Am I There Yet?: The Loop-de-loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood

by Mari Andrew

From now on, my life lived will be my life’s work.

Knowing I’m not immortal now—that no one is—every morning I get a rush of adrenaline at the sheer thought that I am alive.

Spending money shouldn’t make you feel guilty; it should make you feel grateful. You get to select something that will make you happier and more expressive.

Only then will we know where our limit is. If we don’t tumble over, we won’t know how far we were capable of going.

The great gift of heartbreak, rejection, loss—of any challenge—is that it’s the impetus to stop hoping you’ll be happy someday and start making yourself happy now. Making yourself into an adult is this ongoing process of transforming your life experience into the person you’ve chosen to be.