one only needs to look at my screen name to get an idea about what I think of my "younger" years, and I'm only about to turn 25! I look at aging as kind of a game. As in you attach this number next to my identity, and that is supposed to mean I'm doing "such and such" and have "such and such" level of maturity. Except I haven't really changed in those terms since I turned 13. That seems about when I formed my core beliefs about society and they haven't changed. They probably won't either and I find that hilarious. Each year it gets more amusing. Just think, pretty soon I will be 30 and still have the mentality of a 13 year old. Then 35, then 40, then 70. I want to see how high I can get. It's a fun way to look at it.
Now some may say this point of view is out of place on a site dedicated to personal growth. But that just depends on how you define growth.