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This final entry took me quite some time. The strange thing was, I knew what to say, but I wasn’t sure how to.
You see, my life is changing. When I wrote this, I was exactly seventeen years, nine months, some days and a few hours old. The period of official non-adultness is now almost over and I can feel that. People from all around try to tell me, in a sometimes not that subtle way, that the time is there to make some choices, to take some responsibility.
The thing is, I enjoy my relative care free life. For me, there’s little that really needs to be changed. (I keep telling myself) Anyway, I don’t want the responsibilities and I certainly don’t want to choose and so determine my course of my life. Just cold feet or plain fear?
And then it struck me. Whilst searching for a suitable title for this post, I stumbled upon this site: Never Grow Up: a Tribute to the Peter Pan Syndrome. Although the typical American, overbearing character of this site, in fact it was good stuff to read: well written and really fascinating.
I noticed some striking similarities between my situation and how I perceive it, and how the site views the issue of growing up. Wondering if this is what’s bothering me all the time and a bit worried, I decided to consult some more sources. One of them was my friend Wikipedia. He told me that it was really nothing to worry about, the same ‘symptoms’ of that so-called complex are common in puberty.
So maybe all I need is some time. Let’s put it this way, I’m not eighteen yet, there’s still room for a little miracle and for a little childish joy.
P.s. The Original title would have been: Peter Pan or the trouble of growing up.
P.p.s. Credits for some beautiful reflection.
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This entry concludes my contribution. I hope that you, my few reader enjoyed it. Now, I have the honor to present to you my successor. His name is Nils Geylen, a guy from Belgium who I found out about whilst surfing the waves of the internet. He lives from air and modern media. His adventures can be found at his personal weblog: No Dependencies / No Logo. You’ll hear from him soon.
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