Friday, September 01, 2006

What is with people who are incapable of acting their age? We are adults. Read: ADULTS. Meaning that we are responsible for our own actions, and the consequences of those actions. We shouldn't expect others to fix our mistakes, take care of things for us, and be responsible for ensuring that our own tasks run smoothly. It means being organized, considerate, and more importantly, willing to compromise. Those who think that others are there to bend to their needs, their schedule, and their desires need a severe wake up call. You are not 4 years old, you are not even 16 anymore. It is time to start acting like an adult, and behaving like one. It means, taking pride in yourself, and your own work, and not doing things half-assed, expecting others to complete the task or find solutions for you. It means, understanding that other people have different lives, different schedules, and compromising to find solutions that are convenient for both parties. It means not expecting others to accomodate your own selfish desires. It also means learning the definition of responsibility and realizing that the days of sitting on the couch and engaging in frivolous activity until the wee hours of the morning is not only pathetic, it is passe. It is done. And to hold on to the days of your youth with an iron grip means that you fail to grow as a person; if you hold on to your past, your future slips away from you, taking all the possibilities with it. I hate adulthood more than anything, but I realize that it is an inevitable fact of life. I refuse to rally against it because to do so would mean that I was waging a losing battle. One that would cost me my life, my future, and all the people that I love who have grown while I stayed stagnant. That is a miserable, pathetic life and one that I have absolutely no desire to live. I wish people would just act like adults; it would make everything a fuckload easier.

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