Why are we so scared of growing up?
This blog is for my beautiful babies of 2008 and 2009 — the Class of ’26. For the ones who still have posters on their walls, playlists that feel like diaries, and dreams that are bigger than their bedrooms. And for all the boys and girls who, one day, will take those posters down, cut their hair, pack their bags, and quietly begin a new life of their own. As Alec Benjamin once said, “I’m not prepared for the future, there’s so many things that I just don’t know.” And that line hurts because it’s true. We feel it in the pit of our stomachs when someone asks us what we want to do with our lives or when we stress out about future plans. We feel it when graduation feels closer than it ever has before, when time suddenly starts moving faster, when childhood stops feeling infinite. Growing up comes with responsibilities, expectations, and pressure — but also with opportunities we don’t fully understand yet. Adulthood feels heavy before it even arrives. Growing up is bittersweet. We won’t be...
