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24 Struggles Of Adulting

What is this thing called growing up?

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24 Struggles Of Adulting

What is adulting? How did we come to it? No one ever truly explained how difficult it was going to be when it came to the daily struggle of growing up. Here are a few struggles of adulting that we have all felt.

1. When you have to start wearing real people pants.

2. When you need to now commute to your real world job.

3. When you have to figure out what health insurance is. And how to get it?

4. When you have to make your own doctor appointments.

5. When you have to get out of bed at a unreasonable time for work.

6. When you are trying to convince employers that you're responsible.

7. When you spend most of your paycheck but still have a week before next payday.

8. When you can’t find it in you to go out on weeknights anymore.

9. When you have to start doing dishes DAILY.

10. When you have to find time to do your own laundry.

11. When your bills just keep piling up.

12. When you finally check your bank balance after a week of avoiding it.

13. When you have to figure out how to make friends in the “real world."

14. When you feel good about your finances until you remember your student loans are a real thing.

15. When you attempt to infuse some structure into your day, but then you realize that's just not going to happen.

16. When all you want to do is just binge-watch Netflix.

17. When you have a go-to for your problems.

18. When you have to make important decisions.

19. When your personal life explodes.

20. Realizing the bullsh*t things you have to pay for as an adult.

21. When you have to figure out how to cook meals for yourself.

22. When you feel like you finally got the hang of things, but then something goes terribly wrong.

23. When you realize that you have no idea what you’re doing, ever.


24. How you feel adulting by the end of your day.

In conclusion,

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