Being an adult

And where's the list? Like if I could just find a list of like, "Congratulations on being a homeowner, do all this shit because if you don't the repairs will eat you alive" it would be handy.

When you learn minimalists weren't actually about the looks but about keeping stupid adult responsibilities on the low.

Clean your dishwasher filter.

Being a functional adult is essentially self parenting. It’s cheaper to clean and maintain than to constantly buy new or neglect issues until they snowball. Easier said than done, it’s definitely not always easy but worth the time.

You'll love thinking back to the coffee machine as a problem when you have to handle your parents estate. I won't sugar coat it: Adulting is hard.

Thank God my water supply is reasonably soft. Never had to descale my kettle.

I need to descale my coffee machine. How do I do that?

I can live with all the petty little details of day to day life. Even the medical ones as you age.

Pro Tip: when you hit 50, you really need to start looking for that doctor you intend to die on. That doctor will have all those little details documented saving you a whole bunch of time.

The one thing I absolutely hate as someone who has been faking the whole adult thing for decades now, is having to figure out what's for supper every damn day.......

This is where lasting relationships and divorce enter the building. Can you, will you deal with the coffee pot? Or do you pray, with every task, that they take care of it first? Is your other half taking care of it while you feel relief, far too often? Are you sick of taking care of it while your other half is checks other room watching YouTube and scrolling Lemmy?

Is it balanced? Or is it a question of how long until imbalance breaks things?

Adulting is tiring. Adulting is also a key to relationship maintenance.

I am still struggling with laundry, fr

French press, yo.

About a month ago…

Why am I in this picture and why does it hurt so much. ALso it's bEen 1 monTh and 12 DAys siNCe I DEscaLEd mY coFFee maChiNE.

Wait til you hit 40-50.

You get a new responsibility: taking care of your fossilizing body.
Moisturizing after your shower to prevent dry itchy skin Gel in your mouth to prevent it from drying out during your sleep. Must go to bed at regular times or else you sleep like shit

The 20 dollar coffee machine that holds 12 cups doesn't need descaling

My choice to go with instant coffee is paying dividends!

Technically quite a few months but the stupid button that is needed for descaling does not work anymore so...

No kettle. No dishwasher. No coffee machine.

Yeah. Adulting is hard :)

By Darwin, so much this. If somebody could actually convey the insane amount of work and responsibility that is heaped upon your shoulders when you start having children and running a home, you’d never grow up.

Whatever load you think you’re carrying as a teen - it’s not as much as you think.

Slowly increasing responsibilities?

Wow imagine having the privilege of a childhood

Uh-oh...

The most adult part of that sentence is the admittance you can’t just go out and buy coffee everyday either.

Get a french press or clever dripper. Much better coffee, and with the clever, much less mess.

See all the maintenance and tracking of physical portions of my adult life are fine. I have plenty of space to remember what devices need what servicing or care, to pay attention to changes in performance or observe wear.

But the cultural and societal stuff is like voodoo magic to me. Surplus cash in escrow, down deposits, and HELOCs, heck even cultural gossip as a standard of conversation. Nah doesn't do anything for me.

Ask me to manage my physical existence and I can do so indefinitely without complaints. It's the imaginary adult stuff that is beyond me.

Unfortunately, my fucking coffee machine tells me, very insistently that it’s time to descale. I usually hold out against its demands for a good couple months though.

I completely agree. If you make thoughtful decisions and stay dedicated, you can reach a point in life where you can start to slow down and enjoy the fruits of your labor. My plan, for example, is to reduce to a four-day workweek once my house is paid off, so I can spend more quality time with the people I care about most. Life requires both hard work and a bit of luck to truly succeed, but with persistence and determination, it’s possible to shape the life you want.

Best thing not to have a coffee machine then.

Fuck, I gotta descale my espresso machine too. Thanks for the reminder

I do descale my coffee machine regularly... But lately I've just been looking at the blinking orange light and developing mind blindness to it day by day...