As much as it pains me to admit, 21 springs and 21 summers have now passed me by. It is fair to say that most people enjoy celebrating their birthdays. You get to eat your favorite cake, receive money...

I don’t know about you all, but I always think the most significant changes in my life occur during the spring. Maybe it’s an astrology thing, or I’m just really good at scheduling my annual internal crises for April.

Our society is riddled with young adults doing anything and everything not to grow up. Could it be that millions of people share the same psychotic phobia dubbed gerascophobia: the fear of growing up?  When...