Twenty-eight is realizing you are truly an adult. It is understanding that life is unpredictable and the teenager that once “knew it all” is long gone. It is having many unanswered questions despite having some life experience. My future is still unclear, and most best-laid plans have gone out the window. (Aren’t we all still trying to figure out what we want to do when we grow up anyway?) Republished from August 28, 2012.