Millenial Mind
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We Learned the Pythagorean Theorem, But Nobody Taught Us How to Adult
The 90s Kid Guide to Things School Never Prepared Us For Somewhere in my brain, taking up valuable storage space, is this: a² + b² = c². The Pythagorean theorem. I learned it in school, memorized it for a test, and somehow still remember it all these years later. Have I used it since graduating? Not that I can remember. But you know what I have needed? How to understand health insurance. How to build credit. How to file taxes without questioning my entire existence. How to budget when everything seems to cost approximately a million dollars. And how to be a functioning adult when I’m basically a permanently exhausted…
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The 90s Kid’s Guide to Rebuilding Your Life at Any Age
Because apparently adulthood comes with a reset button nobody told us about. Remember when we were kids in the 90s and the worst thing that could happen was losing all our progress in a video game because we forgot to save? Game over. You’d get frustrated, maybe throw the controller onto the couch, and eventually pick it back up and try again. Funny how starting over was perfectly normal back then. But now that we’re adults? Starting over somehow feels like failing. I’m 30, and I’m realizing that the life I imagined for myself growing up looks nothing like the life I’m actually living. I thought I’d have everything figured…
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A Millennial Trying Her Best-ish While Running an Online Business
Because apparently surviving adulthood wasn’t challenging enough, I decided to become my own boss… while still having a regular job. Remember when we were kids in the ‘90s and thought being an adult meant having everything figured out? A steady job. A house. Financial stability. Maybe a little extra money for fun things. Yeah. That was adorable. Fast-forward to my 30s, and here I am running an online business, working a regular job, managing multiple websites, creating digital products, designing artwork, building apps, and trying to remember whether I’ve actually eaten lunch. And somehow, I’m still wondering what I want to be when I grow up. Welcome to being a…
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Maybe This Is My Season of Undoing, Not Doing More
Because apparently, even resting feels like something I need to accomplish. I’ve spent so much of my life trying to keep up. Keep up with work.Keep up with responsibilities.Keep up with my creative projects.Keep up with everyone else’s expectations. And somewhere along the way, I think I forgot how to just… exist. Without feeling guilty about it. I recently came across the idea of a season of undoing, inspired by something Allison Lyons shared, and it really stuck with me. Because what if this chapter of my life isn’t about doing more? What if it’s about unlearning everything that convinced me I wasn’t doing enough in the first place? The World…
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Being an Adult Is Basically Being a Permanently Exhausted Pigeon
We grew up watching Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide. Too bad nobody made an adulthood version. Remember when we were kids in the 90s and thought adults had everything figured out? They knew how to pay bills, make appointments, cook dinner, manage money, and somehow keep an entire household functioning. I genuinely thought that when I became an adult, all this knowledge would just magically appear in my brain. Like, congratulations! You’re 18! Here’s your official adulthood handbook. Spoiler alert: THERE IS NO HANDBOOK. I’m now 30, and I’ve come to the conclusion that adulthood is basically being a permanently exhausted pigeon. Just wandering around, trying to survive, occasionally finding…
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We Were Taught to Respect Our Elders Before We Were Taught to Respect Ourselves
Another 3 AM thought from a 30-something who’s still figuring out boundaries, people-pleasing, and this whole adulthood thing. Growing up as a millennial, I remember hearing one particular phrase over and over again. “Respect your elders.” And with that came a whole list of unwritten rules. Be polite. Don’t talk back. Don’t question adults. Don’t make a scene. Keep the peace. And whatever you do, don’t be disrespectful. We were taught to respect our parents, teachers, bosses, and pretty much anyone older than us. But somewhere along the way, I think we missed an important lesson. What about respecting ourselves? When Did Respect Become Staying Quiet? I don’t think teaching…
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Remember When Our Biggest Worries Were So Simple? 💜
We wanted to grow up so badly. Nobody warned us about bills, burnout, and having to figure out dinner every single night. Remember when our biggest worries were whether Mom would let us stay home from school? Or whether we’d finish our homework before our favorite TV show came on? Maybe it was deciding whether to spend our allowance on candy, a new CD, or something from the mall. And remember when getting grounded and losing TV privileges felt like the end of the world? Seriously, we had no idea what was coming. 😂 As a ‘90s kid, I couldn’t wait to grow up. No bedtime. No homework. No parents telling…
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I’m Tired of Being Tired, but Life Doesn’t Exactly Pause for Me
When you’re mentally exhausted, emotionally overwhelmed, and still trying to be a functioning adult. Can I admit something? Sometimes I’m just tired. Not the kind of tired where you need a good night’s sleep. I’m talking about that deep, mentally and emotionally exhausted kind of tired. The kind where your brain has been running nonstop, your emotions are all over the place, and even the smallest responsibilities suddenly feel enormous. And the frustrating part? Life doesn’t exactly stop because you’re overwhelmed. There’s still work. Responsibilities. People who need things from you. And about a million thoughts running through your head. Meanwhile, I’m over here trying to remember what I walked…
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I’m 30, Still Figuring Life Out, and Sometimes I Feel Behind
Watching everyone else move forward while I’m still trying to find my own way. I’m going to admit something I struggle with more than I’d like. Thanks for reading 30somethingandstillfiguringitout! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. I’m 30, and sometimes I feel like I’m falling behind in life. I look around and see people I went to school with getting married, having kids, buying houses, and settling into careers. Meanwhile, I’m over here still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. 😂 I work in retail, I’m building my own creative business, and I have about a million ideas…