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im not ready to grow up. what should i do?
i’m 17 and i recently started picking out colleges that i’m considering going to, and then it dawned on me that i’m actually growing up. it kinda hit hard, i feel very sad and unprepared. i keep thinking about how i don’t feel ready to make these big decisions everyone wants me to make, ive spent my whole childhood having fun (which im grateful for) and figuring out who i am and i feel like i haven’t had enough time to be ready to go into the real world. i feel like adult life is much harsher and judgmental, i feel like people will judge me for not being where i should be at when im an adult. i seriously don’t know what to do and im running out of time. any advice?
First of all... College is far from the real world, you'll come to realize. Most college kids don't have shit figured out and if anything, people get less judgmental as they grow older.
When you're in high school, everyone is following the same path towards graduation but after that, people go their separate ways. Some people take a gap year, oth...... reply
horrible advice because i don’t know how to explain to get there but: don’t care what others think? i have no idea how you’ll get there. everyone gets there differently but i couldn’t care what people think of me so it has helped me now that im in college and officially an adult ().
it’s funny this is my advice because although i don’...... reply
hey, I was in the same boat as you a few years ago when I was applying for colleges; trust me, once you start your post-secondary life, you'll realize that no adult knows what they're doing either.
if you want some practical advice for better preparing yourself for uni:
- getting a job can be helpful but it can very stressful if you're managing tha...... reply
College is just another stage of figuring out who you are. Life is really just a series of stages of self discovery. It is totally okay to not feel ready yet, and you can take your time (depending on your circumstances) in figuring out your next steps. There is nothing wrong with taking a gap year before college, or not going to college at all. I r...... reply
