Sleeping is more important than whatever you used to stay up late at night doing- Saving money becomes more important rather than spending it.
- You buy an expensive desk chair because of back problems.
- You don’t care how things look but how they function.
- Being popular isn’t important, being authentic is.
- Things that save you time are valuable to you.
- You are ok with being wrong, and you can learn from others.
- You look to yourself as sometimes the best mentor you can have.
- Doctors are your friend, not a burden.
- You eat things that make you feel good, not that always taste good.
- You can say no to things that don’t help you, even though you are tempted by them.
- Your appearance is not a reflection of your self-worth.
- Your success is about being happy not about achieving an arbitrary standard.
- You love based on what is inside, not for superficial reasons.
- You give because you want to, not for any other reason.
- Doing things to excess aren’t fun anymore, and being balanced seems a better strategy.
- You realize time is so important that money is nothing compared to that.
- You pay for things that you can do yourself because you would rather spend time doing other things.
- You start to see the essential tragedy and comedy of the human condition.
- You look forward to things that are silly to others but encouraging to you.
- You forgive others who may have done the best they knew how to do in the past.
- The past and the future are an illusion and you live in the present.
- You read silly lists like this to see if you have forgotten anything important or to remind yourself of your own values.
- Insults don’t bother you. That person has issues that have nothing to do with you.
- How other people treat you says everything about themselves and nothing about you. They don’t know who you are.
You know your adult when…