Signs of maturity

You take responsibility

Mature people don’t shy away from their responsibilities. In fact, they embrace them. They give them a sense of purpose and direction in life and they would be lost without them.

Responsibilities are duties to other people, whether to family, business colleagues, or someone else. The more people depend on you, the greater the incentive to behave responsibly. You are more likely to hold down a job, work through difficult relationship issues, and stick to healthy eating plans.

You respect opinions

Mature people tend to argue less and become more accommodating and cooperative. They understand that people have different points of view from them, and there are good reasons for them.

However, knowing whether you are more accommodating than argumentative can be a challenge. You need some level of critical thinking in you to conduct effective relationships.

Welcoming other people’s points of view does not mean agreeing with them. It just means understanding where they are coming from.

You save money

Most people end up spending more money than they earn in a typical month. They get into debt, and then they have a hard time getting out of the hole they have dug for themselves.

Saving money can be difficult because it forces you to give up the things you want when you want them. The mature person, however, is able to do this often with ease.

Admit when you are wrong

In your younger days, it was probably hard to admit that your statement was not correct, even when its flawed logic was proven. Now, you easily admit when you are wrong.

Also, you look at what was wrong with your initial conclusion and learn from it. The reality is that mistakes are learning experiences that should not embarrass us.

You enjoy every season

Each of us has a natural preference for a particular season. You might like summer because it’s warm and you can spend more time outdoors than the rest of the year. Or, you might prefer autumn because of the cooler weather and the beautifully colored leaves on the trees.

However, mature people try to embrace each season with the same measure of passion and lust for life. Each part of the year brings something new and enjoyable.

They know how to turn the page

By telling ourselves that “it was better before”, we suffer. Thinking this way prevents us from letting go, and plunges us into an abyss.

Emotionally mature people know that life is much more beautiful when it is lived in freedom.

They do not dwell on things that are out of their control, and they know that by looking back, we prevent ourselves from healing our emotional wounds.

They do not complain

Stopping complaining is the best way to bring about change. Mature people know this: either accept or change.

When we complain, we can easily get lost in dark, dead-end mazes. We are what we think, and emotionally mature people know this.

If you act more and complain less, you are growing emotionally.

They do not blame themselves for the mistakes they make

Making mistakes is a good way to learn. In other words, failure allows us to know which path is not the right one. That’s why, in the lives of mature people, mistakes are welcome.

On the other hand, mature people don’t look down on their limitations and failures; they accept them and try to improve them.

They do not depend on others

In order to feel safe, emotionally immature people have dependent relationships with others. They show a kind of discomfort with being alone, because solitude forces them to deal directly with their thoughts and emotions. Being with others allows them to distract themselves from something emotionally unpleasant that they would rather repress. To be able to fully feel one’s emotions and be introspective, one needs adequate emotional maturity.

The ability to reflect on our mental and emotional states allows us to know ourselves better. This is how we learn and grow as people. For those who are emotionally immature, being able to understand how they think and feel about emotions could be terrifying.