To the young people in my life and yours:
What do you think your youth is for? Is it just for having fun and seeing how much money you can get from your parents?
No, it is practice time. What are you practicing? Becoming an adult. What do you see the adults in your life doing? Do they sit around all day and play video games, or wait for someone to tell them what to do?
No, they work, take action, make decisions, yard work, grocery shop, and pay bills. And of course, they have fun too. They take breaks, and vacations, and sit to read or play a video game with you.
So, I ask you, I beg you, please, keep your areas clean, learn how to cook and care for things. Garden. Learn skills, so that when you cross into adulthood, you can just keep walking at the same pace you have been, and adulthood doesn’t sink you like a coastal storm.
Practice, young padawan, practice.
