Adulting is a relentless juggling act of responsibilities, from bills and career demands to relationships and self-care. The transition from college life to handling complex adult responsibilities can be a jarring one and one has to constantly make tough decisions, handle finances, experience the stress that comes with working a job and what not. This can be quite eye-opening and people online have been sharing some of the realizations they have been having regarding adulthood.
A user on X (formerly Twitter) asked people online for their controversial opinions on adulthood and many jumped on the bandwagon to share their points of view. Here’s a look at some of them.
Your life could be a wreck but you have to go on every single day.
the toughest thing about adulthood is that your life could be crumbling and you still gotta show up and do what you need to do. https://t.co/D9T7WVazLl
— Austine (@theereal_one) December 18, 2023
Many of us have given up on the things we used to enjoy as kids and it has made us miserable.
A lot of you subscribe to the idea that being an adult means giving up on things you enjoyed as a child from hobbies to aesthetics and that’s why a lot of you are more miserable than you need to be. https://t.co/pQIN4G4FFo
— Trash the Akatsuki’s Τwitter☁️🍉 (@momodaweeb) December 24, 2023
Most of us are just pretending to be “adults”.
most adults are just children pretending to be adults.
— Angelica Reed (@Angelica_Reed1) December 13, 2023
We need to get out of our hometowns.
GET OUT OF YO HOMETOWN. Even if it’s not forever. Move. Travel. See the world. There is more to life than the same 10 people and the same 3 bars.
— Brzy (@BrzySells) December 14, 2023
Sometimes it’s okay to be selfish.
It’s okay to think about yourself and if it hurts the people around you.. consider it as collateral damage.
— Akansha Jain (@Akanshajain05) December 26, 2023
Not always is there going to be a right and a wrong. There will be days when we’ll have to choose between a wrong and a wrong.
real adulthood is choosing between two equally wrong options, and telling yourself that you made the right decision. https://t.co/oCefn18mk2
— r o g i e (@rogieHimself) December 25, 2023
Sometimes being an adult is better than being a child.
despite all the struggles and daily stress adulthood brings, I’d still take it over being a child any day https://t.co/yKBZaZFJm8
— frankenstein’s monster apologist✨ (@maryswraith) December 25, 2023
The way to adulting includes losing friends and family members behind.
You’re gonna lose some friends and family members in the process of maturing, but don’t sweat it. Isolation be needed. Plus you’re transitioning to creating your own family. https://t.co/YCRyycD8jS
— Dom💪🏾 (@juscallmedom_) December 21, 2023
All of us are just pretending to have it all figured out.
We all just faking like we know wtf we are doing. So stop taking advice from folks on this app and get therapy from a trained professional. https://t.co/QH34K0TC7o
— Master Harden (@hulkswag85) December 21, 2023
It’s okay to do the things we wanted to do as kids.
It’s ok to heal your inner child and do the things you always wanted to do but couldn’t. From a trip to Disney to enjoying a coloring book. People will tell you it’s childish but you bought it with your adult money from your adult job so they can maturely STFU👍🏾 https://t.co/qBwcE0Mzg8
— Hombre Que Ellos Llaman AP (@August_Very_Own) December 25, 2023
Everybody is just trying to be the best version of themselves.
Once you realize everybody is struggling to be the best version of themselves (and even those who aren’t) you begin to look at shit different.
Those goals that you want to achieve? Yeah someone isn’t hitting their goals the same way you’re not. https://t.co/qOd8Jrjb7m
— venom (@_CydneyJ) December 21, 2023
Living in a different city is way better than living with toxic parents.
With toxic parents , it's far far better to go live in another city .That feeling of not having to worry about what could go wrong will bring u so much peace. Sometimes , ur relationship with ur parents would be better by just being in touch by calls and a rare visit to home. https://t.co/gU2K9SQ7Rg
— ann..| fan account | (@ann_directionn) December 26, 2023
You are on autopilot all the time.
Adulthood is more like being on autopilot all the time, watching and observing a thousand little things not knowing what to hold onto and what to let go, whether to live in the moment or just trying to be productive cause that's what gonna matter 😞 https://t.co/Vjq5XnsXTX
— Wards (@high_on_cliche) December 25, 2023
You are not obligated to involve yourself in the family that wasn’t by your side when you were younger.
You shouldn't have to feel obligated to involve yourself in family that wasn't there for you growing up. If someone made your life miserable for most of your life, just don't get involved when you come of age. You owe them nothing. https://t.co/fzeFoUVhdg
— Shay, the Infinitely Tired Teacher (@theInfiniteShay) December 25, 2023
You do not have to leave home and struggle financially. You could stay with your parents till you have enough savings to move to a different place.
It’s okay to live at home still if you have that luxury just make sure you’re saving your money and not just spending , could be buying your first house instead of renting a new apartment by the time you’re ready to leave! https://t.co/n82CVqXe8F
— Fairy God Muva 🧚🏾 (@flawful__) December 22, 2023
A good chunk of being an adult means making choices that others disapprove of.
You simply CANNOT have a meaningful adult life where you make choices for your own self without disappointing and hurting your parents atleast a little bit (and in most case, esp with Indians, more than a little bit). We should all try to consciously make our peace with it https://t.co/UrTM1QubLC
— Become Unsearchable 🏳️🌈 (@SomeLatinWord) December 25, 2023
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