NY Times: What Is It About 20-Somethings? →
“Ask them if they agree with the statement “I am very sure that someday I will get to where I want to be in life,” and 96 percent of them will say yes. But despite elements that are exciting, even exhilarating, about being this age, there is a downside, too: dread, frustration, uncertainty, a sense of not quite understanding the rules of the game. More than positive or negative feelings, what Arnett heard most often was ambivalence — beginning with his finding that 60 percent of his subjects told him they felt like both grown-ups and not-quite-grown-ups.”
How I will always feel: “Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.” —Margaret Atwood
i lean more towards the ‘not quite grown up’ feeling. i am waiting to feel older.
oh my. hits the nail on the head.
20 somethings are not adults in this country
