I'd like to know a college girl who realizes that maturity is something that she still must try to attain instead of convincing herself that it is something she already is.
I guess this is the way that nearly all people are. Always wanting to be at this place -- maturity -- without really spending much time arriving there. The arrival is always spoken of in the past tense. It is used in stories about mistakes, or perceived mistakes, embarrassments, accomplishments, triumphs, etc.
I am still in transit. I am in the process of arriving, but I am constantly realizing that I am probably not there just yet... wherever that may be.