That Myth, Adulthood

A running theme in my writing is against-the-grain thinking, and with that theme I have another idea that is by no means unique, but nonetheless one I think is important. In this world, people try to classify you in categories, because, well, I’m not entirely certain. I know people do it, I do it often enough, but there’s one category I think is very counterintuitive to being successful.

Calling someone an adult is something other “adults” are very good at, because maybe that person is succesful or stable or clearly on top of things. What I’ve found to be increasingly common is this idea that people my age are definitely not “adults” for a number of reasons, maybe not being able to fully support themselves, work hard, or generally lacking focus.

The big issue here is not that these traits don’t define adulthood, but that it doesn’t matter what on earth these traits are because if we don’t start treating college kids like adults, how on earth will they ever become one.

Yes, college kids right now are not the perfect representation of an adult, but I believe that’s a causation of the idea of the preparation mindset (see https://goo.gl/YU5dPl). I think if we wisened up and saw the serious lack of awareness of how the real world works on college campuses all the parents and kids would do something to try and change it.