10:20pm ADULTHOOD by Jon Batiste from WE ARE
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“Young people wonder how the adult world can be so boring. The secret is that it is not boring to adults because they have learnt to enjoy simple things like covert malice at one another’s expense. This is why they talk so much about the value of human understanding and sympathy. It has a certain rarity value in their world.” — Celia Green, Advice to Clever Children
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Moderation Is Overrated

What habit do you defend even though you know it’s indefensible? Here’s the thing everyone loves to clutch pearls about: my caffeine habit. I drink enough caffeine to legally qualify as a minor electrical grid. Energy drinks. All day. Every day. People tell me I shouldn’t like they’re breaking news that stimulants aren’t on the wellness bingo card. Thanks, Doc Instagram. I know it’s indefensible. I just don’t care. Caffeine is the duct tape holding my brain together. It’s […]

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If adulthood feels heavier than it should, this is why.

The Adult Manual: Everything You Were Supposed to Learn but Didn't, by Ian Price

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I complain, and here is my List of Grievances

If you were to ask my Miracles of Christ, they would tell you I complain about rooms not clean, plates and dishes not picked up, and a general lack of solitude. Here are some other things you&#8217…

Funny Parenting Stories for Fathers (and Mothers)
The real tragedy of growing up isn’t responsibility.
It’s forgetting how to be where your feet are.
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Responsibility Is a Punishment

What’s a responsibility you never asked for but somehow own now? I never asked to be responsible. I didn’t want it. I didn’t plan on it. I just wanted a job where I showed up, did the work, and went home. Then Domino’s happened. I didn’t volunteer to be “him.” I just didn’t screw up. That’s the whole résumé. Show up. Stay calm. Fix things. Suddenly you’ve got the keys, the problems, and everyone else’s mess. That’s how it works. Competence is a trap. Ovens […]

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/26/responsibility-is-a-punishment/