Why Growing Up Feels Liberating
长大以后，我终于能照顾好自己
Explore how adulthood can feel freer through everyday choices after starting work.
Goal
A vlog-based lesson about independence, spending choices, emotional ease, and the quiet happiness of growing up.
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But after I started working, I felt that I was gradually entering a stage where I could take good care of myself. I no longer had to face demands like what score I had to get on finals or what rank I had to place in as the condition for getting something. If I want something now, I can just go buy it right away, even if it is a slightly expensive piece of clothing or a bag. I no longer have to spend forever hunting for a cheaper substitute like I did as a student. After work, if I want to learn something, I can go learn it immediately. Even if it is late, ordering takeout is fine. These thoughts may sound naive to some of you, but they genuinely make me feel happy, because for the first time I have felt a kind of ease both materially and mentally.
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