Turning 18 Essay

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Now that I am 18, I started to question, “Am I an adult or am I still a kid?” I really am not sure, and feel that this question is a necessary one to answer in order to truly know myself. I want to find out being eighteen really means that I have to grow up. I am legally an adult to the government, but I also know that I am not an emotionally and mentally fully mature person yet. Am I immature for my age? Should I have already grown up? “What does it mean to grow up-to be an adult?” To be a successful adult means that a person is emotionally and mentally aware of themselves, can be self-reliant, engages in healthy relationships, and takes responsibility for the choices they make.I am legal, I have realised that this is not the cool, party, enjoyable life that I thought it would be but instead, this is the time reserved to set my life. I am now legal. I have gained the glorious title of “adult”. Along with this life came loads of privileges and responsibilities that I have to slowly learn to cope with. At this stage, questions overwhelm my mind, what am I going to do with my life, what do I desire, am I mature enough to handle the responsibilities that tail this change, can I make it on my own and the most frequent question that haunts me, do I believe in myself? I come across the few people that tell me that my desires and aspirations are unrealistic and that they would not work, but I have come to realize that if I want it to work, it will work. Many people wish well but if you believe in yourself, go for it.I understand that all adults have started of exactly where I am right now, but in my eyes, many adults are too old to know what is going on even though they have been down the same road that I am currently parked on. Turning 18 I would say is the time that changes your entire life around, sometimes for the better but at other times, for the worse. At
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