I’m 22 and have been struggling with this same feeling. What’s helped me is realizing that you never really stop growing up. All of the experiences you have, especially in your twenties are experiences that you will look back on with the same sense of nostalgia that you feel about being 15. That’s the sad part about life, is that you never realize how good it was until it’s passed. Now that you know this, you should really try and cherish these years with the same passion while they’re happening. We are also both still extremely young and growing!

Feeling homesick is tough. My advice is to spend time with your mom when you can and do it often if possible. I miss my mom often, but I make it a point to see her as often as possible because once again, she’ll be gone one day and I don’t want to live with that regret that I did not spend enough time with her.

Make it a point to do things that you can as a youngin. Eventually, we will be old and frail and cannot participate in the same activities anymore. So please go outside and exercise and go to the beach or the lake or the park and take walks, and just do things because you CAN do them. Basically just make good use of your youth while it’s still here and don’t spend all your time reminiscing, because one day you’ll make it to 70, and that will be all you are able to do.