{"id":505,"date":"2016-12-20T05:16:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T05:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2019-11-20T10:05:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:05:03","slug":"19-going-on-20-by-kana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2016\/12\/20\/19-going-on-20-by-kana\/","title":{"rendered":"19 going on 20 &#8211; By KANA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oiu4utrcsl1un32nx_1280-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"506\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?attachment_id=506\" class=\"wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oiu4utrcsl1un32nx_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oiu4utrcsl1un32nx_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oiu4utrcsl1un32nx_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_oiu4utrcsl1un32nx_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I finally understand why so many women hate sharing their age. My last teen year hasn\u2019t been as satisfying as I would have wanted it to be but it\u2019s definitely not something I\u2019m ready to let go of.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I realised that I didn\u2019t have another teen after this and the thought of it really got to me. All these years I couldn\u2019t wait to get older. When I was 12, I could wait to be a teen (and pubescent). Then when I was 13 the thought of that sweet 16 party on some yacht made me into this crazy hormonal, attention seeking yet introvert&nbsp;<em>(how?)<\/em>&nbsp;young adult. But now that I\u2019m 19, I just want to go back to being 17 again.&nbsp;<em>(And possibly meet a young Zac Effron \u201cfaints\u201d)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just about getting older or the responsibilities but about losing the excuse of being a teen. A decade of hormone driven, social media dominated, gossip riddled torture wasn\u2019t so bad. People will tell you that you\u2019ll have the same diagnoses when you\u2019re in your 20\u2019s but the stakes are higher, you\u2019re not going to get grounded but fired!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than re-living my teen years I wish I could just take a trip back and modify my teen years. I don\u2019t have regrets yet it feels like certain things were left unsaid and incomplete. School tournaments I should have been a part of or cheered for and the debates I should have argued. That one book everyone was talking about but I was too pretentious to read or that one dance I missed. Friends who I should\u2019ve fought for and friends I should\u2019ve gotten over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe if I had put in a lot more effort to kick off the blanket and actually gotten out of bed for once, I wouldn\u2019t be here writing this piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure my teen years may not have been as eventful as those teen chick-flicks. No one stood outside of my window with a boom box over their head, playing love songs. Yet there are definitely some great stories in there. Someday when I\u2019m old enough and it\u2019s acceptable&nbsp;<em>(no longer embarrassing)<\/em>&nbsp;for me to share my stories I\u2019m sure there will be laughs all around the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Because at the end, there\u2019s an allure and a sense of pride in calling yourself a teen\u2026 that and all the stereotypes synonymous with being one.<\/em><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally understand why so many women hate sharing their age. My last teen year hasn\u2019t been as satisfying as I would have wanted it to be but it\u2019s definitely not something I\u2019m ready to let go of. 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