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Is the grass greener now?

I'd tell you to count the stars, but we were too busy for that then.

Before Story 

What caused you to pull up your socks today? most people either say that it was a mere obligation, or mostly your alarm indicating you're either late for something and you just had to do it. I know for a fact that some of you drove past so many red lights to be where you are today. Along the way you've been pulled up, interrogated and even got fined for speeding up. Just a taste of life. They say; before hitting 20's your life is like a buoy that is unattended and the fact that you're suddenly considered an 'adult' makes everything more difficult, so are we now supposed to remove our seat belt? just because the road got a less bumpier ? whats even more contradicting is that we are still not free from the work stress. The peer pressure. The infinite imbalance between wanting to have a social life Vs the requirement to stay in and get your life together.

Then you get the road signs. you either follow them, but majority doesn't, then blame if something goes for a six. We need to realize that'teenagers' as they called us are expected to mess up, make mistakes and not understand everything that your math teacher says. At the same time, these years define you, contribute and accumulate to later years of your life which you will be mostly spending regretting about how well you could have lived your 'less-worry' life better. So you see, its a vicious cycle of regret. So get out, jump in the waters and swim away, jump in puddles and be ready to clean your shoes.

After Story


the reason why I shifted to my after story so fast is because I thought I'd lose track of time if I kept on writing about the life I thought I'd ever lose. And we are now left to pick up the pieces and build something on our own, which most of us struggle with. At the end we have 7 ft walls built around us to protect what's left. So for everyone who is an adult, is the grass greener on the other side? Or is there grass at all? was it all a lie? did it meet up to your expectations? 
If not you need to stop making age define you - do things that's worth your risk and time, your mistakes won't hold you back, it will only slow you down in the highway at most. 

Now you low-key wish you could go back to when you had to worry less about making a decision? because same. And I don't think I mind being fined for my doings, because I know i learned a thing or two. Hats off to all the things that went wrong and to all the drafts I've deleted just to write the perfect piece 
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