Growing Up Is Hard to Do — A Playlist

6:05 PM

"Candy is childhood, the best and the bright moments you wish could have lasted forever." — Dylan Lauren

Time just keeps rolling on, and you get further and further from the wide-eyed wonder that you once were, dizzy in your own world of blanket forts and make-believe.

I've always been a very nostalgic person—a double-edged sword of sorts. Who doesn't miss being a kid? You don't even have enough life experience at the time to realize that you should be appreciating every moment of being a child, so you just keeping thinking how awesome it'd be to be a teenager. (Ew.)

I guess you could say this is the Wendy version of my Neverland playlist; realistic, and slightly more somber, but tinged with hope. Wendy chooses to leave Neverland, because she decides that staying a kid forever isn't really all it's cracked up to be. She's happier for it.

Maybe we will be, too?

AIN'T IT FUN // paramore

REAL WORLD // matchbox 20

STRESSED OUT // twenty one pilots

DREAMS // cassie steele

TIME TO PRETEND // mgmt
YESTERDAY // the beatles

SPOTLIGHT (OH NOSTALGIA) // patrick stump

EVERYBODY'S CHANGING // keane

WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN? // blink-182

GROWING UP // alex g

BE OK // ingrid michaelson

YOUTH // foxes
WAKE ME UP // avicii

HOW FAR WE'VE COME // matchbox 20

I LOVE IT // icona pop

THE BEST IS YET TO COME // sr-71

What are some songs you feel like encompass growing up? Even if you can't think of any, feel free to babble any thoughts you have about growing up at me; I'd so so love to hear them!

(also, I've posted this on my tumblr here!)

♡ Alyssa