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Lettitor

 

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I'm nota girl, not yet a woman

ve always been told ’m “mature
for my age”: my aunts have
called me an old soul; my mom
said I was born middle-aged;
and my penchant for tea and

embroidery would seem to further :
: concerned about being grown up,

solidify my aged nature.

But I’m 21 years old, and I feel :
my youth a lot of the time. There
are myriad moments I look back
on with regret, times when I react
without thinking. I see maturity
as meaning you act with purpose,
that you don’t indulge in pettiness
or let your ego get involved—that
maybe you possess a modicum of
wisdom. | like to think of myself
as being mature, but it’s not until
after I’ve gotten far too into a
competitive argument about a
board game that I feel I’ve got a lot :
of growing up to do.

Don't get me wrong, there’s
nothing wrong with being a
youthful ingénue. Attempting

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: to be mature also doesn’t

: mean mitigating all lapses in

: judgement—to say otherwise

: would be to deny human nature
: and our imperfections. And,

in C.S. Lewis’ words, “To be

: to admire the grown up because

itis grown up, to blush at the

: suspicion of being childish; these
: things are the marks of childhood
: and adolescence. ...
: became a man I put away childish
: things, including the fear of

: childishness and the desire to be

: very grown up.”

When I

Maybe maturity is the wrong

: word, because it’s ambiguous,
: encapsulating so much that it
; encapsulates nothing. I feel 'm

“mature” in the broad sense. I’ve

gotten credit for preferring to curl
: up with a book ora movie, for

: listening to others’ problems, and
: for occasionally giving some good

: advice. But that doesn’t negate

: when [act without thinking, or

: the fact that anyone can give good
? advice when they aren't analyzing
: their own life.

Perhaps it’s because I’ve been

: living away from my parents for

: over a year now; that my partner

: in crime is an endlessly lovely and
: thoughtful 27-year-old; that ’m

: getting tired of yielding to my

: youth; but, after a year of writing
: opinionated Lettitors, I’m finally
: ready for some self-reflection.

It’s like the emotional

: equivalent of puberty, this

: awkward period of adulthood

: stuck between wild adolescence
: and possibly settling down;

: grappling to figure out who you

: want to be and how youre going
: to get there, while it’s about all

: you can do to simply be. It’s so

: much easier to be impulsive, to

: get upset when there’s no reason

: to, and then claim maturity by

: listening to and offering advice for
: someone else’s problems. It’s far

: harder to think about your own

: actions, and how you can become
: a better human being.

I want to be thoughtful.

: I want to pause, rather than

: leaping to judgement or action. I
: want to be Audrey Hepburn, not
: Holly Golightly. I want to enjoy

: a drink or two with friends, not

: mix wine, gin, beer, and vodka

: toa disastrous denouement. Of

: course I’m going to keep making

: mistakes, but I need to start truly
: learning from my errors.

Hello gorgeous,

Nabe Serafini

Editor-in-Chief

@ theotherpress.ca

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