A new survey asked people to list things you need to accomplish before you’re officially a “grown up.” Here are the top ten answers according to how popular they were, not the order you do them:
1. Open a bank account.
2. Learn how to change a light bulb. Which is weird, but hard to argue against. Because how many grown ups are still baffled by that process?
3. Learn to write a decent resume.
4. Get a job.
5. Get your driver’s license.
6. Apply for a mortgage.
7. Do your own taxes.
8. Budget for something big, like a wedding. Somehow “getting married” didn’t make the top 20 though.
9. Ask someone on a date.
10. Put together at least three pieces of Ikea-style furniture. The rest of the top 20 included learning how to eat healthy . . . learning to negotiate . . . and being responsible for another living thing, meaning a child or a pet.