Growing Up

I’m currently listening to: The Hold Steady - Live (NPR Podcast)

Its a weird feeling to realize that you are basically all grown up.  In the next year I will (or already have): secured myself a full time job, managed numerous projects with deadlines, traveled to a foreign country by myself, moved to three locations that are not my parent’s home.  I don’t really know why I’m writing this, I just feel older this evening.  Maybe its because I’ve reached the point in my life where I am able to sacrifice my short term desires in order to accomplish my goals.  Does that mean I have to work pretty much non-stop during the waking hours in order to be ready for my finals?  Yes.  Does that mean I can (and did) take a nap for two and a half hours this afternoon because nobody could stop me?  Yes.

Its a strange feeling when you realize that you ultimately make the decisions about your life.  Sure, my parents could suggest that I don’t do something, but if I really want to, I can go ahead and do it anyway.  It was pretty cool discussing my job options this Thanksgiving break as an equal.  In fact, my parents really didn’t even give an opinion, mainly because it is my decision to make.  Who knows what I’ll end up doing.  Any bets?