âI hate being an adult. Because adulthood comes with expectations. And I did not expect that. Part 1/4â
This comic is a wonderful example of how your thought can change your feeling, your action, and the life that you live - and how you are the result of multiple thoughts interconnected with each other.
On a large scale, our characterâs thoughts changed from âI hate being an adult because I do things expected of meâ to âI free because I donât think about othersâ expectations of meâ. However, the circumstances surrounding the character hasnât changed at all; the world still exists, the people who surround our character still exists, the city and the country the character resides in still exists; the one thing that changed is the thoughts.
Picking apart some other smaller thoughts introduced in the comic, our character notes âJust like everyone else, Iâm just playing the âroleâ of an adultâ. Thoughts create feelings, and feelings cause actions. The thought of needing to âplaying the roleâ causes the character to have the feelings of difficulty, resentment, or pressure. This causes our character to do things theyâd not rather do, and this action ultimately brings out an interesting result: it causes our character to act the role of an adult, just like everyone.Â
This may seem like an obvious statement, but the character may think this misery of playing an adult is an unavoidable consequence of living in a society as an adult. On the contrary, it is only the thought of needing to play the role that leads to the undesired outcome of living a pretend life.Â
The comic shows very well what kind of mindset or outcome you can have when you choose an alternative thought. What if you believe âI donât need to fulfill other peopleâs expectationsâ? That thought will create feelings of inspiration and strength, and can lead to choosing actions that lead to a more desired lifestyle. Nothing changed but the thought. The characterâs age, appearance, people surrounding them, society; nothing else changed but the thought
