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Adulthood Pending · July 24 · 1 hr 27 min

Nobody Warned Us About THIS | ADHP S2E4

Nobody hands you the real adult starter pack. This week we're talking about everything people conveniently forgot to warn us about: grocery shopping every three days, birthdays getting weird, learning to stop caring what strangers think, why your inner monologue runs the company, travelling, hobbies, mental health, crock pots (again), and somehow The Beatles catching strays. Somewhere between life advice and complete chaos, we accidentally put together the handbook every millennial could've used ten years ago. Running on 30%. Still showing up. Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adulthoodpending 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? We’re looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual. Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:27 Nick's WWE Weekend & Heat Dome Survival 05:15 Movie Reviews Are Broken 09:30 Leaving Jobs & Breaking Habits 13:06 Shift Work Wrecked My Body 17:00 Trauma vs Taking Back Control 20:08 Mental Health, OCD & SSRIs 22:12 It's Okay To Be Okay 23:30 Stop Caring What People Think 25:15 Do You Have An Inner Monologue? 28:00 Embrace Being Cringe 31:00 Why Birthdays Get Harder As You Age 34:35 Credit Scores, Crypto & Childhood Collectibles 40:05 Every Adult Should Travel 49:10 Childhood Games We Forgot 55:00 Hiking, Fear & Control 58:15 Disney Adults & Theme Parks 01:00:30 The Biggest Lie About Working Hard 01:02:00 Things Nobody Warned Us About 01:10:15 The Great Crock Pot Debate Returns 01:18:30 Advice We'd Give Our 18-Year-Old Selves 01:21:20 Final Thoughts 01:25:08 Blooper Reel

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Nobody hands you the real adult starter pack.


This week we're talking about everything people conveniently forgot to warn us about: grocery shopping every three days, birthdays getting weird, learning to stop caring what strangers think, why your inner monologue runs the company, travelling, hobbies, mental health, crock pots (again), and somehow The Beatles catching strays.


Somewhere between life advice and complete chaos, we accidentally put together the handbook every millennial could've used ten years ago.


Running on 30%. Still showing up.


Follow ADHP


🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending


📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW


📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW


🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adulthoodpending


💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp


🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/


Want to be a guest on ADHP?


We’re looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual.


Apply here:

https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA


Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:27 Nick's WWE Weekend & Heat Dome Survival

05:15 Movie Reviews Are Broken

09:30 Leaving Jobs & Breaking Habits

13:06 Shift Work Wrecked My Body

17:00 Trauma vs Taking Back Control

20:08 Mental Health, OCD & SSRIs

22:12 It's Okay To Be Okay

23:30 Stop Caring What People Think

25:15 Do You Have An Inner Monologue?

28:00 Embrace Being Cringe

31:00 Why Birthdays Get Harder As You Age

34:35 Credit Scores, Crypto & Childhood Collectibles

40:05 Every Adult Should Travel

49:10 Childhood Games We Forgot

55:00 Hiking, Fear & Control

58:15 Disney Adults & Theme Parks

01:00:30 The Biggest Lie About Working Hard

01:02:00 Things Nobody Warned Us About

01:10:15 The Great Crock Pot Debate Returns

01:18:30 Advice We'd Give Our 18-Year-Old Selves

01:21:20 Final Thoughts

01:25:08 Blooper Reel