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3.21.2012

On being Adult-ish

Read this on the Thought Catalog. "50 Things Real Adults Do that I Don’t Do


“50 Things Real Adults Do That I don’t do"

  1. Make their bed
  2. Own a pet or a child
  3. Have a stress-free conversation with the mechanic
  4. Have more than one set of sheets
  5. sAvInGs aCcOuNt
  6. Wear jewelry
  7. Decorate their homes for holidays
  8. Remember birthdays
  9. Know what they are going to eat for a meal more than 5 minutes out
  10. Pack lunches
  11. Stay in hotels on vacation instead of your friend’s cool floor
  12. Watch TV news
  13. Networking
  14. Have a landline
  15. Care about their friend’s babies
  16. Drive to bars
  17. Live in the suburbs
  18. Avoid taking public transportation
  19. Get enough sleep
  20. Go to church > ~1x/year
  21. Get their cars detailed
  22. Mow a lawn
  23. Use coupons
  24. Bake things for people at work
  25. Make conversation with adult strangers
  26. Haven’t convinced their 11-year-old cousin they personally know Justin Bieber
  27. Shower before work + blow dry hair
  28. Natural look make-up
  29. Paint their nails with neutral colors
  30. Wear sandals that aren’t metallic flip-flops
  31. Matching place settings
  32. Own “place settings”
  33. Ask their dads for a favor without using a baby voice
  34. Wash clothes after each wear
  35. Use wash clothes
  36. Use shapewear
  37. Invest
  38. Refer to things as “investments”
  39. Feel ambivalent about getting something for free
  40. Subscribe to magazines they read regularly instead of buying them each month at the newsstand price
  41. Return library books
  42. Scrapbook
  43. Feel a genuine curiosity about the different types of wine
  44. Correct grammar
  45. Send faxes
  46. Keep important documents in a file cabinet/not throw them away in a feng shui attack
  47. Grow plants recreationally
  48. Vote for Republicans
  49. Watch network television shows
  50. Dream about retirement



Sad truth: I only do about 14 of the 50. What I accomplish and apparently I am not yet a real adult.


  1. Make bed
  2. Own a pet. He is a bird named apple, I have had him since 9th grade, so he is pretty old.
  3. More than one set of sheets
  4. Savings account, although it is pretty low
  5. Wear jewelry
  6. remember birthdays
  7. Know what they are going to eat for a meal more than 5 min. out
  8. Networking
  9. Church more than once a year
  10. Mow lawn, I do not enjoy this task
  11. Shower
  12. Ask dad for favors with no baby voice. I have never used a baby voice on either of my parents. That would just be strange
  13. Wash Clothes
  14. Scrapbook


Maybe you can have a much better score than I did.

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