Getting Older Is...

I'm going to the 30 this year! I remember my mom telling me many times that time goes fast and before you know it, you blink and you're old. "Yeah, yeah, Mom," I'd think because clearly time goes sssslowwww because that's how I and everyone else all experience it as children.

"High School is like five seconds of your life," she'd also say whenever I complained about my friends, my classes, or having to go through something as debasing as high school. 

Getting older is... figuring out things your mom said is actually true. It's also realizing that saying that very sentence is not a bad thing, it's good that I had her to give me advice and perspective on things when my youth and ignorance was the only thing I was ruled by during adolescence. 

Getting older is... 

... walking into Hot Topic and the only t-shirts with bands you recognize is in one corner where all the "classic" shirts are. 
... realizing that teenagers are mostly assholes.
... realizing you have a biological clock which was something you thought only old people talked about.
... when all your Facebook friends link to nostalgic articles about the 90's and post about their babies.
... when your feet hurt when you wear unsupportive shoes like Converse All Stars that you've worn forever.
... when staying up late isn't as fun as it used to be.
... that random strand of white hair that didn't used to be there. 

I used to think that I wouldn't necessarily mind getting older but, that was before I started getting older. I know that 30 isn't really old but it's certainly the next phase of my life. My 20's are over and it's time to really grow up, improve, and plan more for our future.