Right?
See, here's the problem: If I don't know what it's actually like until I'm there, what's the point of preparing? Let me make the mistakes when it actually matters. Make me read the parenting books that I neglected when I have a newborn. Watch me as I mess everything up, but try to fix it. Don't give me practice lessons that I won't take seriously. Youth is wasted on the young, surely. But why try to make us grow up too fast by making us use the time we have to be stupid to instead attempt to pound ideas that we'll never get into our heads? All this preparation for the future makes me just want to get this part of my life over with, even though I know it's an important time. I know I should just use this time to my advantage, but I can't help but think I'm uselessly waiting around for my life to start.
Translation: I learn by doing. Life: Fast forward, please.
Solution: Neverland.
Great post, Aim! I know how you feel...I felt this way the last few years of high school, and I wasn't nearly as mature and confident as you are. It's such a catch 22, with everyone saying "enjoy this stage in life...but think about the future constantly, okay?" Gotta love it :)
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