Fear of missing out on life and growing too old too fast

i think its important to remember the fact that you have a LOT of time to do things, and that its never too late to start anything, iirc life expectancy is around 70~80 years (dont quote me on that), that is A LOT of time to do things, you dont need to succeed inmediately

also, you're never too old or too young to enjoy something, i dont think letting go of the things that bring you joy will do you any good

if you want to change this way of thinking you must remember these two things

I totally get what ur saying and I feel the exact same way sometimes. I am 21 and I can never somehow shake the feeling that the things I am interested in are too childish and I should be more "grown up" for my age. Especially when the people around me are all grown and seem to appear more "mature" than me. But even when I try to lean into being more "mature" I actually regret it more than I would if I would just lean into who I truly want to be and who I am. Then I regret it even more when I realize I have wasted money on things that I really don't like and could have used it to experience and buy things that I know I love. Now that I'm writing this I'm realizing that this mindset basically sets us up for failure. If we keep this up, we are going to be thinking the exact same things in our 30s, 40s, 50s, and so on instead of reminiscing about what we tried and enjoyed in the moment!!

And tbh we are in our prime years of it being socially acceptable to be "weird" and try new things (f societal norms but maybe this makes someone feel better lol). 

I think that with social media we see a lot of people who seemingly "have their life together" by the age of 20, but its important to remember that these people are outliers in society. They're not the expectation. Do what makes you happy! There's only so many days in a year! Everybody deserves to find joy in something. Like, there are forty year old men out there who still collect things like action figures or CDs or board games. Do you!

I’m 30+ and feel the same, and idk what’s the good answer here…bc all i heard was “oh wow start doing the thing now woooow!” Ok there’s like 5 things outside of me that stop me in that but k 

As for clothing, ew!! Dress the way you like!! life is too shit to feel uncomfortable in ur clothes as well!! 

I just turned 22 and I feel the same way. You are not too told to do anything. You can act and dress however you want to. At the end of the day, what matters is that you are happy with your choices. The way that I look at it is this: I am going to either be anxious of how people might perceive me or I am going to be uncomfortable and miserable if I "adapt" to what should be "normal" for my age. And personally, I would rather let people think what they want. I know it is hard to get over the mental hurdle that time only moves forward but growing up doesnt mean stop having fun. It just means that we have more responsibilities. 

Do the things that make you feel happy and wear the things that you feel represent you as a person. Otherwise, you're not living a whole life.