I just thought about how happy I am that I’m 25 and not 15. The teenage years is a special time with lots of things going on but I’d never want to go through those years again.
Sure, I remember all the fun I had with my friends, my high school graduation, my first kiss and all that jazz. But I also remember what a weak person I was, how confused I was and how little I knew about myself. Growing up is hard and I don’t think any 15 year old truly knows who they really are.
Now 10 years later I’ve pretty much figured out who I am and what I want with my life. I’ve gained lots of mental strenght which makes me able to handle things much better now than back then. I’ve found myself, so to speak. And the knowledge, all the knowledge I’ve gained in these ten years! Everything I know and understand now that I didn’t understand back then.
I know that in ten years I’ll look back on this time in the exact same way. I’ll be amazed at how little I knew when I was 25. That’s what’s so great about growing older. All the experience and knowledge you gain from year to year.
I’m only 25 so I’m too young to not want to grow older. But when I do pass 30 I want to be like my mother. She says that age is nothing but a number which is totally unimportant. That you’re no older than you make yourself feel. She’s 46 and looking forward to turning 50. Most people dread that day and many induldge in a middle-life crisis at age 40. I even know people my age who feel old. Of course I don’t know what being 40 is like but my mother thinks it’s great. All I know is that being 25 is great aswell.
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you’re completly right, I’m only 19 but would never want to relive 14-18 ever again, they were horrible for me but some people relish in them because life after being a teenager is alot of responsibility and the freedom of being confused because your young doesn’t seem so bad sometimes.
First of all, your site is fierce. Second of all, I totally agree. I’m 20 now and I look back on my old LJ entries from like my sweet 16 and stuff and it’s kind of rewarding to see how much I’ve changed in the past few years. I understand what you’re saying about how looking to the past only makes you more excited about the future.
I know exactly what your talking about (ignore the fact I’m 14 haha). I look back at stuff and think ‘thank god I don’t ever have to go through that again’. Mainly I’m glad I’m through with primary school, I’ve never hated a place so much.
I like my age at the moment though, I just wish I could actually make my dreams come true now and not have to wait until I’m old enough.
Hello there affilie
I have a new layout up >.<
Let me know what you think?
Oh and if you have time I would appriciate it if your answered the questions as well .< In a way I learn things since I am only 15 xD
I agree w/you 15y/o don’t know who they really are .. until they reach a certain age.
I’m 18 and nothing really changed , I’m still the same and it annoys me lol .. but i guess 3 years isn’t enough.
anyways everything you wrote is totally right .. maybe in ten years time i’ll figure out what i really want lol ..
I seek help ;P
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gaaah! i am so sorry for lack of commenting! things are going down hill over here and i’m trying to regroup. i’ve decided i’m leaving my job on friday, without giving two weeks notice. i prrrromise this weekend i will comment correctly and have the new layout up.
Oh, I know where you’re coming from on the teenage thing… honestly, I find myself wondering how I survived that nonsense, much less got through it largely unscathed.
Let’s hope this hadron collider testing business won’t cause any time-space flux that sends us back 10 years!
I agree, my teenage years was awful, I am glad I grew up some. I don’t want to look back at 10 years. I might just die! lol
Ahaha, I’m still in my teenage years, in my last year in high school. I’m pretty excited about finally graduating and getting on with my life in university, then working a full-time job afterwards. I’m looking forward to owning my own house (which I am possibly sharing with my sister and my best friend) and finally living life without my parents!!
I want independence and I feel like this last year would be the best year of my life. And yes, I think that, ten years from now, I might look back on all of this and feel as if high school was the one period I would never want to turn back to because I had a rough time there most of the time since I was always the quite girl who no one was really sure if they could be friends with. All in all, I didn’t have many real friends and I was constantly pressured by my parents to get an above-average mark of 95%… It really sucks. However, the future is something that I want and I hope it will come sooner than I imagine! 
Hope you don’t feel old by 40 (I know I probably will, hehe)! 
My teenage years make me shudder, I had to deal with a lot and I think those moments made me grow up too fast. Not having my parents and losing my grandparents and some friends to death. Was fucked, happy to be an adult and have some idea what im doing.
I am finally glad to be older as well.
Not quite 25 yet though
I’m still 17 so I can’t say much about being 15 except that it was a time when I still felt very stupid, lol.
im only 15, lol. but i can still remember at my gr.8 grad (when i was 13) i felt SO OLD, like i felt like i didn’t need my parents or anything anymore, and even though it was only 2 years ago, i still look back on it and laugh at myself
and also, throughout the years, i’ve been watching myself change.. literally, like i still have my “immature moments” but like my looks, they are so different than last summer, it actually seems bizzarre. 
I wish I could feel like you. I’m only 15 and I feel old already. I don’t want to grow up or get older. But I’m no too happy about life at the moment either – there’s too much pressure from school and stuff.
I always find it funny how old I thought I was when I was younger – especially in my last year of primary school. I thought I was a “big girl”. But now that I look at those who are at that age now, I see how immature I really was and how much I didn’t yet know.
Eh, I don’t really know what to say being that i’m only 15. But i guess you know more because you are older. I really don’t see a difference between my younger years. Well i’m more mature. And I think differently. Haha, i guess I really do see a difference.
It’s strange to think of your life in 10 year increments. 10 years doesn’t sound that much a difference, but when you say that you are 25 and ten years ago you were 15; that is hard to imagine. But I agree, age is just a number. I’m not going to feel old until I allow myself to. My parents are both over 50 and really don’t look that old to me. I hope I still look young when I’m that age.
That’s true, but now it’s just creepy. He’s young/old enough to date my little niece
I can’t even remember when I was 15, I don’t even know what kind of person I was back then, let alone what I am today…
I want to be like your mother! It’s true though, what she says. Everyone says it to me. I feel old as well and I’m only 19. I know that’s still very young but time flies, and before I know it I’ll be 30 as well… But I have the advantage of looking and feeling young, so I could most definitely pass for a 16 year old
I am currently 17 and turning 18 in a week. I am looking forward to getting a year old, I will become legal for many things at that age. I like the fact that you do not worry about getting older. I look back and do not regret who I used to be, but I do know that I am more mature now.
Wow, that’s exactly what I thought too. I’m happy as well that I’m not a teenager anymore. I feel that teens are way too young and most don’t understand things in life (based on my experience with a teeanager cousin)
Same here, I love the people, friends and happy moments but I don’t like how I was back then. Yeah, being weak, immature and almost knowing nothing about what life really is all about.
It’s nice to hear that you feel great about your age. I wish I could be like you, and your mother. I’m neither happy nor disappointed with my age. I just wish I could feel even the teeniest bit happy about it. XD
Gaaah…I wish I knew exactly what I want to do with my life. Hopefully, I’ll know by the time I reach 25. Still, I’m glad to be 21 and not any younger. I know I haven’t experienced most of the things people my age probably have but I know I’ve learned a lot in the past years… I think I’m a better person now.
Oh my, I totally agree, I am so glad Im not a teenager anymore! When I look back on how I acted and what my thoughts were, I can only laugh
I love your layout btw! Emilie is amazing! Seen her live 2 times and nothing but goose bumps..she’s so talented.
I totally agree, that’s some good thoughts about age.
I know that just 3 years ago I would have killed to be who I am now, and now I would have died rather than be who I was three years ago, if that makes any sense. just short distances of time can change a lot on a person, when you look back.