Growing Up is Exactly Everything it's Cracked Up to Be

So I recently saw some picture on Facebook that consisted entirely of the words "Life is getting too complex, can I be 5 again" or something similar. This brings to mind 2 things:

1. Why are people still posting these?
2. I completely disagree with this.

Seeing as I still have to do my blog post for this week, I figured I would elaborate on the latter.

Whatever difficulties that may plague my current life, I will never miss my early childhood, or really, even my more recent childhood. I remember being five - I was significantly less emotionally stable, significantly more awkward, and I was afraid of virtually everything. That stuff's specific to me, but there's also the fact that five-year-olds can't drive, deal with basic life situations, or even do anything unsupervised. As a teenager, I still have a long ways to go in some of those fields, but at least I can be trusted with a pair of scissors.

Which is what brings me to my next point. I will never miss elementary school. One of my earliest distinct scholastic memories is my doomed attempts in the first grade to manufacture a handmade picture book about animals. Not only did this process turn out rather poorly, it also gave me a lifelong fear of glue sticks. Nowadays, I study things that actually apply to the world, like physics and economics. Sure, sometimes I struggle with a particularly hard problem on electromagnetism or something, but at least none of my coursework places me at risk of getting my figures stuck together due to my mishandling of some abominable adhesive. Progress is beautiful.

Sure, I have more responsibilities now, and my life will get a lot harder in college and as an adult, but I'm glad to be moving forward and becoming someone of actual consequence in this world. The reason my life is more complex now is because I'm doing marginally important things, and my life will be far more complex in the future because I will be doing very important things. Let's go.

So there you have it, kids. Don't believe the people who say life is terrible after the age of 10. It gets better.