The dark side of the psyche is 80% “I thought I would be past having to deal with this _____ shit by now 🤬”
You start adulting a behavior not when you first start doing it for yourself but when you first realize you’re probably going to have to keep doing it till you die.
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The adulting mode of anything is just another tax on the rest of your life. Like effort shock but for maintenance. The lifetime maintenance burden for an adult behavior only goes up, never down. The sense of pride/mastery at doing anything for yourself fades. The cost doesn’t.

