I actually couldn't wait to grow up & get out of the house of my family. I was ready to be grown up before I was 13. In reality, I enjoyed my adult life (I'm 62) a lot more than I did my childhood because my parents were poor & we never did much of anything as a family or for vacations......so my life started after I got my degree & got my career. I ended up married & even though it was a bad marriage, we had equal income so I was able to do all the things I wanted even with a bad marriage. Got to travel, see lots of things, experience a lot of things & do challenging things my parents would have never thought of doing or letting me do because there was NO money.....Yes, being responsible is challenging....but there are really wonderful things about independence & not having to depend on others to determine what your life is going to be like......

The transition periods I have found are the most difficult getting used to new phases in life....but once settled in & getting used to is....they become our new normal