1. Bills, bills, and more bills 

Once you start having them they never stop and it seems every time you’ve paid one off you have another to pay right after.

2. Once you start adulting, you can never stop

It’s just one large, vicious, endless cycle of responsibilities. It’s like you got on a roller coaster but the attendant never lets you off and you’re just stuck with all the ups and downs and turns.

3. Life and death become a lot more real

As a kid, the meaning of life of death never really clicks as it does when you're an adult. Then you start realizing all there is to life and how much one has to lose.

4. Just because you have a 12-page page paper to write doesn’t mean work will understand

Getting the education I’m paying thousands for or not going homeless is an endless debate with no real appealing answer.

5. Every decision you make you can really tell the effect it has

In your youth you never really noticed the impact each decision you make has on your life or even someone else’s.

6. You never know if you’re making the right life choices

Am I pursuing the right degree? Should I move here? Am I attending the right school? Should I accept this job?

The questions keep on coming and you make decisions. But sometimes you wonder if you’ve been making all the right ones.

7. It’s really, really hard sometimes 

There’s no way to truly prepare for what adulting entails.

8. The saying, “you only regret the chances that you didn’t take” is 100% true

If I were to think of things I regret, it’s all chances I was too scared to take. My New Years resolution this year is to stop letting my fears control my every life.

9. It’s easy to forget about yourself and your own needs, but it’s important we never do

With all that’s going on sometimes you forget about your own needs.

10. Pets are a lifesaver of epic preportions

My two cats create my comfort zone, my safety zone, and are my stress relievers.

11. It’s OK to change your mind

It’s your life. Do what’s best for you. And if a choice you made previously isntnwhat you want anymore then change it.

12. Entertainment is in many ways just as important as eating

You need entertainment to get through the trials of adulting.

13. Finding a balance to life isn’t always possible and that reality isn’t easy to come to terms with

I’m not sure if I’ll ever come to terms to not being able to create my perfectly balanced life where all my needs are being met.

14. It’s okay to make mistakes

Mistakes are natural and normal. Don’t beat yourself up over them.

15. It’s never too late to take a chance

Don’t let time passed prevent you from living the life you want to live.

16. Sometimes being the better person sucks

I totally get why someone people give up on it. It’s not always the easiest route to take. It’s always easier and makes me happier looking back then it is in the moment.

17. You don’t feel like you should be an adult yet, but here you are

Me? An adult? Oh man, this can’t end well.

18. You learn to cherish every moment as if it’s your last

Life and death become a lot more real and with that a greater understanding of what could be lost.

19. Our fears become more noticeably impactful on our lives

We don't take chances because we're so scared of something. As we get older we really start noticing the impact those fears have on our day to day lives.

20. After having to budget you learn you really spend way too much on food

But will that impact how much food you buy? That is to be seen.

21. Tax season is either the best or worst time of the year

You’re either in for a nice sum of extra cash or having to fork over any savings you’ve managed to put together.