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Can I let you in on a secret about friendships in adulthood? Sometimes they are really freaking hard. Like, really freaking hard. But so often the friends we have in our adult years are the only thing saving us from hitting rock bottom. The truth is that even the strongest friendship bonds are… read more

Adulting is a scam

I used to reply to people within a minute when I wasn’t busy, now I open my messages and think, “Nah, I’d rather sleep” 😓🫠 I really thought being an adult meant having money and freedom. Turns out, you just get money and lose the will to socialize 🙃🙃🙃 Anyone else getting humbled by… read more

From Fragile to Antifragile

If the first stage was about separation, and the second about distraction and imposed frameworks, then the third stage reaches its final point: What happens to a person when their ability to respond is gradually replaced by automatic reaction? This is where Nassim Taleb's distinction between the… read more

adulthood is just saying “after this week things will calm down” until you die.

Let’s put our phones down and melt together in safe comfort. Just exist in our space and forget the adulthood knocking at the door. Just for a little while.

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Chicken pepper parm grilled cheese

Got home late today so it's gotta be a quick one, hence the somewhat messy appearance. Still tastes great! I cooked for my older sister for years as a kid and into adulthood when I lived with her for a while. She hates her veggies, so I learned the value of sneaking them in to keep her from… read more

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Women. Paying your own bills is not proof that you don’t need a man. It’s proof that you are an adult. Let’s stop turning basic adulthood into a badge of superiority.

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Is there a way to downgrade my adulthood subscription? There has to be a plan that's less expensive than this. I don't mind ads.

Uniting Factor: All Dead Inside 💀😆

The one milestone of adulthood we all hit, regardless of income or beliefs 😂

Take me back to 2016 when I was just going to school, chilling, and enjoying life without knowing how exhausting adulthood would be. 😭

Me in my adulthood without any reason..

We don't lack responsibility, we lack adulthood.

We live in soft times. Not because we lack information, nor because we lack words, but because everything possible has been done to avoid one single thing: being an adult. Today, no one fails. Today, no one makes mistakes. Today, no one causes harm. Today, everything is explained. I’m late because… read more

From Fragile to Antifragile

If the first stage was about separation, and the second about distraction and imposed frameworks, then the third stage reaches its final point: What happens to a person when their ability to respond is gradually replaced by automatic reaction? This is where Nassim Taleb's distinction between the… read more

Emotional Safety.

Emotional Safety is the foundation for any long term relationship to be successful and healthy. Most people today are unaware that the majority of their relationships lack or are completely missing emotional safety. Especially with our parents, the first relationship dynamic we’re born into. To… read more

Life feels like a blur

Hey everyone, just putting this out there. It’s kind of crazy how once you graduate whether it’s high school or college you just jump into work and suddenly the days just blur together. Everyone says to enjoy life, but sometimes it feels like there’s barely time to even catch your breath. It’s just… read more

Random thoughts

Have you ever considered, that your personality wouldnt match a particular culture/time period? Making you more lightly to be an outcast or not even survive to adulthood.

What's a hard truth about adulthood that no one prepared you for?

For me, it's how lonely adulthood can be. This is not because there aren't people around, but because everyone is busy building their own lives. Friendships take more effort, conversations become less frequent, and sometimes you realize you haven't truly connected with someone in a while. I think… read more

After adulthood the main priority is money . Work work work 🤑🤑

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Your parents’ financial status shapes your life in many ways, the school you attend, the friends you make, your character, your idea of money, the people you interact with, and how you see the world. It literally influences how your adulthood turns out.

The urge to hide

I've had more than my fair share of damaged relationships starting at birth with my undiagnosed autism continuing into adulthood where people tend to tell me that the world does not work the way I see it. And maybe the world doesn't work the way that I see it. But mine does. A long time ago when… read more

I feel like I'll never find love

Ever since my eczema started flaring up really bad some time ago as part of adulthood, I've really secluded myself. I lost a lot of my friends and stopped socializing. My skin is still very damaged looking and scarred, almost burned sometimes so I still tend to close myself up and am nervous to get… read more

I feel like I'm lost .... This is not what I want to become Where is my childhood's courage, feelings, motivation, want to be successful parts Maybe I lost these in my teen journey where I was focus only on the life problems and find solutions ... And I not succeed in any not in childhood teen

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Calling All Helper Pattern Types!

What works for you to give some of that care to yourself? I have been pouring from an empty cup for decades because I was taught young (not necessarily on purpose) that any love, worth, care, friendship, or fairness was conditional and carried it all this time in adulthood, making it reflex for me… read more

The Echo of Hyper-Independence 💜

I got it" shouldn't have to be a survival mechanism. 💔 ​Hyper-independence in adulthood isn't just a personality trait—it's often the echo of a child who realized early on that they were their own safest bet. ​True healing means learning that you don't have to carry the entire world on your own… read more

What makes adulthood lonely is not being alone, but because our lives are no longer in sync.

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The Graduation of Ophelia

It's the end of the semester and the close of my second year at Sheridan college. This here is a piece I submitted for my final project called "make it your own", where we were asked to create a work of art, of any size, and from any media we haven't explored yet. I chose crayon pencil, alcohol,… (edited) read more

Ending a long friendship because the dynamic no longer fits your values is responsible adulthood, not coldness.

A message to my younger self

Stay there a little longer. Be happy, laugh more, and enjoy life. Don't rush to grow up adulthood is messed up. The attitude you have today will follow you into the future, so learn, grow, and heal while you still can. Trust me, life gets a lot harder than you ever imagined.

As we were growing up Adults never told us how life in particular meant, all what those aunts and uncles used to say was one phrase "Grow up and see"!

Nobody told me adulthood hits different and same time humbles you whether you like it or not🤣 You blink something happens, before you know it you are a year older and what's happening sticks around like you made an oath in your past life but now your breaking the rules... (edited)

Thoughts on Adulting, Gaming, and Apps

Downloaded Boo hoping to meet some local creative friends, but my brain immediately got distracted by a different problem: Why don't we have a "Quest Board" for adulthood? Instead of matching people based on photos or hobbies, imagine matching them through things they actually want to do. Need… read more

The towel

I grew up in a poor family. We each got a towel for the week. I reuses my bath towel into my adulthood. One day, I thought, wait a minute. I can use a towel one time and chuck it away like I'm rich! Do a load of towels once a week, no problem. So I went to Walmart and got like 10 towels. It was… read more

Something scary that you've learned about yourself in adulthood.

In all my years of life, I am now all but sure that I might actually have adhd and have been self medicating and too engrossed in my hobbies to notice the symptoms. I admit that im addicted to coffee, and always said that it makes me feel alive. After a couple days of low caffeine and 0 energy… read more

Psikologi

Adulthood is not about revenge, but about restraining yourself from something that can damage many things.

Reflections in a Lost World

When I was a child, I believed in a world full of love. I thought that love had been taken from me, but it was merely misconstrued. As I grew into adulthood, I believed the world could unite for a common good—that politics, religions, and lifestyles could coexist and thrive together. My early… read more

Adulthood got to be the worst hood to be in

Editing my circle

Adulthood is realizing not everyone deserves front‑row seats to your life. Some people are background characters and that’s okay.