The term "adulting" has been circulating through media for the past couple of years, and honestly, I'm sick of it. This is 2016, and when people reach adulthood, instead of simply being an adult and accepting the natural progression of time, they act like it's a big deal when they do normal things that everyone their age should be doing.
Graduating college, buying a car or a house, getting married, doing taxes, having a 9 to 5 job -- all of these things are average tasks that must get done when you reach a certain age, so why is this generation creating such a big deal about "having to adult?"
I am an 18-year-old college freshman. In the past couple of months, I've had to do things that I never had to do before I came to college or was on my own, but that's because I am growing up and assuming responsibilities that are naturally mine now, instead of my parents'. I'm not upset about it. I understand that it's my job now to buy my groceries and look for a place to live next year and make sure my loans and scholarships are all in order.
I love my independence. I am proud of where I am and all that I am capable of. Now don't get me wrong, I understand that I still have some things easy because I am in college and I don't have a house payment or car payment or kids. But I know that when these things come, I will be ready for them and capable of doing them on my own.
All that we do while we live with our parents is preparing us for adulthood. The older we get, the more responsibilities we have, and eventually we hold all the responsibility for everything we do. I think that the ultimate cause for "adulting" is laziness. With technology and so many new things this generation has access to that make daily tasks easier than before, there should be an app that will pump our gas and go to work for us, right? Wrong. It's time to put our big girl or boy pants on and get our hands dirty.
So here's to being a normal human with responsibilities! Let's get to work, do what needs to be done and not make a big deal out of it.
