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    23 Reasons You'd Never Want To Be Young Again

    It's good to be older.

    1. You're over being "ironic."

    2. You've stopped treating your body terribly.

    3. You'd rather poke your eye out than go back to living in a tiny apartment with way too many roommates.

    4. Another round of insecurity and self-loathing? No thanks.

    5. Entry-level jobs.

    6. Being an angry young man or woman is exhausting.

    7. Puberty.

    8. You're lucky to have survived it the first time.

    9. You like being self-sufficient.

    10. They couldn't pay you enough to go back to high school.

    11. All the relationship drama.

    12. All the friend drama too.

    13. You have a much better relationship with your parents today.

    14. You've realized that you do not, in fact, know everything.

    15. Student loans.

    16. You enjoy not having to live off the dollar menu.

    17. You are not going to go back to worrying about what everyone thinks of you.

    18. It's not fun being so judgmental.

    19. Being afraid to do things is the worst.

    20. You no longer wish to be out at all hours of the night.

    21. It's no fun not knowing things.

    22. Doing more things that you'll cringe over later? No, no, no.

    23. Lastly, you finally know who you are.