Sure as Hell Signs That You’re Finally (Kind Of) an Adult
The high school to college transition is a big one. There’s a very clear difference about what’s changing—you’re moving out, you’re doing your own laundry, you’re no longer on a curfew. But when it comes to the college to real adult life transition, the lines are a bit blurrier.
It’s obviously a super confusing time in everyone’s lives. You’re looking for a big girl job, you’re not sure if it’s appropriate to ask your parents for money anymore, you don’t know which health insurance policy to choose. But, once you’ve crossed that line from college kid to a living and breathing adult, you’ll just know.
One of the first things that really made me stop and think “Holy shit. I think I’m finally an adult” was when I was redecorating my apartment, and the highlight of my week was buying a new trash can for the bathroom. It’s actually pretty pathetic when you think about it, but buying this trash can was awesome (it was a really cool trash can, you guys). I hated spending the money on something so boring and tedious, but it made me realize that I had been doing this whole adult thing and I didn’t even know it.
As soon as I got my own place and became somewhat of an adult, I found myself spending more money on candles and picture frames than anything else—tell me I’m not alone on this. Suddenly, I started to care more about how my house smelt and looked rather than spending that extra money on the newest Urban Decay lipstick. Ever since this slap in the face called adulthood, I’ve found myself in Target and Hobby Lobby every other day looking for new holiday decorations, cutting boards, seat cushions and other weird shit I never thought I would care about.
"I found myself spending more money on candles and picture frames than anything else"
Speaking of Target, Target is really every real adult’s version of heaven on Earth. Since now you’re a real adult and you have actual responsibilities like paying rent and all that fun stuff, the prices at Target are on point. I mean, have you ever seen anything greater than the $1 spot at Target?! No, the answer is no. Also, Target has the best in-house food brand ever—healthy, cheap and the chips don’t taste like cardboard.
One thing that really sucks about being an adult is that you have to actually try to watch what you eat now because it’s starting to catch up with you. I remember the good ol’ days being a teenager and eating McDonald’s at 2am on a weekly basis. Now it’s fruit, granola and salads or else you gain five pounds what seems like instantly. At least Target tries to make health food more interesting.
Remember when your parents tried to get you to eat healthy? You probably laughed in their face, but now you’re probably asking your parents for recipes. Unlike your teenage years when you parents were, ugh, such a hassle, now you actually enjoy being in their company. Whether it’s calling your mom to ask how much seasoning to put in her famous chicken or asking your dad for help putting together the stupid dresser you got from IKEA whose directions are basically in gibberish, spending time with your parents is no longer such a drag.
You finally see why your parents loved having alone time when you were a kid. Those days when they’d come home from work and take a nap on the couch all makes sense now. Now you see that every night when you clock out of work, it’s a race home.. only to melt into the couch and watch TV. Being an adult is tiring and every minute of your resting time is a miracle sent from heaven. You used to hate the idea of naps when you were a kid, but now taking a little cat nap on your lunch break or after you get home from work is basically the fuel you need to make it through your day. Naps are no laughing matter—they are a crucial part of being an adult.
"Now you see that every night when you clock out of work, it’s a race home.. only to melt into the couch and watch TV. "
In your spare time (not like you have much) when you aren’t rotting on the couch, you’re probably flipping through social media because that’s what us millennials do nowadays. But, when you reach that point where your news feed goes from funny cat videos to pregnancy announcements, engagement photos and invite to housewarming parties, you know you’re starting to reach adulthood. You’ve probably had this happen to you a few times where you see these celebrations on Facebook and have a mini panic attack because you haven’t even thought about what you’re going to eat for breakfast tomorrow never mind when you’re going to get married.
But, no worries. We all have to become an adult sometime. While many of the pieces to the adulthood puzzle hit you like a big yellow school bus (Mean Girls reference, duh) it will all come together for you soon enough. Pretty soon you’ll be a pro at adulthood and you’ll be giving your younger siblings or family members advice. It’s quite the interesting part of life, but it’s inevitable, so we might as well enjoy it (with a glass of wine and Netflix, obvs).
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