20 and one-half years have passed in my entire life. It certainly feels like time passed away so quickly, leaving no hints of the past and the hidden messages life has to offer. As I start looking at my pictures from high school and now, there seems to be no difference in how I look.

On that note, I resemble some of those features a 16-year-old Erem had back in high school. But, I think that's cool and perfectly fine. In a sense, I think it's awesome looking younger.

As I reach young adulthood, looks don't matter as much as people think. With adulthood come many problems and life lessons to learn. They can be difficult to grasp and take control of, but I do accept them with hesitancy. For sure, taking responsibility for everything at this age is hard, but I'm slowly trying to manage many things at once.

On the other hand, people can change so much in just two years after high school. For example, people like me mentally grow up. This serves as a counterpart to how old I might actually look. I think that's a blessing I have.

With that said, I learned through the course of six or so years that our actions do have consequences. I, as a young adult, have been given many responsibilities to take care of while attending to my own needs. I learned how to take control of what I do and strive to fix what I destroy.

If for any reason I stop controlling my emotions and stop accepting my mistakes, life can take a drastic turn at any moment. I'm still at college and at that phase where I'm learning to fit in with the real world and its challenges.