They say that being young is the best and the worst time of your life, and I think that’s true.
Youth is the time of having fun, finding your true self, hanging out with your friends and learning from your mistakes. You are not a child anymore but not quite adult either. They expect the same things from you as from adults but they treat you like a child, you have to act and look right to fit in, your parents are too strict etc.These and many other things make youth a difficult period of your life, but on the other hand you don’t have to go to work, you don’t have to provide for your own family, and your biggest responsibility is graduating from school. This is why you have the time to have fun with your friends: the most important people of your teenage years.
For me it has been great so far. We all have our ups and downs but that’s life. I think that these days the media and the internet give the wrong image of being young today. Almost everything that relates to being a teenager is shown negatively or at least worse than it is. For some teenagers it might be like that but I think that at least in Finland things aren’t that bad. School is hard, but it’s also fun because of it is sociality and it lets me feel success when I really work for something and get good grades.
You won’t be young forever so I think it’s important to try new things and for example travel a lot. These are the few highlights of being young and free before growing up. Youth is a really important time of everybody’s life because you get into new situations and thereby learn new things about yourself and in that way you get to know yourself better.
you're so right! I agree with you 100%! School is hard, so much exams and school works, projects to do.. Funny that I'm not so stressed!?
VastaaPoistaGood luck with your exams! And yeah song choice is amazing!
I totally agree with you! And it's true that being a teenager can be the best AND the worst time of your life. You're a very good writer! :)
VastaaPoistaVery nicely written. I would like to know what sort of "lessons" from your young years you will take with you to adulthood, things that you really have learned so far (and I don't mean facts you've learned at school). Also, is it really true that there is nothing but negative opinions about the youth of today?
VastaaPoistaI have learned many different things from life but I think the most important ones are: that it's okay to make mistakes, but you have to learn from them and try not to repeat them and that it's okay to be different and it's important to be yourself. I think these are important things that everybody should learn in some part of their lives because if you never forgive yourself (from the mistakes you made) or if you have to put up a show everyday because you're afraid be to yourself, you will not have a full and happy life.
VastaaPoistaEverybody has their own opinions, but I think that the general opinion of youth is more negative than positive right now, but the good thing is that it is getting better as the time passes.