“This isn’t a phase! This is who I really am!”

"I can't wait to stop getting zits one day."

While your skin probably improved over time, zits never completely went away.

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"$1,000 is a lot of money."

Now all that money immediately disappears to go to rent, bills, and other responsibilities. And $1,000 doesn't come close to covering it all.

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"Everyone but me has their shit together."

The day you realized that nobody has a plan — we're all winging it!!!! — was a scary day indeed.

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"I'm very mature for my age."

Now you think about how you actually acted back then and just shake your head.

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