This is the only period on the list I can say to have finished. Annoyingly, I tended to spend these years desperately attempting to emulate adults, wishing to appear grown up, wanting to be free from the machinations of my parents whilst not appreciating my lack of obligations. With adulthood comes freedom, but also great responsibility and the fact that such simple joys as running around pretending to be an aeroplane are no longer socially acceptable. This is why now that my childhood is finished I look back on those years as the most free time of my life.
