As new adults, many of us are on our own for the first time. Out here in the world, it's easy to mess things up when you have no idea what you're doing. (At all.) Faking it till we make out has been working out so far, but along the way, we've all noticed some things that just really aren't fun to do.
- Laundry- If I'm not shrinking something, I'm washing reds and whites together so that everything turns pink. Honestly, between the fact that I have to pay for a service I don't want and how often I mess it up, maybe I should just give up on this one.
2. Buying groceries - why are these chips in my cart? Does anyone my age know what section of the store even has vegetables in it? This is the last time I'm going to buy pop tarts, seriously. Four dollars for blueberries? How about no. Four dollars for ice cream? How about yes!
3. Actually making the food - it only took me about a week to learn that I should only buy things that don’t need to be prepared, like yogurt or bananas. Even hamburger helper is too much of a stretch for me. No one has the time or effort for actually making food!
4. Going to bed on time - how do millions of adults do this daily? Honestly, getting in bed before midnight is a miracle. There’s literally always something better I can be doing than sleeping.
5. Making appointments - I don’t know when I am available, and no I probably won’t have my insurance card with me.
6. Paying for things- So it turns out your nagging parents telling you to turn off the lights when you exit a room were actually right. Electricity costs money...who knew? Apparently so does wifi, water, and pretty much everything else.
7. Washing dishes - Pro tip: always eat noodles right out of the pan you cooked them in, strain noodles using the lid of the pan instead of an actual strainer, never use a cup for any reason, drink applesauce out of the container instead of using a spoon (or god forbid, using an actual bowl), and generally ignore any dinner etiquette made by society. Avoiding even the smallest dishes such as extra spoons is the way to go!
8. Being asked when you’re going to get married or have kids - For some reason when you move from your teenage years to early twenties, people who barely know you suddenly think it’s okay to ask really personal questions for no reason...and then if you say you don’t want to get married or have children, it’s an outrage. Okay second cousin of my aunt, calm down.
9. Learning about taxes - Okay, admittedly I still don’t know how to do these, but I am eventually going to have to learn and I’m positive it’s going to suck, so it’s on the list. RIP to anyone who already does their own.
10. Having to care about your health - Not only is gaining weight real, but so are heart attacks, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. You now actually need to care about these things, and eat healthy and exercise to avoid them. Ew.
11. Not taking naps - As it turns out, real adults pull an “all - dayer” every single day. That is insane. The thought that people don’t take a nap or two daily is just plain stressful, and noticing that you’ve pretty much become one of those people already is very sad. 
12. Looking up actual jobs or graduate school - The fact that something is going to have to happen soon in your life is actually creeping up suddenly. You can’t be a college student or stay at this part time job forever, and looking into real people jobs is terrifying. Not to mention researching more school..we are just not prepared for that.
13. Having no parental guidance - This one seems pretty hypocritical and it probably is, but it’s true. No matter how much you used to hate your parents nagging you about things, you now seriously miss it. Who’s going to make me go to class? “No one, so I just won’t go” isn’t a very effective life strategy, but I guess it’s the one we’re going with until someone makes us do things.
14. Having to know things - In high school not knowing your social security number, debit card numbers, etc. was okay and acceptable, but no longer. If you don’t know your personal information, who’s going to?
15. The Feeling of Guilt - One of the worst things about adulthood is that anytime you do something enjoyable, you feel guilty because you should be doing something else. Watching TV is almost a stressful experience, and indulging in “kid stuff” like eating way too much candy is seen as inappropriate. Like, what’s up with that? I’m just trying to have as much chocolate as possible, people.No matter how much we may hate our newfound adulthood, let's just all be thankful we can buy any food we want at the grocery store without needing to sneak it into the cart, live in whatever city we choose, and not having anyone force you to make your bed. Being an adult isn't always bad!
