With young people, there's often that carelessness, allowing yourself to get into danger - recklessness, I suppose.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Recklessness is par for the course when you're 25.
I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.
When you're young, you're very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.
At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.
Part of being young is making mistakes.
I'm definitely careful. I'm not reckless or stupid, but that's how I was raised, to not be stupid or immature in as far as trying to grow up too quickly or putting forward a certain image that isn't me.
I know that in my past I was young and irresponsible - but that's what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes.
I'm not a reckless person, in the sense that I wouldn't do something that's reckless or dangerous, because I'm a pretty careful person. For example, I don't snow ski. I did it once, and I promised God I'd never do it again if I lived through it.
For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.
I think, as I've gotten older, I've been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won't destroy you.