Growing Up

Growing up is...well...a part of life, and an important one at that. Cultures around the world have built festivals around "growing up". I guess in the States we also celebrate adulthood through things such as sweet 16's or going to 7/11 and buying your first Lotto ticket, but I've never really been a part of that culture. I usually spend my birthdays unannounced and occasionally on airplanes and I've never been big on the Lotto (gambling in general for that matter).

I graduate from college in less than 100 days. It's a terrifying idea and come to think of it, the title of this blog will soon become inapplicable. Graduating from college will mean a couple of things....like getting a job, moving out of my parent's house...getting a job...getting an apartment...getting a job....most of which deals with "growing up".

I still have a good chunk of the semester left though so i decided to do something today to signify that I was ready to "grow up". I took all of the stickers off of my caps.

Whether you're in the "they look stupid camp" or the "I can't believe you took them off camp" I thought a lot about this and I'm ok with what I've got left. The stickers are nice. Most people can't come up with an answer as to why they keep them (I've heard everything from "it's to signify that they're 'fresh' and like new" to "You're supposed to handle the hats with the sticker so your fingers don't make them dirty". The second one sounds ridiculous but it's actually proven useful.) I usually kept them on because...well...it's hard to say no to something that's gold and shiny.

It is what it is though, and keeping the sticker on the cap is in the end a fad. So I decided to take off the sticker for a number of reasons:

1. For the health of the hat. The sticker will eventually peel off, and when it does....I will be left with a giant unfaded spot glaring back at me (this has occurred before in the past).

2. Because I'm "growing up". Fads are for kids and let's be honest: I'm gonna look like a fool in a couple of years with a sticker on my hat. I will technically be a functioning adult post graduation and it just doesn't seem right.

I also realized this: The cap does not have the ability to make someone cool. Rather, it is the wearer of the hat that makes the hat look cool. This is true. Wearing a fitted cap with a sticker on it does not make anyone look cool. If you can't pull it off you end up looking like a tool. It's plain and simple. On the other hand, if you are confident in yourself, you can make anything, sticker or no sticker, look stylish.

Ok so long story short I took'em off no regrets.