I know that all humans are self-centered, it’s just a basic animal trait, and not necessarily a bad thing unless you’re on the far extreme end. What I am just realizing recently is how deeply self-centered we are as teens and younger and how oblivious we are to it. I guess I notice it now as I live at home with my little siblings. They do things that I used to do all the time and not even think twice about but now that I’m an adult I just realize how thoughtless they were and I really appreciate my parents all the more for putting up with us because of it.
Just things like leaving dishes or trash out, stealing entire boxes of cookies and stuff that’s for the whole family and eating it, purposely avoiding chores or throwing a huge fit over doing them, and other things too. Just boggles my mind how I never thought about any of that stuff when I was younger and how it inconvenienced those around me.