15 Life Lessons From A Bonafide Adult

I mean I'm pretty much a bonafide adult, aren't I? Questionable? Maybe... Anyways, we can never have too much advice, right?

Here's a compilation of life lessons I learned through the internet (AKA Tumblr) and life.

1. Even if you get along great with your family you will get along even better with them after moving out.

2. Generic is almost always just as good as name brand, but there are some things you never buy generic, including: peanut butter, ketchup, liquid NyQuil, Chips-Ahoy chewy chocolate chip cookies, and spaghetti sauce.

3. At least once in your life you will go to Wal-mart/Target to buy something under $20 like coffee or something and your debit card will get rejected. No one will judge. Everyone at some point in their lives has had < $1.98 in their bank account.

4. Everyone else is too busy panicking about everyone else noticing every tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about them to notice any tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about you.

5. Thrift stores.

6. You will screw up. A LOT. You live and you learn, and when you start to think too hard about that embarrassing thing that happened and how you wish you could change it... Just tell yourself that what’s done is done. There’s no changing it, so just forget it and move on. It’s the only way to stay sane.

7. If you are the only one in the aisle at the grocery store, and you need to get from one end to the other without even looking at anything in that aisle, then you should totally cart-surf down the aisle. Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. Hold on to the little things. They make all the difference.

8. 15% tip.

9. Do the dishes before the sink grows its own ecosystem.

10. Sometimes life sucks, and knowing that it might get better doesn’t always make it suck any less, but you’ll never get to the non-sucky days without enduring the suckiness.

11. Always check the type of light bulb that goes in lamps. A 60w is not interchangeable with a 40w.

12. Reward yourself from time to time when you do things that you needed to get done. It’s a good way to remind yourself to do them. Going out to pay a bill? Get Starbucks or something. Rewards don’t have to be huge, they can be small things like that.

13. Take time to eat, even when you don’t feel like eating. Your body needs energy to live.

14. Know how to change a tire. You’re going to need to do it at some point in time and you can’t always rely on someone else to do it for you.

15.  Don’t be ashamed to ask for help. PERIOD. Life is hard, everyone needs help occasionally.