THINGS NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT BEING AN ADULT

I turn 20 in four months and I've never dreaded anything more. Since turning 17, my life has been a rollercoaster of trying to figure my life out and so far, so bad. No one ever tells you that you have to pay your own bills, or that you have to get a job to survive. No one ever tells you how hard it is to have to do your own laundry or how much you will miss the free meals that await you when you ditch your family for a whole day.

 Being an adult is great, I mean it's like simultaneously knowing you shouldn't watch just one more episode on Netflix whilst also knowing nobody can stop you. On the other hand, being an adult is the dumbest thing I've ever done. Here's how I feel:

 

 

When your parents kick you off their family plan, forcing you to pay your own cell phone bill.

You have to pay rent.

Your metabolism is too slow to eat fast food. You do it anyway, and self-pity immediately sets in.

You have to pay back the massive sum that is your student loans.

You start going to bed at 10 p.m., because you have to be up at 6 a.m. for work, and yes, because you're fucking tired.

Your mailbox is now full of bills, not money-filled cards from relatives.

You never see your friends because they're too busy shopping with their significant others

 9 to 5 is a time for mourning and depression.

You can no longer break laws without serious consequences.

When life hits you so hard in the face, you don't see it coming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you realise what it meant to have free food

 

 

However, being an adult does have some perks like,

 

 The ability to not give a shit is amazing because it doesn’t affect anyone else.

  

 

Having your own credit card(s) makes you live life like a boss.

 

 

 

 You do what you want, when you want, because you want to.

 

EX CHOCOHOLIC

Growing up, I loved chocolates. I was one of those kids who couldn't go a day without eating chocolate or having some form of sweets. However, I ate so many snickers when I was 15 that I made myself ill. I became more of a stress eater and not someone who ate it because I liked it. I usually hate nuts but I kind of realised the only chocolates I still eat are ones with nuts. I hate dark and milk chocolates, I only eat the white ones and even then, they have to be certain brands.

I think the worst thing about hating chocolates is not being able to eat birthday cakes. Most people tend to get gooey chocolate cakes for their birthdays and I don't know why, but what I do know is that the smell drives me insane and makes me physically want to puke. As I'm writing this, all I can picture is someone forcing chocolate down my throat and it's not a good feeling. I think I would pick Blue cheese over chocolate if need be, and I'm lactose intolerant which is definitely saying a lot.

Anyway, there are very few chocolates that I do like and some may argue that they aren't really chocolate because they're white but who cares? These are the chocolates that I like and eat.

These are basically the white Ferrero Rochers, and they've got a coconut flavour and a nut in side of them, with a cream filling.

No words needed, white delicious goodness.

TIMES GIRLS HAVE BEEN JENNIFER LAWRENCE

I love Jennifer Lawrence, she's real and the girl loves to eat just like me. I found this article the other day on 18 times Jennifer Lawrence has said what we were all thinking and it couldn't be any more accurate. Enjoy the day and here's a few gifs of her being amazing!

 

 

 

CHILLI

I love spices and hot food, there's not many things I can eat without them having a tang to them because otherwise, they taste really bland. I recently got a present from a friend, which was a matchbox with four of the hottest chilli in the world in it. It's been nearly 4 months since I've had it and I'm still too frightened to try it because I'm just not ready to say goodbye to life. I read this article the other day and this was their list of the hottest-peppers in the world, although I reckon I could hack them.

Okay, so the hottest one in the matchbox, which also happens to be the hottest one in the world, is the GHOST pepper, it is originally called Bhut Jolokia, and it is cultivated in Assam, India.

The next one is the 7 Pot chilli, which looks as spicy as it sounds, no chance in hell that I'm ever trying it. Well, except I'm paid to. It originated from Trinidad, and has its place as the second hottest chilli in the world.

 
The next one is the Moruga chilli, also known as Moruga Scorpion and originates from Trinidad too. It's got a similar look to the 7 Pot chilli but is said to be as spicy as the Ghost Pepper, maybe even more so.

And for the last one, Butch T which is also from Trinidad. Trinidad is killing the spice game and it kind of makes me contemplate if I ever want to go there now. Pretty scared for my life. Also called Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper.

There it is. All this spice in the world, and people still choose to be salty meh. That's a really bad joke but whatever. Whatever you do, whatever game you play, do not do one that involves you being dared to eat these because you might die or something.

A LIST OF RULES OF DOS AND DONT'S ON A NIGHT OUT

You know when you're feeling to go out with a few friends, let your hair down and have a drink, that feeling of euphoria of planning what to wear and how exactly you THINK your night's going to turn out, but it ends up the exact opposite? Yeah, pretty sucks when that happens. SO, I've decided to make a post on how to avoid disappointments and how to get into your night properly without feeling poo. Here are a few rules to guide thee:

DONTS

1. DON'T PLAN. I REPEAT, DO NOT PLAN
- Not everything in life needs planning, sometimes it's just easier to wing things and let them happen in their natural way.

2. DO NOT ASSUME THAT YOUR FRIENDS WON'T DITCH YOU,
- Chances are, they will

3. WHEN DRINKING, DO NOT MIX WINE AD SPIRITS
- Never ends well

4. DO NOT DRINK ON AN EMPTY STOMACH
- You get intoxicated quicker, with more chances of throwing up.

5. DO NOT GO HOME WITH A STRANGER
- Especially if they look creepy.

6. DO NOT BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT STAND IN THE CORNER
- You've gone out for a reason, to dance....duh


And now, for the DOS

1. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHES
- You don't want to be that guy/girl that has a wardrobe mishap on the dance floor.

2. DRINK WATER BETWEEN DRINK INTERVALS, THAT WAY YOU DON'T GET THAT BAD OF A HANGOVER

3. ALWAYS HAVE YOUR PHONE ON AND CHARGED
- You never know what might happen.

4. YOU'RE OUT TO HAVE FUN, DO JUST THAT AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT OUT!

P.S. DO NOT TAKE SAMBUCCA AND JAGER SHOTS, THEY ARE RANCID UGH!

MY LIFE AT UNIVERSITY SO FAR

Before coming to university, I had this idea of what it would be in my head and how it would all play out, but it turned out to be the exact opposite of what I'd imagined! The one thing I never wanted to do twice was high school, and it feels like I'm living it all over again.

This has literally been me this entire term, Wanting to bang my head against the wall is a feeling I'm quite accustomed to now.

The stage where I hated most people

When I tried to find my way around my lecture rooms and failed disastrously.

When I realised it wasn't going to get better.

I became a cold hearted person whose reaction to everything and everyone was this.

When the people I thought to be my friends disappointed me.

DEADLINES, DEADLINES, DEADLINES!

After every hectic day

 

Need I say more?

The times I wanted to be the little girl hugging Sulley

When someone disagreed with my opinion

When my life started to go wrong

For every time my tutor told me what they expected of me

 When someone I met on a drunken night out tried to speak me to me on a different day.

For every time I had a blast from the past.

For those who thought I cared

A struggle every students knows too well

Just because

When there was no Wi-Fi

Waiting for term breaks like


But in the end, it's all worth seeing those good grades and meeting new people, possibly friends who you'll have for life. It might be like high school, but with booze and way more fun !
AND YOU COME OUT ON TOP