Adulting is hard. The concept may be exciting: the newfound independence and sense of accomplishment seem so rewarding. However, there's a lot to adulting that I didn't realize and hoped to ignore for at least a few more years. But as two decades pass and I have to start imagining my life in the working world, there are a few lessons that I have realized I have learned that make adulting way too real.
1. Everything. Costs. So. Much. Money
I don't know how my parents paid for everything my brother and I needed up until this point. I just don't know how where all of the money goes each week, which is why I have decided my safest move is to just stay in my apartment and never leave again.
2. Some things can't be put off
I constantly tell myself that "I'll get to it later." What "It" is varies day to day, but I'm slowly starting to realize that some things can't be put off until the next day. Doing laundry, buying food, paying rent, getting gas in my car, fixing the TV. Adulting does not allow for any procrastination, but I'm still testing how far I can push it.
3. I still need my mom
My mom better be there to answer my phone calls 24/7, because who else is going to tell me the type of bread or orange juice I've been drinking all my life?
4. Time goes wayyyyyy too fast
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5. I still have some time before I have to figure it out
It's time to embrace the time we have left in our college bubble and ignore reality for a little bit longer.