Confessions

This is the most honest portrayal of adulthood that I have encountered. It is ten minutes that summarizes years of soul-searching, at least for me.

I most identify, and have said out loud, the feeling that everyone else on the planet is just in my way. I have often wished everyone else on the roads would just disappear.

The world doesn't revolve around me, or you. This can be hard to adjust to.

I hope I'm not the only one.



Here is the quote from the people who posted the video explaining where it came from:

"In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education."

Confessions

The warning signs are everywhere ...

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There is NEVER enough time.

There's working, so you can pay your bills, because you're a responsible adult

and

Getting AT LEAST 8 hours of sleep, because you're a responsible adult

and

All the time you spend peeing because you drank so much water, because you're a responsible adult

and

Spending quality time with your significant other, so you don't become strangers-who-live-in-the-same-house-and-share-a-toilet, because you're a responsible adult

and

Talking with your friends, so you don't become a hermit, because you're a responsible adult

and

Watching the news or reading a book, so your brain doesn't turn to mush, because you're a responsible adult

and

Meal-planning, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning [Rinse and Repeat EVERY WEEK], so you don't end up on The Biggest Loser [looove that show], because you're a responsible adult

and

Trying to remember your new boss's name, but you can't because your brain is too full of due dates for bills and payments, because you're a responsible adult

and

Exercising [don't even get me started], because you're a responsible adult

and

Cleaning the entire house, NOT just your room, because you're a responsible adult

and

I DON'T EVEN HAVE KIDS!!

....

I could seriously go on for a while, but I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO, because I need to go do something responsible now!!

Confessions

They tell you that you can do anything you want when you grow up.

They lied. 

I am a grown up. 

I want to eat a kiddie size chocolate frozen yogurt with chocolate chips and caramel from The Custard Factory every day. 

I also want to lost 10 - 15 pounds.

I cannot do both of these and therefore cannot do anything I want. 

So yeah ... there's that. 

Confessions of a Reluctant Grown Up

Ok, so I don't know if this will become a regular thing or a permanent thing, but I definitely have a lot to say on the subject.

"What subject?", you ask.

Being an adult.

I just think some of you young 'uns need a warning of what's to come.

And I hope some of you fellow "grown-up-kids-but-not-quite-grown-up's" will assure me that I'm not the only one who has these thoughts/feelings/behaviors. So, please leave comments ... even if you just want to hear more. I definitely want to hear from you!

So here I go. Confession of a Reluctant Grown Up...



You know how some people talk to their kids or pets using a baby voice?

That's how I talk to my shoes.

Well, my favorite ones.

The ones that need to be babied, or they might think I don't love them.

And that would be sad.

Poor shoes. :(