WWMSAT?

By Lauren Belcher
Weekly Blog
Word Count: 287

I'm 21 years old and I still care what my parents think about my decisions.

Not to the point where I won't do something just because they disapprove of it (i.e. the tattoo I just got redone,) but it's still always in the back of my mind. Kind of like WWMSAT, what would mom say about this?

I always feel my subconscious kick in right before I do something 'bad.' I'm not a bad kid and never really was one. I blame a lot of my crazy decisions on the fact that I missed out on a lot of fun. My fun started at 18, so sometimes I make decisions at 20 or 21 that a normal kid would have made at 15. I'm still learning a lot of lessons that should have been learned by now.

But other times, my adult side kicks into gear and I make the decisions that make my parents proud. Something small, like cooking my own meal for dinner or remembering to pay bills, makes all the juvenile stuff less appealing. I get to be a grown up now.

I'm graduating from college in a year come April. That's probably the most scary reality of all. The thought of going into the real world and starting my career makes me want to go back home and be a 15 year old again. How did this happen so fast? Is the fun going to really end in a year? Or is it just beginning?

This is probably why I hold so many of my freshmen friends close to my heart. It's nice to hang out and feel young again. Even if afterward I have to go home and work on my resume.

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