The best part of life is wherever you are right now. One can always find evidence supporting one’s point of view: Childhood? Golden.  Young adulthood? Prime.  Adulthood? The apex. Old age? A period of ripeness in all faculties. All are true, I believe. You needn’t wait, and you haven’t missed out. Have they been experienced in a premature or delayed fashion? There is only one requirement in my opinion: follow nature and don’t remain a child (devoid of action and responsibility) your whole life…  I’m 27, and as I approach 30 I find myself missing a lot of my childhood