Sometimes, when I'm closing a sale, I'll check a customer's ID, and since it seems weird to ask for ID for a newspaper subscription, I ask for it with a little joke, saying "I just need to check your ID, make sure you're 18." Often, the customer chuckles, and says "I wish I was 18 again."
I don't wish I were 18. Yeah, I was skinnier. And yeah, the future seemed to hold a lot more promise. But I've learned a lot in the past 7 years. And I mean a whole lot! Relationships when you're 24 are so much more difficult than when you're 18, but so much more worth it, too. And I have a lot of experience under my belt. I'm a lot more sure of who I am than I was at that young age. I think a lot of people forget how stupid we all were at that age--at least I was for sure! But, man, did I think I was smart.
So I'm grateful to be 24. Yeah, I wish I had a little more career progress to show for it and maybe a little less student debt. But it seems like a good age. And life's been better to me than it might have been. And I'm grateful for all the crazy life experiences since I was 18, all of which made me way smarter and wiser and stronger, but many of which hurt like hell when I was going through them.
So three cheers for not being 18 anymore! Any time you look back on your teen years with rose colored glasses, just try to remember how completely stupid you were back then. It always works for me!
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