Adulting- a word which is being constantly used in my life these days. Definition wise it stands for behaving in a responsible way like an adult does. Another way of interpreting it would be with the maturity one gains during the years of adulthood. But, the real question here is- how do we define the real sense of maturity?

 Maturity begins when we are able to respond to the surroundings on a correct time and location and knowing how to act. The following two terms helps us to find out about that: React and Respond. Reaction can be termed as our instant answer to a situation while Response is based on one's answer after thinking about the situation. But in a world where we are just learning to take care of ourselves, reaction and response seem a lot heavier. A space in which we sometimes feel heavy to reply to a text is occupying us with the worldly response. Overwhelming, isn't it?

Let's just a take a deep breathe and look around ourselves. There are tons  of  others who are also going through the same transition. The varying factors are the surrounding and individual experiences. We all are busy with accommodating ourselves with  adulthood. The thoughts of living away with family, paying  our own bills, doing all the chores by ourselves and  most important of all to learn from each experience and grow are  huge expectancies. No one learns anything overnight. The progression from  late assignment submissions to timely work ethics, replacing watching tv show for a whole day to just finding an hour to watch it, from finding excuses to not work to ending up working late, we all are transitioning. Sometimes, seeing others doing so well at our age pushes us to edges and we tend to forget what we have done in our lives. Having a competition is good but “ it should be with ourselves”. The thought of “ I am improving day by day is far better than ” Are they doing better than me?"

These changes in life are surely difficult to adjust but not impossible. Taking everything at its pace and letting yourself to witness your growth is truly inspiring. Adulting is not easy and it will surely break us mentally, physically and emotionally . But, we surely are greater than that and will adjust in our possible ways. If things get overboard, always share it with your closed ones. Ignoring it can be worse and will lead to something fatal. Adulting is hard but the promise of being nicer to yourself everyday and acknowledging it is what keeps our ships floating.

– A gentle reminder : Adulting gets harder but be nice to yourself. You have come this far and you will be doing great. Self-love is the key.