Adulting Is for You

Remember in college when roommates would take turns smooshing trash into the overfull trashcan to avoid taking out the trash? Then one fateful day, no room was left and the poor soul who could no longer creatively fit any more was forced to perform the chore? Adulting is the opposite. Adulting is what happens when you realize that no one else will do the thing and the responsibility falls to you alone. When you realize that all of the dishes in the sink will remain there until you take the initiative. The term adulting is a nod to responsibility and ownership.

Acceptance of Adulting

Once you take ownership of responsibilities, it may become easier to take care of items as they come rather than put them off. When we realize someone else won’t solve it, we concurrently realize we must. To that end, it makes more sense to wash dishes as we go rather than stack higher and higher.

Impact of Acceptance

With ownership comes credit. If you are taking care of your “business” and stay on top of things, you create your own sense of independence and satisfaction in being self-sufficient. This in turn builds confidence in being able to handle bigger challenges as they come. When adulting shifts from maintaining a household to facing bigger challenges, the more ownership and practice, the more prepared you become. Tougher decisions, while still difficult, are easier to tackle when you are more fluent in adulting.

Have you been avoiding a task or responsibility? How could adopting an adulting mindset help get the ball rolling? If brainstorming actions and options might be beneficial to address mounting responsibilities, consider life coaching to help.