adulting.

being a grown-up is hard. every day i learn something new, and i am still constantly refer to myself as a baby. i thought i was really old and mature and that twenty-two is basically the new thirty, and then i realized everyone else in the world seems to have at least 6 years on me and way more experience in the field of being a fully functioning adult.

for some reason, you're supposed to graduate from college, leave the campus world where you are oh-so-coddled and then go to the normal world and be "responsible" overnight. i mean, in college meals are paid for AND prepared for you, you live in a city and don't pay rent, your job is to go to class where you read good stuff and write about it, there is a starbucks five feet from your room and you get to use fake money to pay for it, and the list goes on. Then you're thrusted into the "real world" where  you are expected to pay rent on time, plus comcast, plus pepco, plus dc water. oh, and if you want to eat, you need to buy groceries and plan your meals. then, you also need to pay back all that money you used to pay for college with one thousand percent interest. and all this needs to be paid for with your measly, entry-level, salary. adulthood.

luckily for my bostonian friends, they have made a gathering place where you can workshop your way to being a fully functioning adult. while i was home for thanksgiving, i went to this magical place called "the society of grown-ups" with my dear friend rylee (it was actually the best to see rylee since i haven't seen her since she became a mrs!). they offer financial workshops on money management (we have no money to manage), and supper clubs (it was morning) as well as chats on things like coffee and life (we love coffee). naturally, we went with the coffee chat.

i always feel awkward taking photos of stuff like this, hence the lackluster composition, i was rushing so i would seem obvious (?)

the place was super duper cute and although the tasting was delicious, what we basically learned is that liking really good coffee is time consuming, requires a lot of brain power, can get quite expensive (bur grinder, freshly roasted beans, pour over system, fancy spouted kettle, scale, cute mug). but, we did walk away extremely well caffeinated and firm in the knowledge that going and spending two dollars on pour-over coffee from peregrine or filter, is way better then spending two dollars on the giant machine coffee from starbucks.

so, yes being an adult isn't easy, but at least i know the $4 i have left after paying all my bills is well spent at all my favorite boutique coffee shops.