that it is what I think is right in that very moment - then, even if doesn't seem right with the hindsight, I know I did the right thing and that I wouldn't have done it differently if I had a chance to.
I still don't feel like a grown up, I feel like I'm growing as a person and I think about "the old me" with a smile. I know myself so much better now, and strive to learn more about myself and of course the world; I still think that the world is amazing; I know that I'm true to myself, I know that love is what will always keep me going; I have so much love around me and I can appreciate every second of it, and I do, I really do. Quite often I stop on my way to school or to work or to the park or to my friends and think about it for a second; one day will pass by, and perhaps I wil never feel exactly the same way, things change and people change, but I will look back and smile and think "God, I really was happy - different happy to what I am now, but I was happy."
Isn't life amazing really? Millions of people have felt love and joy before us, they are now long gone and perhaps forgotten; one day we will be gone and probably forgotten too, and some excited and nervous guys and girls in their late teens will ask themselves, "Is life passing me by?", and then they will be gone too. Millions of people haven't left a mark in history, but they have made a huge difference to those around them, and in the end, that's all that matters. I don't feel one bit sad, I just feel comforted and calm, and I feel that I'm glowing with quite strong happiness (not that you can tell on-line
)
lol when i was 11/12/14/16 i just wanted to get out of school as fast as i could, now im 19, headed to uni and happy that i never have to be 11/12 and at school again
but then i had a rough time so meh
and i also dont plan on dying so ive got all of eternity to look forward to as well!
but then i had a rough time so meh
and i also dont plan on dying so ive got all of eternity to look forward to as well!
Reply 17
Gotta agree with the op. I didn't take advantage of my childhood really, was too shy and stuff. It'd be nice to relive at least parts.
But hey, time doesn't work like that unfortuantly.
yet!
But hey, time doesn't work like that unfortuantly.
yet!
rikbrown2k
But hey, time doesn't work like that unfortuantly.
yet!
yet!
but if we work together to figure out how to harness the potential energy of dark matter, and through quantum manipulation of our space-time continuum, we apply this potential correctly, we could theoreticallu induce the creation of a "portal" (as seen on donnie darko) large enough to transport us back through the ages
my god, i may plan to live forever, but i just spend nie on 120seconds spewing out that cr*p
Reply 19
If you go really fast time passes slower - so try jogging everywhere?
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