12 Childhood Activities You Wish You Could Do As An Adult
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12 Childhood Activities You Wish You Could Do As An Adult

When you have to work, but all you want to do is play with a parachute.

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12 Childhood Activities You Wish You Could Do As An Adult
Epilepsy Genetics

Ah, the sweet bliss of childhood freedom. What would you give to be six years old again? Or at least act like it? Here's everything you could re-live from your time as kid, instead of withering away at your dead-end job. It's nice to dream, isn't it?

1. Summer camp

If only you could escape your day after day and trade it in for activity after activity. Swimming, ropes courses, friendship bracelets, s'mores and the acceptance of being as goofy as you want to be. What more could you ask for?

2. Being carried to bed

Fall asleep on the couch during family movie night? That's okay. You still woke up in your bed. Fall asleep at the kitchen counter filing your taxes now, and all you wake up to is a sore neck and the realization that you're already running late for work.

3. Acceptably crying in public

Kids don't have to keep their emotions in check. Crying because you were tired or doing something you didn't want to was completely fine. If only you could throw a tantrum when you get your paper back and your professor gives you a C.

4. Recess

Nothing was better than getting to play four square in the sunshine in the middle of the day. Your half-hour unpaid lunch break with your weird coworker just doesn't cut it these days.

5. Getting lunch made for you

If you were lucky, mom even made the plate of snacks into a smily face for you. A lunch packed by someone else is just so much better than the vending machine that you've been eating out of everyday.

6. After-school sports

Ah, the glory days--back when sports were fun and you still thought you were going to be a professional soccer player. Your whole family came out to see you play and even if you weren't the star player, they still gave you playing time. Your coach didn't even made you run killers and do burpees at practice for two hours.

7. Having a lack of responsibilities

Sometimes it's the stuff you didn't have to do that you miss the most. Who knew how much money you and your roommates would spend on electricity this month? Not your six-year-old self.

8. Having the whole summer to do whatever you want

What did you even do with all the time you used to have? If only your days still consisted of cartoons and riding your bike to your friend's house to eat snacks and go to the beach.

9. Saying what's on your mind

Somebody make you mad? Tell them they're awful as a kid and you'll get a giggle and an "oh, kids will be kids." Say it now and all you get is a warning on your permanent employee file.

10. Putting on shows for your family

You sang. You danced. You even had the occasional magic show. You totally tricked your parents with that disappearing ribbon trick. Really, they had no idea where it went. Whatever it was, you were the star. If only your boss thought the same thing.

11. Signing yearbooks

How are you possibly supposes to subtly slip that cute new coworker your digits now? It was so easy when you could just write your home phone number and sign your name with a little heart in the yearbook.

12. Gym class

When did going to the gym change from playing with the parachute and those little plastic squares on wheels to working out on the elliptical for an hour while being overly intimidated by that super buff guy in the corner?

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