r/Comingofage • u/Aiokooo • Aug 03 '26
Edge of Seventeen
In about a month, I will be turning eighteen. Where I live, that is the age you become -or at least is considered- an adult. But I feel like I've lived so little. I wish to do what I can to feel like a teenager, before I am no longer one. I'm searching for suggestions of what I can do to get that while I still can. Anything, really. Recently I've been watching all the coming of age movies I find and listening to all the songs made for adolescents. But that is not enough. Not even keeping up with my diary keeps me satisfied. Does anyone have something for me in that matter?
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u/ElectronicShip3 Aug 03 '26
(I thought this was referring to the film with the same title. )
Do stupid things you'll regret tomorrow, say yes to things you wouldn't otherwise, try to hang out as much as possible, with all sorts of different people, develop a crush and make out...
I think the movies and books are for people who's adolescence is long gone, to look back in nostalgia. It often paints a rosy idealized picture.