This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Now, I'm getting a little older, got more responsibility, I don't need to be depressed.
Just from being with my grandmother, my maturity escalated. And now I'm in tune to the needs of people. It was a large responsibility, taking care of a human being.
I know that in my past I was young and irresponsible - but that's what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes.
There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.
I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.
People always tell me, 'Don't work so much', but I can't help it. I feel like all the things I've done are important to get to this adult stage and now I'm getting all these adult offers, so it's working.
I have a natural affinity with children and adults who can't accept adult responsibility.
I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
Year Up for me is a year in which the young adults that we serve have an opportunity to move up in their lives and gain the access and opportunity they need to realize their potential.
I hadn't been free from adult responsibilities since I was 12, and I needed to experience that. I really needed to just be a kid again.