1) Going to bed early is actually cool now. 8 Hours of sleep is sought-after, don't be ashamed. If you can go to bed before midnight, then do so. You can never catch up on sleep you've lost.
2) You we're wrong about everything as a child and adulthood has been eye-opening. Adulthood is not the great thing portrayed in movies. It's actually way too much responsibility and you really have no choice but to deal with it.
3) Favorite childhood movies suddenly have very questionable morals and innuendos you didn't understand 10 years ago. Going back and watching my favorite childhood movies has made me wonder if I even understood what was going on when I watched it, or if I just liked the pretty colors.
4) High-schoolers and teenagers are the most annoying creatures; I sincerely apologize for my behavior from the previous decade. I recently volunteered at my high school to help a former teacher with graduation, I cannot deal with horn-dogs and hateful glares from girls who don't even know me. It's time to grow up now.
5) You actually have to make the effort to see friends and usually you just stay in and watch Netflix. Or just watch Netflix with them in silence as you both fall asleep from exhaustion.
6) Naps are magnificently amazing things that nobody can stop you from partaking in. You have an hour before you're next class? Perfect for a 45-minute nap…just sleep with shoes on and you'll be ready to go.
7) If you don't clean, things are still dirty and if you don't do laundry, you don't have clean clothes. It's slightly pathetic that it took 2 decades to learn this, but better late than never. Although many of us did our laundry when living at home, sometimes our parents would fold them for us or do little things for us…but yeah that doesn't happen anymore.
8) Waking up early never gets easier; it just becomes an evil necessity. Basically if you don't wake up before 9 you probably won't get to everything that you wanted to get done that day. If you're a responsible adult with a job you have to get up anyways or you won't have said job.
9) Talking to people and networking is the probably one of the most evil necessities. It's not what you know, it's who you know. Sadly that is one of the most important lessons you learn. They may not be important now but once they're older and have connections, you're going to wish you had reached out to them.
10) All of the attractive traits you wanted in a significant other are nonexistent now. Once you grow up, attractive qualities turn into responsibility, good hygiene and a respectable job.
11) Your parents are really cool now that you actually understand what they're talking about. All those useless things you learned in college actually seem to help slightly in the real world. Politics? Oh that's easy. The Economy? I know all about it.
12) Random aches and pains plague day-to-day life and you have no clue why. Why does everything hurt? I haven't been to the gym in like a month.
13) You actually have to stretch before doing anything slightly active in your life. Walking more than a mile? Better do 30 minutes of stretching.
14) You have to keep up with your finances because sadly nobody else will. Yeah watch your bank account because you pay for your own stuff now, not your parents.
15) There's more to life than your hometown friends. I pity those who don't make friends after leaving high school. There's more to life than high school and let's face it, you're probably the best thing that left your high school anyways. You can do better.
16) Ramen isn't a meal so you should probably learn to cook something other than Spaghettio's and Kraft mac & cheese. Can you boil noodles? Fully cook some chicken? If you can, well you're doing better than most people your age. Good Job.
17) You're not sure what was wrong with your fashion sense 5 years ago. Ever look back at photos and cringe? I do.
18) Did you really wear your hair like that? Blunt bangs just don't look good on most people.
19) If you had completed even a quarter of the assigned readings in college you probably would have been a million times smarter. If it wasn't in the notes…it probably was in the reading but you just had to binge watch 2 seasons of Breaking Bad in a week.
20) You realize just how much you dislike half of the people you used to hang out with all the time. Wow did I ever think they had any redeeming qualities?
21) Grown ups don't know anything, contrary to what you believed when you were younger. Remember when you we're young and thought adults held this unworldly knowledge? Yeah, my calculus grade says otherwise.
22) Accept parents…they do know everything. I can call my parents at any time for a tutorial on all things adulthood.
23) Actually being able to get a major in something you love is likely not to happen unless you're willing to waste money on a useless college degree. Oh you love music? Yeah, good luck. You're really interested in politics? Okay that's great when you're actually a politician.
24) Suddenly you don't need to go to every party you're invited to, in fact you've probably decided that maybe it's time you got your life together. Do you really need to stay up till 2 a.m. while you could be catching up on sleep and not worrying about how you're going to get home? Sometimes it's better just to stay in and do things that actually benefit you.
