Noticing a trend of FOMO regarding 'life experiences' for emerging adults I've got it. Big time. I think it stems from a combination of A) childhood coddling B) lack of skill development C) conflict between 'adult' environment and 'adolescent' mind D) my shitty memory
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Some background on why I feel so strongly about this: I never had room to be a kid. My childhood was spent dealing with my parents divorce and going to academically rigorous schools. All I did was homework from K-12. No sports, and friendships were only within school hours
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I also moved around a lot. I went to 7 different schools in different states/countries. This meant whatever friendships I made never had the time to really strengthen. Now I'm out of home and at uni. I'm in a selective uni course that basically means I'm doing...
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Double the regular amount of coursework. Plus living out of home means I have to work 3 jobs to stay in the course and feed myself. The weekends give me some reprieve. But my closest friends (my housemates) are 5 years older than me.
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More and more I feel myself dragged into this terrifying archetype of 'adult'. But man I'm just not ready. And I really don't know if I can fix it without making some serious sacrafices. This isn't a very satisfying end to this thread. Whatever.
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