Spoiler alert: adulthood is 96% of you going “well, I hope this is how it works and I’ll keep doing it till someone yells at me”
and the other 4% is crying
I like these posts because you read them as a teenager and you think, ‘surely these people are blowing it out of proportion’
AND THEN YOU REACH ADULTHOOD
Adulthood is a mix of:
- “It hasn’t gone horrible wrong/caught fire/blown up yet, I must be doing it right!”
- Frantic googling
- “What’s the worst that could happen?”
- Finding out the answer to the above question.
- “Mom/Dad/Other adult? How do I do the thing?”
- AND FAKING IT TIL PEOPLE THINK YOU’VE MADE IT
And the occasional ‘holy shit this is actually nice- OH GOD I’M OLD’