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10 Things I Miss About Being 10

The Good Ol' Days

Julie Miller
Sep 19, 2016
SUNY Brockport
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10 Things I Miss About Being 10

Not to bash the teen years or anything of that nature, but 10 was nothing short of the best age ever. Back in the day, growing up was the cool thing to do but if I could give my 10 year old self to do one thing, it'd probably be to possibly maybe never do that ever kthxbye. Lately, I've been really missing the times when I couldn't wait to wake up early on Saturdays to eat Kix cereal and watch cartoons without a worry in the world.

1. Little league

In my eyes, the idea of a good time was a nice 6:15 softball game with my best buds and nothing but the desire to beat the other rec team we were playing.

2. Hiding at my friends house when my mom came to pick me up

Because maybe if I crouched small enough behind the couch, she wouldn't see my frizzy haired self and I'd be able to stay at my friends house forever!

3. Money wasn’t a thing

Neither were jobs :(

4. Inviting friends over on the landline

"Hi, Mr. Thornton. Is Lainey there?"

5. The family time

When our parents were young wild and free and the cousin and grandparent time was abundant and never ending

6. No worries

My only concern was if I had a bandaid big enough for the scrape I got from hitting a rock with my rollerblades.

7. Playing outside

Basketball free throws for daysssss. And pickle. So much pickle. (The game, not the veggie.)

8. The music and movies

Dream street, aaron carter, backstreet, aquamarine, like mike, etc. ICONIC!

9. The bed time

Back when I got mad about my 8:30 pm bed time...2 naive 2 handle.

10. The simplicity

Back when making friends was as easy as making easy mac, phones didn't exist and starburst wrappers were piling up, not college debt.




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