As the name of this website suggests, I started this to record my journey through adulting, and I have miserably failed at doing so, both documenting adulting and somewhat at adulting too.
Adulting to me has been about two things; earning money and living well independently.
1. Making Money
I now make money, not a lot of it, but enough to sustain myself and save a decent amount still, I haven’t changed to a new job in the last 10 months and I don’t think I am planning to change it in near future.
I am still looking to optimize my regular income, I am worth almost 3x of what I earn today and I will soon take a pay upgrade as the business stabilizes with the new company.
2. Living well independently
So now that I am over the getting money part, let’s get to the other half, “living well”.
Tbh, I haven’t been doing great in this department, I haven’t been living well.
In fixing the “getting paid to do stuff I like to do”, I have been on a treadmill for the past 5-6 years, and for the past two years, I have been realising that it isn’t sustainable, the amount of work, the amount of time it costs is immense.
It is very common for me to hear people say things like, “why do you always have to talk about work when we meet?” because honestly, that’s the only thing I have been thinking about for all of these years.
One thing that has changed drastically other than my size and weight, is that I have been falling sick, more often than I have ever been. I am severely sick almost once every month and I still work through that time because I cannot afford to slow down, I don’t allow myself to slow down.
I still cannot make my own food, do groceries or do dishes or clean my room, or do anything in general.
I am very dependent on people around me and services to let me live and well, it hasn’t been going so well so far.
I order almost one meal from zomato every single day and eat out at least 3 times per week, I barely ever eat two meals at home, that too not cooked by me or having even had a cent of contribution.
Why does my life suck?
It’s not that I don’t want to contribute at home or try and become independent, it’s just that I don’t have the time to do any of it.
The treadmill has been running really fast for the past two months since I started working on the new company, to an extent that I am barely keeping up the pace.
This is about making a conscious choice, making a life choice to revisit, reflect and redirect things in the direction I would want to adult into.
If you are reading this, go reflect on how you are adulting, what to change, and how are you going to do it. :/
