We’re all in college to get an education so that we can one day get a nice job and become an adult. While 18 is technically the age we all become adults, we’re not always treated as such until our earlier to mid-twenties. But frankly, we don’t always view ourselves as adults either. Here are 7 things college students qualify as “adulting.”
1. Making ourselves coffee in the morning
Regardless of whether we have a programmable coffee maker and can set it the night before, we still put thought into the fact that we would want coffee the next morning. Of course it’s going in a travel mug because we would never wake up early enough to sit and sip it in the morning before class, but at least we have coffee.
2. Not spilling said coffee on our clothes
Or not spilling anything on ourselves that day. Not that we consciously think we’re an adult for not spilling anything, but then once we do we feel like children and have to clean up our mess.
3. Going to the gym … in the morning
Going to the gym is a healthy decision, but going to the gym in the morning shows serious discipline, which is obviously something adults have.
4. Remembering to check the weather before you pick out your clothes
Living in Ohio means we literally have a snow storm today and the weather be perfect for a spring time hike tomorrow, but we have to plan accordingly. Don’t be the person wearing your puffy coat in the middle of January just because it’s January, it may be 65 degrees outside despite it still being winter.
5. Cooking real food
Warming up frozen food in the microwave or making peanut butter and jelly does not at all qualify as cooking. Cooking is when you use the stove or oven and kitchen utensils.
6. Writing a check
We pay for everything with a debit card so that it can come straight out of our checking account and we don’t have to think about it. Writing a check is practically the exact same thing but it seems more official to write someone a check than to hand them a piece of plastic with your name on it.
7. Going to/being in a friend’s wedding
If we’re going to, or better yet in, a friend’s wedding, then we’re clearly of the age to be getting married ourselves. Not that we want to but if we did we actually could.
