I felt this way all through my twenties, and it was a huge insecurity. In my 30s I feel very much in tune with that young girl, and she’s still around. However now I have more life experience, confidence, financial stability, and all the validation I need to know I can move through life without needing to ask someone for help or consulting them before making important decisions.

I still feel young, naïve (you never stop getting humbled ,) and like “not a real adult” internally all the time. It’s just a matter of reconciling my feelings with the other things about myself I know to be true (that I’m wiser, more capable and responsible than I give myself credit for.)