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What Is Adulting?

Defined by people who are adulting right now as you read this.

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What Is Adulting?
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Adulting is hard. As we millennials go through our adult-escence, we learn and grow in ways we never thought possible. But we also find out very quickly that adulting ... well, it sucks. Here are ways adulting is described by various people in their young adult years.

1. "Adulting is equal parts pretending that you know what you're doing and having way too much fun grocery shopping because you can buy wine and sushi and Star Wars graham crackers and no one can stop you." - Danielle

2. "Millennials adulting is like being a werewolf. You work during the day like a normal person, and by night when the moon is full, you transform into a child, binge watch episodes of Power Rangers, and gorge on Fruit by the Foot." - Mike

3. "What is adulting? Adulting is what anything else is really...dank memes."

4. "Adulting? Uh. It's embracing your childhood even more so than when you were a child." - Anonymous

5. "Adulting is honestly the time in your life where you have nothing figured out, but the world just says, 'too bad, figure it out,' because you're supposed to have everything figured out." - Triana

6. "Hard as f***!" - Josh

7. "Hmmm... I'd say that adulting is the art of looking like you know what you're doing whilst having little to no clue about what you really *are* doing, and being at least semi-convincing about it."

8. "It's pretty much acting like you're together 10% of the time, and having some sort of secret breakdown 90% of the time." - Anonymous

9. "Adulting is the art of taking responsibility for your own success and well-being while still acknowledging your limitations and the wisdom of others." - Sarah

10. "Right now, adulting feels like working all the time while trying to drink water and use coconut oil to fix all of your problems." - ME

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