It's scary to grow up. It's scary when you have to provide for yourself and no longer have your parents to take care of you. In any case, who actually knows anything about taxes? Or how to buy a house? Or a car? Or furniture? Why is furniture so expensive? Why are crackers so expensive? Why are there so many kinds of insurance I need to buy?

See? Becoming an adult is terrifying. And there are some aspects that are just scarier than others.

1. I do not know how to pay off my student loans.

2. And speaking of money, I have no idea how to budget myself. How do I pay taxes, really??

Or insurance, or rent, or mortgage...

3. I now have to make doctor's and dentist appointments myself.

4. I have to buy a house and furnish it and it is going to be nothing like House Hunters.

5. I have to start wearing business casual adult clothes instead of hobo college clothes.

6. I will no longer have summer holidays because I will no longer be in the education system.

7. I have to dive into the insanely competitive job market at the age of 22.

8. I don't look like an adult. Period. I look like I'm 14. That'll be nice when I'm 40 and still look 20 but right now it is not working in my advantage.

9. I'm going to have to be polite and cordial to neighbors and coworkers because my angst-y teenage phase has to be over.

10. I have to move away from everything and everyone I've ever known.

11. The amount of things I'm going to have to buy with the severe lack of money I possess makes me very anxious.

12. Coffee is expensive.

And it's NOT awesome.