When we're little, we all have this idea of what we're going to be like in college or as adults. At some point, we realize how wrong we were, but man was I really wrong.

1. I thought there would be a party every night.

I don't why, but when I was little I thought that when I grew up I would go to parties all the time and always be hanging out with my friends. The reality is far from it. I actually prefer to spend the night laying in bed or on the couch watching Netflix with a bag of chips and a Coke, texting my friends occasionally so they know that I'm still alive. I mean, yea, I've partied a few times, but I don't usually interact with anyone other than who I came with.

2. I'd have too many friends to keep track of.

I had this fantasy that I would have tons of friends that I would talk to and hang out with all the time. Truth is, I've got a few good friends that I hang out with like once a week or so and say hi to on campus. To be fair, I am pretty good at making temporary friends on the spot, whether it be people I sit next to in class or am standing next to in a long line, but I am generally pretty antisocial when it comes to people outside of my inner circle, unless I was listening to their conversation first.

3. I would be able to afford a luxurious living situation.

I thought that I would have a great apartment or house that I was taking care of all by myself or with the help of my boyfriend/fiance/husband. First of all, I had no idea about what job would help me to just take care of something like that. Honestly, I probably didn't even think about rent or a mortgage or anything like that. I mean, I lived in the dorms for two years and just moved into my new apartment, also owned by the university, but my parents are for sure helping me with the bills and I'm for sure working at Claire's still.

4. My relationships would be straight out of a fairytale.

My parents have this really adorable kind of cliche love story. They've known each other since they were little kids and played together at a campground where their families stayed pretty much all summer. They fell in love at some point in like middle/high school and got married shortly after my mom graduated from Ball State.

I always thought that I meet someone in high school and fall in love and marry them, but that is not looking like the case, my friends. My first high school boyfriend has been with the same girl pretty much since we broke up and my last one just dumped me pretty horribly and I don't feel like speaking to him. Yea, that's not going anywhere and I'm cool being single for a little while, honestly.

5. I would have my dream job.

This really just changed a lot when I was younger. I went from teacher to writer to fashion designer to artist to actress and back to teacher. It's kinda crazy, but I never realized how much work it would take to get to the point where I've achieved my goal. Like school is so hard, but it's worth it in the end.

6. I would be so excited to have kids.

I thought that I would have a couple kids because that's what my parents did. Then I thought I wanted lots of kids because I went through a phase where I loved kids. Then my little cousins and I got older and, as of recent years, I'm not even sure I want kids. Less because I don't really like them because that might change, and more because of what it'll do to my body, because that's a thing you, unfortunately, have to learn when you're older.

7. Being nice wouldn't take extra effort.

I always thought that being nice would just be easy because, "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all," but sometimes it's just really hard. By no means do I bully anyone, but sometimes I just get so mad and I say things that I don't mean to people. I wish I could live by that age-old phrase, but I honestly think I'd lose my mind if I did. Even if I don't say it to the person I'm talking about, it's really therapeutic to rant and say mean things about other people when I'm talking to a good friend. That sounds bad, but we all do it.

All in all, I do sometimes wish that my thoughts of adulthood when I was a kid were true, but, mostly, I'm happy with now.