They all told me I wasn't ready for the real world, they told me that the world was a scary place. We're the Y generation, as they all it, whatever the fuck that means. Born between the discoveries of broadband internets and the fall of 9/11 we grew up around the convenience of life. I turned 20, twenty four days ago.
Twenty.
It's at the age where people expect you to wake up and feel like you have your whole world aligned. People expect you to just know what you want to do in life and chase blindly after it. But for me, twenty is more than that.
I woke up scared, more than anything else. I was scared of turning twenty, I was scared of all the incoming responsibilities, the adulthood has never been so scary for me, ever. For a child that wanted to grow up faster to leave all the highschool bullshit behind me I was inevitably scared as fuck. I laid in bed for a whole ten minutes, just staring at the ceiling wondering what it would be like if I stepped foot out of my bed and onto the floor. Everything just seemed so fragile at that moment and it was like I was afraid of stepping onto the breaking glass.
And then I inhaled and pulled myself out of bed. The first few minutes was fine, I guess. I sat at the edge of the bed looking through the window and then my phone started buzzing. Incoming birthday greetings started flooding in and I had to say that I was happy. Some said that they missed me and asked me to have a great birthday, some said that I'm finally twenty and I'm finally legal to do so much other shit that I wouldn't have been able to do yesterday.
And then I got a job.
So I'm going to come to a simple conclusion that not everything is scary. It may seem like the world is going to shatter if you step on a wrong palette but it isn't, really. The world isn't as fragile as it postures itself, whatever you're afraid just let it go.
Really.
Just let everything go, and for once take that risk you never took. Ask that guy you wanted out, tell your boss that your idea's worth a pitch, ask your parents if you could go on a weekend trip with your friend.
Let the world do its job and you do yours. Uncomplicate things.
It'll make your world a much better place to live and make you ten times happier. 0 comments
