When I was younger I couldn't wait to move out of home, turn 18 and be an adult. I thought that as soon as I moved out of home or turned 18 everything would be different and a switch would flick inside of me and I would just automatically be an adult, I thought I'd just become this person with a lot knowledge, insight, patience... I'm not. That doesn't happen. I thought that once I grew up I would get all the freedom in the world - no more nagging my parents to drive me somewhere or having to constantly ask permission to see my friends - and that's somewhat right, but now I just don't have the time to do a lot of things. I have a full time job (luckily that's blogging and I can do it pretty much anywhere in the world I want, I'm also a full time university student and have many other commitments). So, to me right now, freedom means living in my own home, paying my own bills, having a full time job and studying. I also can't just rely on my parents buying me things now. I took everything for granted! Did you know that there isn't some magic fairy that fills your fridge with food every week? You have to actually leave your house, go to a grocery store, put food into a shopping cart and then buy it? Why were we all in such a hurry to grow up? Being an adult is nothing like we're told it is. If I could go back and be a kid again, I totally would - I'd love to have no responsibilities and have my meals and laundry all taken care of! Being an adult sucks. It sucks to have bills. It sucks to actually have to think about where you're spending your money. It sucks to worry about your job. It sucks to have to pay taxes. It sucks to worry about your future. I'd love to be a kid, having carefree fun and little responsibility, having mum and dad take care of you and spoil you and being able to sleep for as long as I want. Another thing, as a kid you would eat whatever you want and because children have crazy metabolisms you wouldn't gain weight. You didn't have cellulite or worry about not being skinny. Time! How I wish I had more time. As a kid, all you have ahead of you is time; everything is still to come and your story is largely unwritten, your choices are still to be made. I'm only just in this thing we call adulthood and already there are a few aspects I'd like to rewrite. Goodbye's suck the older you get - because the older you get, the older the people around you get and you have to say your goodbye's to grandparents. One word: dishes. They suck too! Dinner doesn't cook itself and you've finally had to face the facts that unicorns and fairies were all just apart of your imagination.

Life's a journey. Enjoy the ride and if you can, stop and enjoy the sites along the way. I'm no where near ready to be an adult and I've recently been thrown some pretty giant curve balls that have forced me to slowly, but surely, grow up that little bit more.