Becoming an adult is the easiest thing in the world. It just happens by default. Understanding what that actually means, takes a lifetime to figure out.You’re always growing and learning every day that passes by. Everyone remembers being young. You hear about it in lyrics on the radio, blockbuster movies and those TV shows you watch religiously. That chapter in your life where you didn’t have responsibility or a small amount of it.. Financial stress was replaced with aimless midnight drives. Your 47 hour work week used to be, a call off and pretending to be sick because your friends were more important back then. Getting into stupid fights about not knowing what to make for dinner, it was easier when it was as simple as eating fast food on the sidewalks at 2am.

Kids have a beautiful mind, never seeing the full picture but acting as if we took the damn picture ourselves. Flawed and completely lost but feeling infinite. I bring this up because I learned that, all of that doesn’t have to change. Your life is whatever you want it to be. Dreaming of impossible and Falling in love with mistakes and It’s beautiful. The not knowing. Traveling without boundaries. I remember every single struggle and how it felt like the sky was falling. It took me until now, to realize that’s actually the best feeling. Sky falling down. Standing in the company of the clouds. Being 22, I realize now that these next 8 years are going to be the most formidable years. Say yes to every single new thing. Try everything. Fail a bunch of times. Who the hell cares. Regret is the worst pain I’ve learned to ever feel. Everything you aspire to do, at least go out into the world and try. Be selfish, It’s the only way to get to a point of selflessness. Not doing something because of how someone else feels about it, is the dumbest concept to me. Build a foundation for yourself and run through the clouds. Dance on the sky and realize you only get to do this once. It’s a cliche’. Call it whatever you want. It’s the truth and It’s never going to change. I don’t care what your parents did with their life. What your friends are doing with theirs. It’s YOUR life. Don’t be afraid to be selfish and figure out what it is you need to do for your own happiness. The answer usually isn’t black and white, Life has more grey than anything else. There’s never one set way to do something. There’s no secret. There’s no “correct way” to do anything. Live for extraordinary.  That’s the only answer I have for this thing called, “growing up”