What's adult life like?

Question

Is it any good? Anything worth living for?

I'm 16 and don't see much point in living, adult life looks pretty bad.

Answer 1

There is so much to do before we leave this earth. I thought when I was 20 that there was no reason to live. When I finally got sick and tired of being sick and tired and asked God to guide me everything changed. I see color in life, challenges as meeting new goals an expanding my knowledge, forgave people that hurt me and asked for forgiveness from others. My life has dramatically changed. I went skydiving and I don't like heights and laughed all the way down, gone para-sailing, gone to Africa, singing telegrams, create custom gifts/baskets, write and go to jails and prisons to share Christ with as many people I can and employed in a county office where I can do what I know I can do best. There is no time to waste. There are only two things that are for sure in this life for everyone. You can never get time back and we will all die one day. Someone said that there is one place in this world where there are an abundance of treasures. That would be the cemetary, where people have died along with all of their dreams/wishes and goals that never were fulfilled. I decided that I did not want to go that way. "Life" for me until my appointed time. Where do you want to be a month from now? a year , 5 or 10 years from now? If what you are doing now has not worked .....hhhmmmm , think about it and decide you know in your heart all along and you can achieve those dreams that you had since you were a child. Really. check out the site: www.movingonministry.com and check out Newsletter 15 and you will see why I do what I do.

Answer 2

When I was 16 I hated life too! Now I am in my late 30's and adult life is way better! I still feel like a kid on the inside, I really do. However, I can think more maturely because of the years that i have been alive on this earth.
When you get older there is a hell of a lot more responsibility. And then you have a family to care for, and their problems too. All of a sudden you are in charge with other lives that you have created. Talk about an awesome responsibility!
Having kids, and a family is truly worth growing up for! Even if you do not have kids, your able to choose what you want to do with yourself.
That is what the best thing is about being a grown up. You will see how young kids are all of a sudden, and then wonder if you were actually like that too!
I am more happy to be older, and be able to be in charge of myself, and make my own decisions in lie. However, this takes a lot of growing up to do first.

Answer 3

It is absolutely worth living for.
Yes, it's harder. You have to take care of yourself. You have to be responsible for your own actions. Sometimes, you'll be the only person you have to depend on. But the thing is, you learn that you /can/ depend on you. And then you make your own family and you can depend on them, and they can depend on you, and that's such a wonderful feeling both ways.
I think the biggest difference I've found being an adult is that I'm more able to look at the big picture. When something big and awful happens and I feel overwhelmed, I can pause and get a better sense of perspective. So long as I'm alive, I can get through anything. Bad times /will/ pass, and good times will come again. When I was young, any bad thing seemed like the Worst Thing That Could Happen Ever and that it was going to destroy my Whole Life. It makes everything seem harder than it really is.

Answer 4

Well, there is adult life with kids and adult life without kids. With kids it has a bit more stress since you got to take care of someone else in addition to yourself. Adult life is a lot of work, but what's good about it is you make your own decisions, whatever they may be and you have freedom. Only so much though because if you got to work to pay bills, etc you are still not completely free.

Answer 5

Goodness when you are young you want to be older and when you are older you want to be younger.Adult life has many more choices and concequences but over all it is what you make it.Yes it is worth living for as what you think when you are younger changes often as you learn and grow.Just because you might be 20 does not mean that you have learnt all there is to know same with 30.40.ect.Every day people learn new things yes there are times when life can be difficult but there are times when life can be wonderful.A lot of the time it depends on you view and if you look at things positively and look for the good things your life is far more likely to be more enjoyable to you and those around you.Focusing on the negative will not benefit you or others.

Answer 6

Once you hit your adult years, alot can change. First you will be leaving the "nest" (home) and going to college, or starting our own life. There are bills to pay, work to do, and alot more responsiblity. But with responsiblity, can come fun! Your an adult, you have no rules to live by ( of course laws are still there, and harsher punishments) you can come and go as you please, and see and do what you want.
There is alot to live for, starting a life with another person, (getting married) having children, doing things you always wanted to, but couldn't because you were a child, kid, teen, whatever.

Answer 7

You're only 16 for 1 year. Same for 17,18,19 ,20. So you've only got 4 years left before you find out yourself.
Take it 1 day at a time and make the most of it.
Can you volunteer at an animal shelter or hospital?
Can you get a pet?
Sometimes if you can think of something else besides all the miserable, hateful, rotten, sarcastic jerks you have to deal with every day and have something to look forward to, you might find out that each year things get better because you can handle it differently.
Keep a journal, write stories, read books, draw, learn to play a guitar or musical instrument. Exercise, jog, fill jugs with water and make weights to build muscle.
Laugh every day at nothing.
Good Luck!!

Answer 8

I've been there and BAD...I've been suicidal from age 11-19.

It's like...one day you're just not miserable anymore, and your life can be anything you want it to

But when you're depressed it seems like it can only be one thing.

I still get depressed every now and then (was REALLY depressed today), but since getting out of my teens nothing I feel even compares to what I felt then.

It's hard to make people are going through adolescence understand because saying "It gets better" kind of negates the feelings they're having so they tend not to listen/believe you.

But I'm 20...I was right where you were not long ago at ALL. Trust me, IT GETS BETTER. And now that I'm out of my teens, I can't believe that nobody warned me they would be THAT bad. Furthermore, I can't believe anyone actually SURVIVES them.

Answer 9

Adult life is whatever you make of it. Some of the biggest differences of being an adult over being in school are, in my opinion:

1. There is no yearly or quarterly reset button. What you do sticks with you. No new teachers, no chances to "erase" what happened before.

2. You have to take responsibility for your own actions. Blaming your parents, your friends, your dog, or the fact that you were out drinking is no excuse for anything.

Answer 10

Adult life is the best part of your life and the longest. You decide your own destiny. Where you want to live, work everything. No one else is there telling you what to do.