being 19

so i haven't blogged in a very long because i've been away, flying all over the place.  but, here's a blog about being the wonderful age of 19

recently, if i'd ask my parents permission for something, they'd say "what are you asking me for?" or i'd get the: 'you're old enough to make your own decisions now.' and i realized, i am.  i am my own person at this point.  i'm 19. but, it's kind of an odd age.  you're 1 year older than 18 so you're kind of over the whole "i'm legal" thing, but you're 2 years younger than 21 so you can't drink or even enter some clubs.  you're old enough, but not old enough.  there's a lot we still don't know and it's scary.  what's even scarier is that we don't know what we don't know. it's like an "anything-goes" age.

19 is like a transition age.  we are becoming our own person.  molding into the person we've been growing up to be.  our morals and opinions, or lack there of, are being cemented.  it's time to make our own decisions and make our own mistakes.  saying yes or no to what YOU want, not what anyone else wants or not what your family wants.  it's a time to say yes or no to what YOU want.

we're people now.  we aren't being regulated by our schools or by our parents.  our parents came to be adults the same way as we are now.  you don't just magically become a responsible adult, you have to have experiences.  and in order to learn from your experiences, you need to make your own decisions.  more than half the time, they will be mistakes, but that's what makes life interesting.

with all of that said, i LOVE being 19 years young.