Do whatever you want? Whenever you want? What generation were you guys living in, because my generation adolescence wasn't a piece of cake. Why is it that in adolescence we are convinced that we are so alone and no one else is capable of understanding our emotions, and so we reside in solitude with no one to comfort us except ourselves? A great writer once wrote that it is during adolescence that we discover our identity, which is to say we discover for the first time that we are alone. Isn't that a horrible feeling? The more you surround yourself with people physically, it seems the more depressed you become. It's vicious being unable to find comfort in such an inconsolable state, and with all the obligations and pressures (academic, social, etc.), you feel like you are drowning with all these debts to pay off. And then, surprise!, only a few years later you think what a dope you were for being so self-absorbed as to shut out every source of pleasure, and then blame it on misfortune. Adolescence is truly a confusing time of experimentation, and the slightest difference in it can make a dramatic difference in adulthood. Though I don't believe in regrets and changing our mistakes, I wouldn't relive it for a million bucks.
