Adulting As Told By '13 Going On 30'
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Adulting As Told By '13 Going On 30'

30 (or 20), flirty, and...struggling?

Shauna Golden
Apr 26, 2016
Quinnipiac University
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Adulting As Told By '13 Going On 30'
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When we were little, we wanted nothing more than to grow up quickly so that we could be adults. Our 5-year-old selves looked up to the older kids and couldn't wait to be them. But oh, how the tables have turned. Sure, now that we're "adults" and away at college, we've acquired a lot more freedom in life. However, the truth is, being an adult isn't what we all thought it would be when we were little. Instead of having our lives together and confidently going through life, adulting in reality just consists of us constantly making things up as we go along...and just praying that we survive. And no one captures the struggle of adulting more than Jenna Rink.

1. When we were little we wanted nothing more than to grow up...

2. But now that we're adults, we've come to realize it's not what we expected.

3. In fact, adulting kinda hit us out of nowhere...

4. So we try to put on a brave face.

5. But it only lasts for so long.

*Cue the panic*

6. But then we realize that we just have to learn through trial and error.


7. And learn to celebrate the freedom we've been given.

8. And to accept, and conquer, the responsibilities that come along with it.

9. Because even on the bad days, we know our friends will support us..because they're figuring out how to adult too.

10. And when in doubt...we know that we can always dance it out!

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