Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy Steps Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00COGPGLG | Format: PDF
Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy Steps Description
If you graduated from college but still feel like a student...if you wear a business suit to job interviews but pajamas to the grocery store...if you have your own apartment but no idea how to cook or clean...it's OK. But it doesn't have to be this way.
Just because you don't feel like an adult doesn't mean you can't act like one. And it all begins with this funny, wise, and useful book. Based on Kelly Williams Brown's popular blog, Adulting makes the scary, confusing "real world" approachable, manageable - and even conquerable. This guide will help you to navigate the stormy Sea of Adulthood so that you may find safe harbor in Not Running Out of Toilet Paper Bay, and along the way you will learn:
- What to check for when renting a new apartment - not just the nearby bars, but the faucets and stove, among other things
- When a busy person can find time to learn more about the world - It involves the intersection of NPR and hair-straightening
- How to avoid hooking up with anyone in your office - Imagine your coworkers having plastic, featureless doll crotches. It helps
- The secret to finding a mechanic you love - or, more realistically, one that will not rob you blind
From breaking up with frenemies to fixing your toilet, this way fun comprehensive handbook is the answer for aspiring grown-ups of all ages.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 9 hours and 58 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: May 7, 2013
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00COGPGLG
Ok, so I want to address some of the negative reviews I've seen of this book. Things like, "Do you really need someone to tell you what cleaning supplies to buy?" And the answer is no, but there are so many other helpful things. I would have never thought to have a spare toothbrush on hand for when people stay at my house, but that is a great, grown up thing to do. I also love the way Kelly prioritizes things, like how to stock a kitchen. Economically, this is not an easy time to be a 20 something. She gives a list showing which kitchen supplies are most necessary to least necessary, and it makes figuring out how to stock a kitchen less overwhelming. The thing is, if you've been an adult for 10 plus years, I can see how it makes us sound stupid to not know how to do the things you do everyday. But with culture changing, more and more young people are moving into the adult world as singles. We don't have the support, financially or emotionally, of a significant other (or parents for many of us), nor do we have the option of being home and figuring out 'home-stuff' while our significant other works. We have a lot to learn in a lot of different areas of life, and we have to figure it all out quickly and at the same time. We are more than capable of doing this, but having resources like 'Adulting' speeds up the process exponentially, and helps us to organize all of the things we need to learn. A theme of this book is kindness and graciousness toward others, and I would encourage those who have been adults for a long time to interact with those of us just becoming adults with kindness and grace.
By sbodnar05
Adulting is a must-read for anyone in their twenties! Author Kelly Williams Brown has penned an incredibly helpful how-to geared toward twenty-somethings who may be grown up but don't always feel like it.
We all have gaps in our knowledge (I freely admit to being a dunce when it comes to car maintenance) and Adulting helps fill in the most necessary ones in 468 simply-stated steps. It's an incredibly useful resource, and I'm positive I'll be re-reading the areas I need to focus on many times. But what I enjoyed best about Adulting wasn't the tips themselves (though that is why I recommend the book), but rather Ms. Williams Brown's writing style. Adulting is incredibly funny and a pure joy to read.
Adulting is a brilliant, helpful book that I'm glad I own. If you're a twenty-something who doesn't have adulthood all figured out (and face it, most of us don't), then I highly recommend spending an afternoon reading Adulting.
Kimberly
Review courtesy of Wit and Sin
By Kimberly
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