If there's one thing that my freshman year has taught me, it's that I'm not ready to be an adult. While the freedom of college was great and new and fun for a while, I quickly began to realize that life on my own was more difficult than I anticipated. Here's a list of 21 things I regularly do that show just how not ready I am to venture into the adult world.
1. I can't leave the grocery store without cookie dough or brownie mix.
2. My favorite snacks are Fruit Roll-Ups.
3. Every meal I eat includes curly fries.
4. No matter who asks me to, I will never, ever go to the gym.
5. I regularly watch Ellen videos on YouTube to put off my responsibilities.
6. I don't know how to write a professional-sounding email.
7. I almost always forget to reply to emails I receive until the next day.
8. I panic any time I have to have a conversation with an adult.
9. I panic any time I have to have a conversation with a person in general.
10. Soft serve has officially become a part of my food pyramid.
11. If someone offers my a t-shirt, no matter the cost, I'll buy it.
12. I actually get grossed out when I'm eating a salad.
13. I put off the majority of my work and then have a mental breakdown when I realize how much work I really have to do.
14. Most days, I forget to eat at least one meal.
15. I trip either up or down the stairs at least twice a week.
16. I forget that laundry is a thing I need to do until I run out of Nike shorts.
17. In the time I spend complaining about what I need to be doing, I could've gotten those things done already.
18. I call my mom any time I have to make a decision.
19. If something doesn't go the way I want it to, I'll take a nap just to forget about it for a while.
20. I spend all of my money on food and then wonder why I have $3.76 in my bank account.
21. Memes and gifs are the only ways I can accurately describe my feelings
For all of these reasons, and probably more that I didn't think of, I'm really not as ready to be out on my own as I thought I was. I still have a lot to learn, and I learn more and more every day about how much an adult actually has to do. While I was so ready to be an adult and make my own decisions before, I think that for now I'll just enjoy eating my Fruit Roll-Ups in bed while binge-watching Netflix.
