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I recently discovered that I was grown. I mean there are still traces of immaturity but a bigger percentage I can confirm is ripe. So why is this important? Well, you see, many people stress about acting right. They want to ‘act their age’ as they’ve been told by society without knowing that age is just a number.

What I have come to realize is that eventually the adulting settles in. So do not be in a rush to appear grown. Do the goofy stuff you feel like doing, make those mistakes, fail, laugh as loud as you can, and don’t be shy to jump in a bouncy castle because trust me, one day, you will outgrow all those habits.

I have been a firm advocate of being one’s authentic self and have lived out this truth. I have made numerous and costly mistakes along the way but never once was it in a path I hadn’t chosen. There is a certain comfort that comes from knowing that you got yourself in this mess, it’s the feeling that allows you to dance in the mud. It is not because you do not tell yourself that you should have known better but just resting in knowing that you are responsible for you and you will get you out if this – you got you.

The interesting thing about life is that You. Will. Get. There. Society may term it as ‘late’ but who cares? It is your life and you should live it by your rules. You will get there someday. Maybe not today or tomorrow but as long as you still have breath in your lungs, you will get there. There academically, relationally, financially, mentally, spiritually, morally… whatever aspect of life you feel you are not there yet, it will come.