Planning Ahead
As a kid, you are never prepared for anything. Preparing for things would require you to think ahead, and children are just never any good at thinking ahead. It’s a miracle if you leave the house with matching shoes on; you’re certainly not going to be carrying around Tylenol, hand sanitizer, and tissues.
So for many of us, the sign that we’ve really grown up is that we’re actually prepared when we leave the house. I think the first time that I was away from home, needed pain medication for a headache, and was actually prepared, was basically the proudest moment of my life.