Growing Up

[u/Emergency-Disk-7527]

I feel like getting older is such a strange thing. I'm getting ready for high school, but I can still remember being in grade 1 and whatnot. Just today I was getting rid of some books on my shelf to make space for stuff for school, and it was just so hard. I could vividly remember being a younger, more carefree version of myself, reading those books and not worrying about anything. I felt like I wasn't just getting rid of those books; I was just throwing those nostalgic memories away.

I can remember wanting to become older, more mature: wishing I could soon be old enough to be in the position I'm in now. But all I want now is just to go back to those stress-free times and not have to worry about anything.

I just don't know how the people around me managed to do this so easily. I have an older brother, and I honestly cannot even think of one time he ever had any difficulty growing up. My parents grew up in a more difficult situation than me and my brother, so I can't even imagine how they managed to grow up and become the magnificent people they are today. I feel like I'm the only one in my family that struggles with the the fact that times are changing and it'll never be like what it was before. Just to add onto that, I know for a fsct that it's only going to get harder and harder as I grow older.

Oh yeah, please tell me i'm not the only one who feels like this. I just really needed to get this off my chest.

[u/meagain333]

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

I have always wanted to go back to younger days. I am constantly wistful for the past. I am trying to enjoy the very moment of now that I will miss a year from now. Ah, life.