This week we attempted to assign meaning to what it means to be an adult, or what an adult even is. I thought we failed to agree on anything. I guess if you want to take the easy way out and define what an adult is, you could say that at age 18 you are legally an adult; oh, and the govt. owns your ass.
I thought that was just the lazy half-assed way out of the argument. But if that's the way you want to define it, then that's fine. There is so much more to being an "adult" than turning 18. Some people said that at age 18, you start your journey to adulthood. I think this is a good place to start.
At 18, the government decides to dump a butt-load of responsibilities on you, whether or not you're ready to take them on. Some people are capable of owning up to these responsibilities, but to be honest, and from what I've seen, most people aren't. I think the first thing you have to do on your journey into adulthood is accept these responsibilities, regardless of how asinine they are.
The next thing you must do is locate your moral compass. People do change their thoughts about everything over time, but they usually have a main set of laws that define them. They are usually "good" or "evil" to put it blunt. If you can't decide which side you are on, you'll never grow up. People will never take you seriously if you can't decide quickly.
Probably the most important definition on what it means to be an adult is just being independent. I think it is important to just get away from your parents, and your natural surroundings and do something out of character, but still legal, obviously.
This may seem short and unconcluded, but I'm watching Life at the moment and I just can't think of anything else to put here.
Geronimo!
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For the most part I really agree to what you're saying in here. I don't think that at 18 you're automatically an adult. Like you, I think that it takes time to become one. I also think that the most important step to becoming an adult is being independent from your parents.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I don't think the first thing you need to do as an adult is accept the responsibilities from the government. Yes, that is a pretty important step, but I think there's more to it than that.
I will have to agree with you on that. Everyone expects you to act like an adult when you turn 18 but people arn't always ready to take on that responsibility and yet they are forced to. i think we might have to change the ways we view adulthood and how to determine when somebody reaches it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't think that's what I was thinking in my head, about the accepting those responsibilities, but I see what you're saying. I was thinking just responsibilities in general.
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