Don't Grow Up; It's a Trap: Inspiring Quotes and Funny Statements to Stave off Adulthood

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Learning to embrace and savor rejection is one of the best things that entrepreneurs can do. Launching a startup is the time to find your ever-optimistic inner child again.” – Alejandro Cremades I’ve talked about how hard it is to make friends but it’s also hard to maintain friendships once you get older. Do y’all realize how good you have it in HS/College when it comes to friends? Well really when it comes to quite a lot of things but especially friends! You have built in people with pretty much your same exact schedule and priorities and no real responsibilities. This isn’t the case 100% of the time but it is a good 95% of the time and it’s AMAZING. That Metabolism Though… There is always a feeling of not being fulfilled, no matter how much you achieve, because the inner child’s needs are not being met.” – Yong Kang Chan, Parent Yourself Again: Love Yourself the Way You Have Always Wanted to Be Loved The eyes that sparkle in awe and amazement as they see love, magic and mystery in the most ordinary things.” – Henna Sohail

The endless list of do’s and don’ts handed down while growing up, gradually and unconsciously distance us from the inner child.” – Santosh JoshiY’all do not understand how good you have it in your teens/early twenties when it comes to metabolism! Yes some people have it hard when they’re young and some maintain that great metabolism when they’re older but the majority of us experience a drastic decline in metabolism sometime after 25. Mine happened around 28/29 and it was quite honestly the WORST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME. I’m dramatic, I know. It is honestly awful to go from eating whatever the hell you want and then waking up one day and realizing you can’t do that anymore. Hi, I’d like to Sleep In Again. Thanks. I haven’t slept in since I was about 29. I’m 33 now and there doesn’t seem to be any change in my future. I used to be a person who could survive on little to no sleep and who could sleep in until 12-2. I don’t know that this is something to be proud of but it is definitely something I miss. I’m not really trying to sleep in until noon but it would be nice to get to sleep past 6:30. I legit get happy if I make it to 8 without waking up. About This Job Thing… I realize that humor isn’t for everyone. It’s only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive. – Anne Wilson Schaef Ask yourself the following question: what is the thing you craved the most as a child? Well, apart from that toy you liked so much at the store. Let us liberate ourselves from any form of control. Let us focus at the inner drum, where the rhythm aligns with that of our heart. The measure of responsibility, equals to the need for evolution. Just listen, the inner child, let it whisper in your ear.” – Grigoris Deoudis

Yeah so working is for the birds. OK, I actually like my job and I’ve had some great jobs before (and a couple not so great ones) but overall, who really wants to work? You don’t realize how nice it is to have your only real “job” be to pass your classes/get good grades and to have fun. I never understand why people are so pumped to get out of college. STAY IN COLLEGE KIDS. Stay there forever if you can. There’s nothing for you outside of college. OK, again, I’m dramatic but you get the point. The Feeling That You Haven’t Followed the Right Timeline Most importantly, kids live in the moment and take pride in knowing that even though the rest of the world may disagree, they still see this as a beautiful place with zero obligations. Either our inner child comes out to play and makes all things possible, or we mold our characters and events from our own experiences, or our dreams of wanting to experience.” – Judith Kohnen, One Chance, One Moment If instead you mean to let each enhance the other at the exclusion of neither, I have every interest.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough

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We all would have uttered the title at least once, either as a joke, or we truly mean it when we miss our adolescence. hour ago Customers Aren’t Sold on Clothing Brands’ Social Impact New research suggests that businesses might not be doing an adequate job of communicating to customers what they’re doing to improve society. If by growing up you mean allowing the adult within me to abandon the child within me, I have no interest in such a horrid proposition. Every child does that naturally. So we don’t have to learn nothing. We just need to drop our bundle of thoughts and beliefs from the child you’ve known the best: yourself. On your journey, don’t forget to smell the flowers. Take time out to notice that you’re alive. You can only live in one day. – Ray Fearon