Men of Reddit, when did you start to notice yourself maturing and understanding the true responsibilities of growing into an adult?

I’m in my mid twenties, and have slowly started to notice over the past year or two that there is a lot of potential a man can have. Ive felt there are times where we back off of those distractions and put fourth the energy elsewhere into bigger Better things. When did you notice yourself wanting to be a more driven individual to accomplish goals/tasks & what made you start to realize?