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

  • hedge_lord@lemmy.world
    11·
    7 days ago

    Having the opportunity to buy cake whenever you want, having enough money to buy cake whenever you want, and choosing to not buy cake whenever you want.

  • silentTeee@lemmy.sdf.org
    5·
    7 days ago

    When I truly internalized that I don’t have to prove my worth to anyone, even if I don’t always know what I’m doing.

    Looking back, that sense of self-worth and confidence is what I probably saw in all of the adults around me that made them seem so incredible as a child.

    So when I felt that, I thought “huh, so this is what being an adult feels like.”

  • AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    7 days ago

    I got towels, cast iron pans, and a new knife for Christmas and couldn’t have been happier.

    I’m still a bed by the wall person though. when me and my partner get a house that will probably change, but for now I like having a corner to sit up against.

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
    52·
    7 days ago

    You pass by a business with an “Established X” sign; where X is any year past your high-school graduation year.

  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
    2·
    7 days ago

    You are done with the wonders and joys of life, and just want to work the rest away until you are dead.

    When people offer you opportunities, you reject them, knowing full well you can’t afford such attempts.

    Safety is all that matters.

      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        6 days ago

        It’s probably a possibility, but it’s definitely not the inevitable outcome. If possible, find a well paying job that you find fulfilling and rewarding. I realize how difficult this is for most people though, (because it took me decades to find one), and that makes me sad.

    • Aliktren@lemmy.world
      11·
      9 days ago

      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

    • Nasan@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      7 days ago

      I keep mine thinking i might need it in case i need to send the thing back for warranty service. Still have boxes for stuff years out of their warranty periods.

  • hybridep@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    20·
    8 days ago

    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.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
    20·
    9 days ago

    Taking responsibility for your own actions.

    Not just mistakes, but being proactive about positive things without needing to be prompted.

    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
      12·
      9 days ago

      A bit of both for me. Whenever I dropped a bollock in work or whereever, my head used to go down and I’d be waiting for the hairdryer treatment like I was waiting outside the headmaster’s office.

      Now, if some cockwomble decides to mass-email someone with a passive aggressive email about “could the person who…” and it’s quite clearly my mistake, I take great pleasure in absolutely owning it, smashing that reply-all button, and explaining in painful detail how yes it was my fuck up; yes I did do it with good intentions but hey things go sideways sometimes; and yes abso-fucking-lutely thank you for your shitty email that has had all the effect of a silent fart.

      I think the best part of adulting is that you can make no mistakes and still lose (yeah Picard boiiii), and realising that nobody’s going to care about it in a week’s time.

    • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      8 days ago

      I’d point out that taking responsibility for your actions doesn’t necessarily mean fixing them on your own.

      It’s often more difficult (and more adult) to acknowledge that you’ve dug a hole for yourself that you can’t escape from on your own and ask for help.

      Saying this as the parent of young adult children that are adulting well, but still need to ask for help. Also as the old adult child of my parents who must still force himself to ask them for help.