"This summer I become an adult.
At least, according to my country. I turn 19, and that basically means I can do lots of boring things legally — like get a credit card. My, what fun.
It’s weird to think that I’ll be labeled a “grown up.” I still feel like I have a lot of growing up left to do. And I do! But I’ve grown up a lot since I was 13. Or 14. Or even 15.
And there are things I’ve learned along the way — 19, in fact. Nineteen truths about growing up.
1. It doesn’t feel like you thought it would.
There are bad things I thought would be better, and amazing time I thought would be way worse. All I have to say is: culture does a horrible job preparing kids to grow up. They give us all these pictures and ideas, and that’s never how it turns out.
There are bad things I thought would be better, and amazing time I thought would be way worse. All I have to say is: culture does a horrible job preparing kids to grow up. They give us all these pictures and ideas, and that’s never how it turns out.
2. Growing up means responsibility in every area of life.
I’m learning what it means to take responsibility for my sin, to be responsible in my finances and my time and my work, and to not shirk duty when it calls.
3. Faithfulness in the little stuff is just as important as faithfulness in the big stuff.
“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much” (Luke 16:10).
“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much” (Luke 16:10).
4. Your parents are your greatest allies in life, your most winsome problem-solvers, and your smartest teachers.
Don’t push them away. Don’t ignore them. Instead, run to them. Take your deepest problems and struggles and fears and questions to them. Even when you don’t feel like it, they are here for you.
5. Growing up feels like being stretched, being filled full and then emptied, being yanked out of your comfort zone, and thrust into unfamiliar territory.
You’re starting to realize that the world is a lot bigger than you ever thought it was. And that means your comfort bubble is going to get quickly popped. Growing up means growing, and growing means growing pains."
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