Feeling like an adult

[PadraigS]

Hopefully this isn't too far off topic. But sometimes I feel like an adult because I'm worrying about my weight and what I eat and having nightmares about being late for work. Then other times I think "nope I guess I'm still a child." such as my dream last night where I was spiderman fighting a dinosaur. I'm sure anyone else in their early/mid twenties know the feeling. Hell some of the older members of the rebellion probably feel the same.

[Raincloak]

Welcome to the nerd world.  We're all a shameless mix of kid and adult here.  I pretend to be a Jedi to coerce myself into doing my meditation.  I pretend to be Link when I'm hiking, and I look in logs and under rocks to see what I can find.  I pay bills and go to work just so I can maintain my private hideout (cleverly disguised as an ordinary apartment, to fool the capitalist overlords) where I can eat leftovers for breakfast and toast for dinner and keep pet reptiles and make blanket forts and read with a flashlight any damn time I please.  I turned 31 this year.  Being an adult is great.  You have to work more but playtime is even better.

[Eddyturambar]

As someone in his early 20's (21, 3 months and 14 days) sometimes i feel under leveled, sometimes i feel like i can one hit anything. The process from kid to adult was not in the tutorial and it seems the hardest one. So you're not alone, i feel your pain, brother from another mother. I like to think about it like an RPG. while you level up, also your armor, weapons and skills get better. The process of dressing better for example, was a lot easier when i looked at it that way (Getting rid of my LOTR t-shirts was hard) and i see the results now

 

[Trixie Falsae]

Just because you grow older and mature doesn't mean you have to shun imagination. The adults I have met that think being adult is 100% serious are some of the most miserable people I have met. You might have to work hard at adulting but you can still play hard too. A lot of it is figuring what is appropriate for which situation. I may have to wear scrubs and sensible hair/make-up on the job, but my off days I can rock red lipstick, go to counter-culture events or geek-out at home in my TMNT gear if I so choose. Climbing trees and rocks doesn't make me less adult; it just means I haven't lost my sense of adventure and fun.

[Ahyar Dreamspark]

On 2016-12-13 at 3:27 AM, Raincloak said:

Welcome to the nerd world.  We're all a shameless mix of kid and adult here.  I pretend to be a Jedi to coerce myself into doing my meditation.  I pretend to be Link when I'm hiking, and I look in logs and under rocks to see what I can find.  I pay bills and go to work just so I can maintain my private hideout (cleverly disguised as an ordinary apartment, to fool the capitalist overlords) where I can eat leftovers for breakfast and toast for dinner and keep pet reptiles and make blanket forts and read with a flashlight any damn time I please.  I turned 31 this year.  Being an adult is great.  You have to work more but playtime is even better.

 

...I am going to apply this fictional character filter to my life for the next challenge right now.

When you pretend to be Link, though, do you go into people's houses and break all their pots?

[Guzzi]

I'm 34 and I still haven't grown up, and what's more... I don't intend to!  

 

Obviously there are times where I need to be sensible but as long as my bills are paid on time, I'm not running up debts, and my living space is clean and tidy then I'm good. The rest of the time I act my shoe size.  

[Anim07734]

We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.  (Attributed to both Ben Franklin and George Bernard Shaw)

 

Personally, I bought a house because my apartment had run out of room for new toys and to get a backyard to eventually build a Ninja Warrior course.  One of the factors in picking this particular house was the climbing tree in the front yard.  It's also an excellent investment and I spend a lot of time renovating to further increase the value.

 

My desk at work is "decorated" with transformers, which I transform and pose when I'm waiting for information on million dollar test programs.  I've threatened to bring in more, but I don't have room for all of them.

 

I still go to conventions to show off my homemade superhero costumes.  As opposed to the superhero shirts I wear under my work shirts (Under Armour FTW).

 

I turn 33 in less than 2weeks. 

[WolfDreamer]

On 12/12/2016 at 4:54 PM, PadraigS said:

Hopefully this isn't too far off topic. But sometimes I feel like an adult because I'm worrying about my weight and what I eat and having nightmares about being late for work. Then other times I think "nope I guess I'm still a child." such as my dream last night where I was spiderman fighting a dinosaur. I'm sure anyone else in their early/mid twenties know the feeling. Hell some of the older members of the rebellion probably feel the same.

 

Dude, I'm 37, and just the other day I had a dream about fending off zombies. I still dream that I'm a wolf running through the woods. You are among like-minded fellow "children". 

[Guzzi]

Randmart, I want to be that dude now. I'm fed up of looking young and feeling old, lol!  

[PadraigS]

I now feel justified in being a child. Thank you all!

[Guzzi]

37 minutes ago, PadraigS said:

I now feel justified in being a child. Thank you all!

 

Oh, and by the way... you obviously haven't been here very long if you think this is "too far off topic" lol! You should see some of the shit we talk about, ain't that right @RandMart?  

[PadraigS]

Nope only been on the forums a month or so. Been part of the academy maybe 6 months though

[Guzzi]

29 minutes ago, PadraigS said:

Nope only been on the forums a month or so. Been part of the academy maybe 6 months though

 

Ahhhh.... Welcome to the mad house!  

[Red1263]

Me: Oh I'm totally an adult.

*hears something new about something nerdy*

Me:... *squeals*

Mind you, I'm a 29 year old functioning person/thing

I think I express the kid in me, by letting my enthusiasm show towards people who are utterly gray about the world. I show how excited I am about hearing something in the science field or in the nerdy field. I act goofy or crack jokes with people I've never met before, and one thing I've noticed is that it's refreshing to them (sometimes).

sent from my phone whilst exploring new dungeons

[Guzzi]

@Red1263 I'm a bit like that with miserable people. When I get asked "how are you"by someone (in that I-can't-really-give-a-fuck-but-I-have-to-ask way) I try to answer with a really positive affirmation, "I'm great!" or "fantastic, thank you!" and proceed to tell them why thing are great (maybe it's a nice day or I spoke to a friend on the phone, anything positive at all) then proceed to ask them how they are in return. It's quite funny watching them try to work out how to response.  

[Red1263]

11 hours ago, Guzzi said:

@Red1263 I'm a bit like that with miserable people. When I get asked "how are you"by someone (in that I-can't-really-give-a-fuck-but-I-have-to-ask way) I try to answer with a really positive affirmation, "I'm great!" or "fantastic, thank you!" and proceed to tell them why thing are great (maybe it's a nice day or I spoke to a friend on the phone, anything positive at all) then proceed to ask them how they are in return. It's quite funny watching them try to work out how to response.  

 

Guzzi! That is almost EXACTLY what I do! Or I wait for their reply (usually "good" or "Alright") and then I ask them "Why is it good?" or something along those lines and their expressions change, because it broke their detached cycle of small talk. It's kinda fun to watch.

[Raincloak]

Adult approach: sometimes it's simpler to just murmur "I'm fine, nice/bad weather today huh?" and go about your business.  

 

I work in customer service and when I want people on the phone to cooperate, a moderately positive "I'm doing great today, how bout you?" (and acting like I care about the answer) seems to get better results.  As someone (Terry Pratchett maybe?) put it, these seemingly pointless niceties are the lube that eases the glide of social intercourse.  They do actually have a purpose.  Social science backs this up, for you nerds who need proof...

[Red1263]

Adult approach: sometimes it's simpler to just murmur "I'm fine, nice/bad weather today huh?" and go about your business.  

 

I work in customer service and when I want people on the phone to cooperate, a moderately positive "I'm doing great today, how bout you?" (and acting like I care about the answer) seems to get better results.  As someone (Terry Pratchett maybe?) put it, these seemingly pointless niceties are the lube that eases the glide of social intercourse.  They do actually have a purpose.  Social science backs this up, for you nerds who need proof...

True, but people have been doing this nearly all of their lives. They need to be woken up or surprised every now and then, to remind them that life has curveballs

sent from my phone whilst exploring new dungeons

[Guzzi]

3 hours ago, RandMart said:

 

Gotta be careful when googling that

 

Hey! This is the "Feeling like an adult" thread, not the "Acting like an adolescent" one.  

[PadraigS]

Are they that different though? You don't realize you're grown up till you don't have to be.

[Red1263]

1 hour ago, RandMart said:

 

Got an idea for a new song the other night

 

The hook is "Acting like a teenager again, for the third time around"

 

Sounds like a Blink 182 song

[Guzzi]

50 minutes ago, RandMart said:

I'm gonna steal from the Ramones:"They're piling in the back seat. They're generating steam heat."

 

It's about D'Wife & me "killing time" while waiting to pick up D'Kid and her friends from the movies a couple weeks ago

 

Dude!!! Too much information!