When I would watch movies of adults living out their marriages, families, and careers, I felt like they had figured out the secret to being a grownup. I imagined that when I graduated or got married or got my first job, I would feel capable and mature like they did and would be more than ready to take on the challenges that each of these new life stages would bring.
But when those big life milestones came and went and I kept moving forward into adulthood, I didn’t magically feel grownup and confident. I just felt like the same me I’d always been, except I was wearing a graduation cap or a wedding dress or staring shocked at a positive pregnancy test at 4 AM on a July morning.
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