Is Life Better When We Get Older?

I can remember thinking when I was a little girl, “I can’t wait until I get older. Then, no one can tell me what time to go to bed.” When my teenage years hit, I wasn’t concerned with bedtime. Now, I wanted to control curfew. “Why do I have to be in by 11:00pm when all my friends have until midnight?” “Life has got to better when I get older!”