The Truth About Being an Adult

My mom loves the idea of living in a city. When we talk about it, she loves the idea of being able to walk everywhere and being close to parks and having so many options for everything around you. Not that those perks aren't true, but I tell her you don't get to walk everywhere, you have to walk everywhere and you're close to parks because no one has any outdoor space at home and there are so many options because there are that many people using that many resources.

The idea is more romantic than the reality. I feel the same way about being a grownup

Growing up in the suburbs I was so anxious to be an adult. I couldn't wait to get to call my own shots, to decide what I wanted to do and when I wanted to do it. I'd move away (check!) and live in a big city (check!) and do what I wanted with my money (sort of check!). Because we all know being an adult is not all it's cracked up to be.

Sure I can eat cake for breakfast and spend all my money on lipgloss and earrings, but when you have to buy groceries and pay for the internet, it looses it's appeal.

One part of being a grown up that always leaves me feeling like a hapless adolescent is finding services like a hairdresser or a doctor. How exactly do you go about finding those people? I haven't gotten a haircut in a year because I have hairstylist paralysis - and the cut a year ago was an impulse on vacation!

I have, however, solved the doctor problem but only because of the internet. ZocDoc is my go to since I don't have to call and talk to anyone, I can book an appointment online, and they check if the doctor takes my insurance. AND they have reviews like Yelp.

What are the things you find the least romantic about being an adult?