agreed but most youngsters will say the opposite which is sad if you think about it.
Because most of them are not mature enough to understand what responsibility and life really is. It is easy to give an opinion about adulthood when you have never been to a 9 to 5 job, have never had a kid, to pay taxes, rent, electricity, go through inflation with the same monthly income you had before the inflation came. And so on. And so forth.
You only start valuing time more and more as years go to waste. A typical youngster has about everything they need. Friends, parents, grandparents, siblings in general, money they do not have to work hard for, a bed, a roof above their head. When you start losing any of the above you start realizing how much that one thing meant to you back when it existed.
It is sad, but I do get why they want to be adults. It seems easy when you are not the one living the adult life.
And I can only agree with philipma1957. Time has no price and I think there are so many people who would give absolutely anything to add more time to their life or live their young years again. Anything. You can have billions and trillions. You can visit the Space and go to Mars, but you can not add time to your life nor can you go back in time.
Take a parent for example. A parent who has lost their beloved child. They could win the lottery and become billionaires overnight. They can they buy anything. Companies, yachts, the best dog breed in the world, the best champagne and food that exists on planet Earth. But this one hole in their heart, they can not buy. To them, no wealth is ever going to be enough to fill up that damned hole. It is sad and scary, but it is real.
This is why I said in my last post that goals change with time. As a youngster you most likely have a stupid dream. Owning a Supercar, a house in Hollywood or whatever. But decades down the road you may end up realizing that is not enough either. You have a Supercar but you feel alone. Or you have everything a Rich person would have and then lose someone close and beloved. Your entire perspective will change. After all, each and every one of us fights to fill patches of our life, heart and soul. If you ever get to fill them all, you are maybe going to finally think it is enough for you to retire. But I unfortunately do not think there is anyone out there who feels like all their wounds and empty spots have been filled up, because this is life and this is how things are.
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Regards,
PrivacyG