I've broken into my newly ordained adult life with almost too much ease. In fact, many readers may be thinking the same things: I didn't even realize how adult I was until I took a step back to look. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, being an adult is actually kind of freeing. You can literally do whatever you want as long as you're prepared to handle whatever comes after that, which is both freeing and terrifying. It can be hard to tell if you've made it to that point or not but if you catch yourself saying the phrase 'God, I sound like my mom,' you're probably already there.
After following some advice from a friend, I decided to try my hand at Pinterest. I had never been interested in Pinterest and thought it was just a sight for mom's to get cooking recipes and DIY house projects. As it turns out, I was right, and now I love it. After living in my on campus apartment this year I had to learn how to cook more than just rice, beans and chicken. With Pinterest I found recipe after recipe and never once got bored! This quickly became dangerous. One simple recipe board turned into hours of surfing Pinterest and several DIY end table pins (I have no woodworking skills but Pinterest makes you think anything is possible). As I pinned and planned my meals for the week and future vacations, I came across my mother's Pinterest and it hit me: Sharing the same social media mode as my mother could mean one thing, I'm an adult now.
Being an adult doesn't mean giving up the fun things you love, at least not for me. For me, being an adult means having to pay for things yourself now. I can buy bags of 7/11 cotton candy and eat them all for dinner (which I have done and is not advised) and still be an adult, but I have to provide the means to pay for that diabetic dinner. So, with that in mind, being an adult has come with a very frugal mindset, a mindset that lends itself to things like Pinterest and HGTV that are dedicated to making your Dream Porch on a Budget come true.
After having this realization and sitting down to watch HGTV, I see why mom's and adults in general like it so much. If someone can show me how to make my own coffee mug rack as a centerpiece for my kitchen, who am I to pass that up? As a broke college kid and recent adult, I think DIY projects are fun and help save money, and frankly a good way to bond with my mom who's been nagging me to do these projects for years. If this is the entry way to adulthood, I'll get my hot glue gun ready and my Pinterest board set up.
