I still have my Gameboy Color (but only Gold version), but sadly, I passed my card collection down to my little cousins. Teenage years... such a big waste of time, but damn they went by so fast.
I turned 20 last November too, but unlike you I was extremely depressed and I felt bad, and slow all the time. But that's me.
I can tell that when I'm in my 30s or 40s I am going to be fucked up by neurosis regarding my aging, because I already wake up every Sunday morning thinking that I'm wasting my life haha.
Go to college, keep up ur grades but party it out man. The dude swallowing random pills in the corner and talking to the wall. That's me.
This isn't about me, I'm just telling you, doing that kind of crap will definitely screw up your college years. Personal experience.
I'd go get laid. No, really, I'd probably do what I normally do, because I really don't like the idea of age being used as a restriction (i.e., not allowed to have a tattoo without adult permission under a certain age, or it's "strange" for someone over a certain age to have things that they had during their childhood). I mean, yeah, I'd probably straighten myself out and fly straight, so to speak, but I'd still be having the same kind of fun that I do today, just with a few more responsibilities in there as well.
I'm turning 20 the next month. I don't really want to since I didn't have much of a teenage life because of health issues. I guess you could say I feel like I missed out on a lot and I still want my chance to be immature. I don't want to be forced into growing up too soon. Luckily, nowadays, the 20s have become the new teens (from what I can tell), so I guess I don't have too much to worry about. The rule as I see it is as long as you're still in school, you can be immature. It's when you graduate from college that you have to grow up (no idea how it is for people who don't go to college). Maybe it's just me, but 20 looks older than 21.
I'm only 18 still, but I'll be turning 19 this August. I'm pretty sure that I'll be contemplating about turning 20 when I reach that stage just as you are Minus Xero. Personally, I'm pretty scared for the near and distant future of my life. I'm afraid because, I'm lazy by nature (something that I've definitely have to change) I spend most of my days just working out and playing games, and staying up late for no reason at all. I graduated when I was 17, and since then I have not enrolled or applied for any colleges or Universities. To be honest I have no idea where I want to go in life. I used to have the greatest ambitions about working in the fine arts field, such as 3d game design, webpage designer, layout designer, comic book artist, whatever, you name it. I pretty much let go of that. Anyways, before I go on ranting about all the things I'm not going for, and what I don't have; I'll stop myself. I've dated my girlfriend since the ninth grade, and I have a few that I trust dearly, and I've got a restaurant job lined up for me soon, and recently deposited 2 grand into my bank account. So I'm happy. Basically my goals are simple for when I reach the 'big' 2-0. -Keep holding onto my sweetheart and my beloved family and friends -Employed -In school, and going somewhere with it Basically I think that it doesn't matter how old we are, we just have to know what our priorities are, and have a vision of the path you want to take, no matter how faded or vague it may seem in front of your eyes.
It hit me yesterday that I'm growing up far too quickly for my liking. I finished school forever yesterday and it's just the weirdest feeling ever that, after 13 years (or something like that), I won't ever have to go back. WAHOOOOOOO!!!!
I agree actually. Life is moving too fast! Although I left school a year and a half ago and never looked back so yeah.