User blog comment:MichaelDiaz101/Flowers for a Girl/@comment-26358727-20171227133324/@comment-26358727-20171228004400

I find it so awesome that you're able to switch between being your crazy younger self and your mature older self like that. Honestly, I spent so much of those years stressing out over every little thing and I took everything seriously. I was outdoorsy as a kid on behalf of my father, with whom I spent a lot of time in a trailer in the countryside, but one day I woke up a complete homebody and shut-in. There was no drinking, no smoking, no partying - nothing even remotely rebellious throughout high school or college, just me and a tiny apartment.

Late into my middle school years I began to experience some pretty serious social anxiety, though, which might have played a role in it. Reading how effortless you make writing teenagers seem, especially as an adult, and all this talk about how you've managed to maintain that small spark of teenage recklessness makes me feel as if I might have missed out on something important while growing up, haha!