22

I am now 22.

I look at my life and I look at others who are my age. I've realized that those who are my age are not in the same area of life I'm in.

I graduated from college when I was 21; I was offered a full-time job in my career when I was 21; I started my career when I was 21. Most 21 year olds are still in college; most 22 year olds are finishing up college; very few 21 and 22 year olds are done with college and have started their career.

Even though I can be an overachiever, it's not because I'm an overachiever that I'm a year head of my peers. You can place the blame on my parents. They chose to start me with kindergarten when I was 4, turning 5 in 3 months.

In reality, I'm okay with being young. I just don't tell my coworkers and definitely not my students how old (young) I am. I rarely think about my age in correlation with my life and compare it to others and their life happenings. I don't want to change my age because then I would lose out on those years. I'm not even sure if I would like people to stop being shocked by how young I am. I guess I would like it if it didn't matter my age, if what truly counted was my maturity, character, and actions.