I'm 21, now what?

I think its safe to say that everyone looks forward to turning a certain age, specifically the ones that grant more privileges.

13 - official recognition as a teenager
16 - legal to drive
18 - legal to vote, gamble, buy smokes (in some states)
21 - legal to drink

So now what? I get to look forward to being able to rent a car when I'm 25?

Whatever. My dad says: "Happy Birthday! Welcome to the majority." OK. what the fuck?

I wish we weren't measured quantitatively. Instead we should be judged based on the quality of our character. Essentially, the restrictions and limitations associated with age are based on generalizations about an entire population. Our culture believes that anyone under the age of 21 years is not mature or responsible enough to consume alcohol, yet at 18 we are mentally capable of killing another human being or facing the possibility of death...?? These regulations are quite convenient.

I don't want to be categorized based on my age. or my sex. or my sexuality. my race. my appearance. We are all so obsessed with these fucking boxes and they end up controlling our lives and the people that we become. We can not realize our differences because we do not embrace them. We tell people who they can be and who they are.

The point is, I am no more or less responsible and/or mature than I was yesterday, today. Yesterday i was 20 and it was illegal for me to buy or drink alcohol. Today I am 21 and I can get as plastered as I very well please. My ability to judge is the same. My values haven't changed.

Who I am has more to do with my personal and unique life experiences than the amount of days that i have lived.