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Once you were dreaming of becoming an astronaut, visiting the furthest places, climbing the highest mountains, finding the biggest love, and then it was all gone one day.

Adulthood happened. It knocked on the door, handed you responsibilities you were not ready for and said that everything’s on your shoulders now. So now, most of my fellow dear millennials are juggling between things like the pandemic that made the world feel like an apocalyptic movie you didn’t sign up for, student loans, unaffordable rent, crazy expensive mochas your body nevertheless needs no-questions-asked, barely fine Tinder dates, sleepless Netflix binges, stressful jobs or the even more stressful absence of one, and lots other things nobody prepared us for.

So, dear adults, even though we can’t just get back to our childhood which equals devouring Harry Potter books and carelessly sleeping under the stairs, we can laugh at the absurdity we’re in right now. Scroll down through the best tweets that sum up adult life below and prepare to laugh and cry, and then laugh. Who cares, they already think of millennials as not very stable ones.

Navigating through adulthood is the job of a lifetime. I have been an adult for more than a decade, and I am still learning to be one. I suspect I am not the only one. So I spoke with Francis Merson, the clinical psychologist awarded the Australian Psychology Society Prize in 2015, who was happy to share some very interesting and useful insights about it.

“People can often get stuck in patterns of behavior during childhood which persist into adulthood and prevent them developing true autonomy,” Francis said and added that there are many ways in which this can happen. “People who have been traumatized can internalize a victim identity, which makes it scary for them to act independently as adults. People who are emotionally neglected can also revert to child-like modes, where they rely excessively on partners and friends to help them deal with the world and their own emotions.”

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It can also happen to people who are overindulged since they “might grow up with the expectation that others should sort out their lives for them,” Francis added.

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Even though it might be easy to judge people who just can’t seem to adult properly, Francis argues that it’s important to be compassionate and remember that these people didn’t choose the early experiences that underpin their difficulties today.

More importantly, Francis argues that there’s no such thing as the perfect adult—“someone who is unfailingly responsible, rational and emotionally balanced. We all have moments when we act like kids: we get mad over trivial stuff; we panic needlessly; we sulk when we’re criticized.” Having said that, the clinical psychologist warned that “if these behaviors are the rule, rather than the exception, then it’s possible there are some roadblocks on the way to adulthood.”

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It's mostly bills now... When I was younger I used to have penpals from around the world!

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“And, of course, no one turns 18 and suddenly finds themselves fully rational, responsible and ready to smash all their life goals. The knowledge and skills involved in adulthood are accrued across the lifespan, gradually allowing you to become a more effective actor in the world, able to pursue your own interests while balancing them against the interests of others,” Francis said and added that essentially, we are all works in progress: becoming an adult is a lifelong pursuit. Meanwhile, “Immaturity happens when people are not progressing, when they are stuck in behaviors that aren’t helpful for them at their stage of life.”

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There are many aspects of the transition into adulthood. Francis elaborated: “it means learning to act rationally, rather than just react emotionally. Adults also seek relationships of equality and reciprocity, rather than just someone to look after them. Adults are in touch with their values, and are proactive in reaching their goals. And adults are realistic, particularly about who they are. This requires gaining insight into one’s own motivations, behavior, emotional triggers, strengths and weaknesses.”

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Francis also noted that “it’s important to emphasize that the idea of independence in adulthood does not mean you don’t rely on others.” He explained that we are social animals, and we need each other to survive and flourish. “The independence of adulthood is more like the independence of a nation, which interacts with other nations on an equal footing, makes independent decisions and is responsible for its internal affairs.”

For those who think that adulthood is a lot of work, Francis says that it’s worth it. “What you get in return is the power to flourish on your own terms. By acting as a child in an adult world, it’s much harder to build a life you can be proud of,” the clinical psychologist concluded.

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I love my mid afternoon naps. As a kid I found them boring, but as an adult I like to lay down for a half hour or so and snooze.

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Without the drawer, they're in a pile. Without the pile, they're around the house. But they are NEVER in the trash because I need each one of the 18 chargers that work with nothing in my house. I just do.

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Oh yes. Sooo many cables, yet the one cable you need in that moment is nowhere to be found.

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It's not just me?! I still have land-line phone cables that I doubt I'll ever use again.

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I actually got to use my decade-old phone cable a while back. I only had it because where I live there are designated places to dispose of old electronics, but they're in inconvenient places so I've been collecting old chargers, cables, headphones, lightbulbs and such for a few years now. I felt extremely vindicated on that one occasion when my laziness finally paid off.

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ive done this since I was a kid. always had video games, and with my ocd, I ive always keep things organized

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I gathered up every unmatched cord and cable in the house, put it on Craigslist, and someone took the whole big box about half an hour after I posted it. No doubt they needed to add them to their big box of unmarried cables.

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It's called a junk drawer. Until you have more than 3 you don't have a problem. I have 5. I have a problem.

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My husband is a programmer, self-taught back in the late 80's. 3 years ago, we moved from a house we'd been in for over 20 years. O.M.G., the number of cables, wires, & adapters that went in the dumpster - we probably could have opened a pop-up shop & made some money!

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One of the drawers in my TV stand is this. I'm pretty sure there's cords there that cannot be used again and the last time I tried to get rid of things I was yelled at. Cords are expensive! Though I can easily find everything at thrift stores!!

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A little while back I adopted a method an IT friend suggested: I got those shoebox sized storage containers and assigned one to each type of cable. One box for USB, one for Video (HDMI, DVI, etc) one for power cords. I only get that one box worth of space - too much to fit? Got to throw some away. Started doing that for different categories of "stuff I might need" to keep it to a "This is reasonable and I am not a hoarder" number of objects. Plus, the boxes make storage simple and finding the right item easy (no more "uh, maybe there's a VGA cable under the 74 power cords?")

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I have some from the mid 90s. SCSI cables and a couple Zip drive cables. Not sure why I'm saving them.

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Well, I'm not an adult yet and I've read BP for long enough to realize that most adults in authority are kind of frauds haha. I have mastered the ability to guess what your childhood was like based on your behavior as an authoritative figure, ooooo *intense music as I open my third eye*

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you eventually take it as background noise when it reaches constant flow.

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28 - 4000 BC: I am the oldest member of the tribe and it's an honour to be chosen for the sacrifice

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thinking about it. there will be an age when all your friends babies are too drunk to find their phones.

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I have been alone since young, don’t mind it one bit. Didn’t mind it then, certainly don’t mind it now

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So...if one were to summon a demon in your home, could you start charging it rent right away? Asking for a friend.

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Yes. Spring mattresses suck balls. They are super uncomfortable. Memory foam is the way, the truth, and the light.

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And teenage is whining "Why are there always ball-breakers to break my balls-uh?! Hello, grandma..."

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Sorry it is not possible. I prescribe 2x glasses of red + 1x paracetamols + 2x Chlorphenamine maleate + 1 x Trepiline. Result: Inner peace.

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I have one in the kitchen that has a sensor, so it opens when my hand gets near it. Great for when I am holding myself upright with the other hand.

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Remember in comedy movies there was that dad, who kept weird old outfits and told "That was a great trend, it will come back, you'll see"? I am that dad now.

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Where youthful optimism is replaced by thoughts of precisely how many years you'd get for shooting the neighbor.

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meaning your wife (if a straight male). With apologies to all those taken-advantage-of-by-lazyass-husbands here.

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Or complaining about the ridiculous noise kids listen to these days and realise with horror you turned into your dad.

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Had no money and no bills to have no spare money and still have bills

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Pretending you are a person that can do what you need to do, then going home and hiding under the covers until you recover from having done it.

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wait till you get to your forties katie. you'll have so much zero f***s to give.

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I'm jealous they have that many dishes. I've been hiding the last spoon in my nightstand while everyone else eat soup with a fork.

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Sorry for the delay, I will talk to you shortly.-I will forget that you ever existed in the next 5 minutes.

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God bless grandparents and their "still thinking in francs instead of euros" annual generosity!

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Who says that? Nobody says that! Everyone knows your best years are your 30s!

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"Hello dear friend in christ. I am Abuja Banjango, a prince from Lagos, Nigeria. etc etc" .. that mail.

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I just want to lie in bed WITH Taylor Swift but I don't think that's gonna happen. Sigh.