Do you feel immature for your age?

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I know that I have developmental delays but I don't know if that has anything to do with maturity. I have a hard time making decisions that seem simple for other people. The idea of grocery shopping or having to stay on top of everything seems stressful to me. I still live at home. I do my own laundry though. I have bad impulse control which means that I more often than not make bad decisions. I struggle with starting and finishing tasks. I am also still in high school. I guess I'm not fully ready to go to the next step. I sort of want to go to college but the idea of having to sit still for lectures and having to take notes is really overwhelming for me. I feel like other people my age are better at that kind of stuff. I cannot stay still. I try to though. I also cannot be trusted with money.

I feel very immature for my age. I'm 24 and only now just getting those natural desires for a degree of independence, I also feel quite intellectually/emotionally/socially immature, at least compared to how other people my age seem to talk and act. I can fake it, but it exhausts me.

I'm so wrapped up in my interest of tug boats that I have a stuffed tugboat from Kohl's that I keep in bed. My wife doesn't mind it. My exes always tried to tell me to grow up. I was always impulsive and never became financially responsible until 3 years ago. Even now, I'm still extremely impulsive but that's offset by living in a simple place well beneath my means which allows me more expendable income than I know what to spend it on. I don't have a work ethic either really. I mean I've stayed in the same industry for years now but if I get bored I tend to just stop going.