For me it’s moving your bed away from the side walls so it’s in the middle of the room. I had my bed to the side my whole childhood
Waking up at 7 on a Saturday for no fucking reason
I wake up at 5:30 on Saturday because it’s the best time to be awake
The #1 sign of adulting has to be paying for your own stuff.
Mine was paying for an airbrush, and i was in my 40’s by this point, but the realisation i could buy a completely superflous, but expensive, thing for myself was a bit if a wow. But yeah house bills also lol
When you stop caring if something is a childish thing or not. Some people never get there.
Realizing capitalism sorta sucks
You start to wonder, “when am I going to feel like an adult?”
You empty the dishwasher immediately, as it is the only time during the day you have the time to do it.
You wash your sheets, because of the calendar notification popping up.
you vacuum the flat on saturday at 8 AM, as that is the time to vacuum the flat in your planner.
The most exciting thing in my life right now is the spreadsheet I just made to track chores.
My budgeting spreadsheet is a delight
My spreadsheet planning spreadsheet is recursive.
Sounds mundane but a few days ago, for the first time I bought myself a jacket. I am 28. My grandma loves to gift clothes for christmas especially stuff like jackets, so I didn’t really need to buy one until now. On the way back from the shop I felt weirdly adult. I bought most of my other clothes myself for around 10 years, but never a jacket
Getting a new kitchen appliance is exciting. I was so amazed when I first got an air fryer. Also, getting socks as a gift is pretty good.
Problem with the socks is that I also just enjoy getting myself socks, so now I own an absurd amount of socks
Bombas are a party on my feet
When you see your parents as people and stop blaming them for everything.
Also when you realise that not only do they not know everything, they actually know close to nothing.
Celebrities (especially politicians) younger than me existing.
Still trying to figure out who this bbno$ character is…
“I-M-H-I-M the Gen Z Eminem”
How dare they, frankly. Tell them to get off my lawn.
Ahhh, see mine is but even being aware of who counts as celebrities these days
basically means you can watch adult movies and commit this thing called adultery. ezpz.
kidding aside, i think a good sign for me is following through with my decisions, and, if i decided not to, acknowledge my mistake and learn from it.
You get excited about a pillow
Or new socks
A new pair of exactly the same New Balance
Ah, and if it’s spring, you get to rotate the old pair out to be ‘new’ yard work shoes!
One big sign is when you stop demanding to be treated like an adult and just start being one.
Being an adult is just a decision you make one day.
Years ago my older brother was on the phone complaining to me because our mom found out he bought a motorcycle and was mad at him and my dad (who helped him pick it out).
He wanted to know why my mom thought she could treat him like a child.
I pointed out that when he decided to get a motorcycle and kept it secret from our mom, he was acting like a child and enabling her to treat him like one.
I have no interest in ever owning a motorcycle. However, if I ever did, it would never occur to me to keep it secret from anybody, because I’m an adult in charge of my own life. Everyone else can have opinions, but I get to decide whose opinions matter to me.
Not as important as what has already been said but actually making a call when you really need something done. You’d be impressed how much more quickly your problems can get fixed when you talk to a human being.
Buying and cooking your own food. Reading the nutritional info on labels.
