i feel like my life is boring and it scares me

Emma Chamberlain· Host0:00

Somebody said something interesting to me the other day. They said, "Emma, you know, you kind of feel like a grandmother stuck in a 24-year-old's body." And when they said this, I took a pause, and immediately a bunch of thoughts and feelings that had been bubbling below the surface came to the surface, and I had an epiphany: that my life is kind of boring. Considering my age, I'm 24 years old, my life is shockingly boring. When I think about what it means to be 24 years old, based on stories from my elders, the media, et cetera, I think of chaos, mess, fun, mistakes, irresponsibility, everything that my life is not, basically. My life is really tame. I don't drink alcohol. I don't do drugs. I don't go to very many parties. I can't tell you the last time I went to a club, okay? I don't have a lot of sex. I'm, like, the relationship type. I go to bed at a reasonable hour. I eat healthy. I exercise. I have a routine that I stick to. I'm incredibly disciplined. I try to do the right thing. I think I'm pretty good at doing the right thing. My life is really tame, and as much as this is sort of a wonderful thing... Like, in theory, isn't it wonderful to live a life like this? I feel like a lot of young people actually are striving to live a life like this, and by some miracle, I have found myself in this position where I'm living a really beautiful, healthy life. But I've found myself feeling really bored