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.