I haaate referring to myself as an "adult" cause yeah, at 21 I technically classify as being an adult but I don't feel like an adult at all. Since school it is safe to say there are many things I have learnt and realized along the way. 

1. PETROL IS EXPENSIVE
Honestly, nothing is as depressing as seeing the dollars clock up when you're filling up your car. Mentally you're saying "please stop car, surely you're full now?" but your car says "um lol no, there's still another $15 I can get out of you". Bastard car stealing my money.

2. HAVING FRIENDS ACTUALLY TAKES EFFORT
In school there was no effort whatsoever with maintaining friends as you were guaranteed to see them five days a week. Upon leaving school I realized "OH WAIT, I actually have to make plans now?!" and it was a shock to the system.

3. HOLIDAYS AREN'T A GUARANTEED THING
Luckily I don't have this issue at the moment as i'm just finishing up my university degree, BUT I begin working full time next year and I realized that I'M GOING TO HAVE TO APPLY FOR HOLIDAYS. I think I will definitely envy the years I had studying where I was always guaranteed months and months of holidays.

4. "ALL NIGHTERS" ARE A TERRIBLE IDEA
In school I would actively try and have "all nighters" with my friends cause I thought I was like soooo cool for not going to bed. Now I would slap anyone who would even make such a suggestion! "All nighter" meaning....no sleep?! Ha ha nooo way pal. No way. 

5. HOW NOSTALGIC I WOULD BECOME OF 90'S KIDS TELEVISION
I get so emotional every time sometime utters one of the following: Arthur, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Recess, Daria, Pokemon, Catdog, The Wild Thorberrys etc. Makes me want to be six years old again where I would come home from school and watch kids television until my parents dragged me away for dinner. The thing about these shows is that they are still great now, hell, even writing about them is making me want to watch them.

6. YOU REALIZE THE WORLD IS KINDA SCARY AND MESSED UP
I mean yeah, my parents would watch the news most nights but I never paid much attention. Now as a 21 year old girl i've realized that there is actually a lot of messed up stuff that goes on. For example: THERE ARE SICK FREAKS WHO THINK IT'S FUNNY TO DRESS UP AS CLOWNS AND HIDE IN BUSHES TO SCARE PEOPLE. I MEAN COME ON.

7. AGE DIFFERENCE ISN'T A BIG DEAL
In school I used to this I was so cool when I would be friends with someone in the grade above me. They just seemed so much older. Now I have realized that it really doesn't matter being friends with someone who is older or younger. I now have friends who are three years younger and friends who are five years older.

8. GOING TO SLEEP EARLY ROCKS
Why?! BECAUSE MORE SLEEP. More sleep is valuable, my friends. In high school I thought it was only old people who would go to bed early but how wrong I was!

9. I HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH
Young Holly would have assumed that by 21 I would have transitioned into a new type of person. I think we assume growing means you change into a sophisticated older person but it's just not true. Sure you change in little ways but for the most part you're still the same person but just somewhat wiser. I still am a sucker for boy bands and looove nothing more than binge watching trashy television such as The Bachelor or Geordie Shore.