But you do have tons of free time... Almost all of the amazingly strenuous activities you listed are recreational, the others - a regular thing for most teenagers. Tell me how difficult it is to find free time when you are older. I am only a few years older, but even I know not to make an assumption of that magnitude. 7 hours of sleep per night? Lucky. Some people waste their time when they're younger. You obviously don't. However, it isn't comparable to the lack of time that accompanies responsibility. Try going to work all day and then coming home to take care of a child. Try pursuing a real degree in college. A large percent of people would look at your schedule and welcome it as a break. Being young is not an excuse to be presumptuous. Don't forget that, at some point, old people were young.