TRYING TO EAT WELL, EXERCISE, WORK FOR A LIVING, KEEPING YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER, LOOKING AFTER MENTAL HEALTH, KEEPING UP WITH PERSONAL HYGIENE, GETTING AT LEAST 8 HOURS SLEEP AND HAVING A SOCIAL LIFE ALL AT THE SAME TIME. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL.
when you strip the bedsheets to wash, and forget to remake the bed until you go to bed at like 11.30pm and then realise you need to put new sheets on before you can sleep! 🙁
HAHAHA! We have "bin club" in my street....all the bins get put at the end of our row of houses, so you have to roll your bin past everyone else's front windows, and all the houses wait to see who's gonna put their bin out first, to make sure they get the right colour (blue or green) - curtains twitch all over if you hear the bins! "Bin club" is the collective name for the regulars who put out their bins..one day, our neighbours moved, and new people came in and suddenly, their bin was out on a completely random day....BIN CLUB FREAKED OUT!!! There were so many quiet twitterings over fences, as everyone wondered if we'd got the days messed up (it was near xmas) and for about 2 days noone knew what to do with their bin...some bins came out, then disappeared again...it was carnage! I now have FULL RESPECT for my new neighbours, because i'M CONVINCED they only put it out there to fuck with Bin Club....and thats some funny shit. lol
I used to pack the online shopping at Tesco. I will never when the orange squash was out of stock and was suggested to send an orange scented washing liquid. WASHING LIQUID!!! (We get annoyed too lol)
karenbranney My student digs are by the coast. We have to put rocks on our bins to stop them blowing away and there's a special area where they go, which is designed as a windbreaker - Currently experiencing 60mph winds 😂
Although I am at the very start of adulting (22) I feel all of this shit on an emotional level. I cried the other week when my phone, rent and car rego all came in at once. such bullshit.
Lauren Sheridan haha I feel like emotional level hit an all new level when the harsh reality of adulthood hit. I can't see life through rose tinted glasses anymore and everything seems to increase in difficulty 2 fold, but at least we're not on that boat alone 😂
Lauren Sheridan haha I feel like emotional level hit an all new level when the harsh reality of adulthood hit. I can't see life through rose tinted glasses anymore and everything seems to increase in difficulty 2 fold, but at least we're not on that boat alone 😂
The most annoying adult thing for me is trying do decide what you will eat during the week. Back then my mum just decided and I now feel like I didnt appreciated it enough. Sitting in front of the list you are writing for grocery shopping and you don't have a fucking clue.. "Spaghetti? Or maybe a Chickensalad. Damn. We just had one last week."
You should do a vid a month or a vid every 2 months where you grab a coffee, set your camera stand and camera up and just update us about what's been pissing you off. In this exact spot!!! Just weird little nifty things hahaha
Remembering when insurance is due. Ugh. Keeping a pet alive all by yourself. Buying insurance for that pet. Getting up and going to work on time and not getting a 'well done' for the effort. The list goes on..........pssst, adulting tricks - put the 'nearly off chicken' in the freezer until you need it, keep a cupboard empty so you can throw all your shit in it for when people come round unexpectedly.....and *whisper* its accepting not excepting. BUT adulting, yeah, woop.
Washing and drying cutlery, pots, pans etc. I cant even explain how much I hate washing up. and having to wash out the recycling (dont know if thats just my area thats required to do it) so the bin men dont throw a hissy fit and while we're at it, cars, like cars in general because they are the most annoying and expensive thing and to keep my car I have to work and to be able to work and get to said work, i need a car.. CARS
Looking like a 19 year old at the age of 24.. Everyone treats me like a child, but expects me to act like an adult!! I agree with everything you said! Great video xo
natadamscole completely agree with you, I got asked the other day if I was a child on the bus (under 16) when I'm 28, dunno whether I should be pi**ed off or accept it as a complement. But I always feel like people treat me as a child because of looking young
Haha I feel your pain on all of these, it's a never ending battle and it just doesn't seem to get easier!!! My biggest battle of adulting is trying to keep on top of the housework aswell as go to work and have a life..... things sometimes are just shit and you spend the day in bed!! 👍🏻✌🏻
im 17 and i have these problems. Having to pay for rent, bills, keeping yourself healthy (food and exercise), keeping yourself mentally healthy, having a social life, having college and work to do at home but when you are not at college you are at work, nightmare!
MISSING BIN WEEK. I'm in a one bedroom apartment so we get mini bins (half the size of most people's bins and the only one that is every week is organic which is never full). I'm still playing catch up after moving in 3 months ago and having all the rubbish and recycling from the move!
Amy Earle Urgh same! My bins are tiny and I'm too stubborn to pay £20 each to upgrade them to bigger ones! Such a struggle!! 😩 everything has so much packaging it drives me mad!! Why do the supermarkets wrap things so many times!!
My biggest biggest pet peeved is not quite an adulting problem but a student one of when you need to do your laundry whilst living in student halls they charge you for a wash and a dry cycle and its not even included in the rent which works out to be £130 a week and its £5 for a wash and dry!!
What, it's not included? And then 5 pounds for ONE wash and dry? Holy shit :'D Better only wash once a week then and literally swim in piles of clothing.
MsHydrolove yup it's ridiculous, luckily the washers and dryers are slightly bigger than usual so I can do a week's worth of clothes in one load of each but it's a pain if I need to do bedding and towels at the same time XD
Sarah Cheal I take it home when I go visit but i have to go on a train for an hour and a half and then take a 20 minute drive to get home so it's not the easiest XD just glad I've only got 6 weeks left of this uni term XD
FashionableTimewaster I live in Germany and in my dorm they charge 2 euro automatically, even though one wash = 1€. BUT NOBODY HAS SPACE FOR A SECOND WASH. So basically on the laundry day you go around the dorm asking people if they wanna share the one wash with you. meh
When you do online shopping you can leave a note with each individual product. For example, when the order for the salmon comes up on the personal shopper's gun, you can leave a note with it saying 'only substitute with other counter fish.' or something like that. You can do the same with the dates problem.
My house looks like a Chinese laundry because our weather is so damn unpredictable.. my staircase is even full. Hahaha 4 seasons in one day.. or one weekend!
Put it in a black bag, take it to the tesco bin, shove it in and then run to cover your shame. Shame last a minute, missing bin day lasts a month. You do the maths.
keiran bowes there's a school round the corner from me. Those bins get emptied once a week. I have climbed over the gate before at midnight to sneak a bag of rubbish in.
Amazon prime literally ruins my house with their ridiculous packaging, boxing a box is not cool. They should offer to do a cardboard pickup because bloody hell, the bin man hates me.
What sucks the most for me atm is how fucking expensive healthy eating is, especially after the new year prices have rised, a kilo of tomatoes costs fucking 4-5 €. If you want to save money you just eat instant noodles all day every day, thats what some friends did during university xD
This is all so relatable! Especially the laundry one! I mean with a small child and the boyfriend moving in recently, my washing seems to be never ending! And shopping! My god! I get really excited for a meal that I've thought out, go to get everything I need, then getting home and realising I forgot the most important part! Adulting is a never ending nightmare.
This video has had me in stitches, they are all so true 😂 I've spent too much time running after binmen hahaha. Makes me wonder why I wanted to get my own place? 🤔
also if your clothes smell damp when you take them out of the washing machine and you can't work out why maybe put a washing machine cleaner through it, I buy one from Wilko called Dr.Beckham or Dr.Becket something like that it's only about £4 and I only have to do it every six months, sorts the smell right out
Yes to all of this! I moved out with my boyfriend a year ago and everything is so much effort - food shopping, cooking, washing up, laundry, bins!! I never realised how much adults have to deal with!! xx
Absolutely agree with all points! I've had a bit more time to ajust into adulthood (I'm 30) but I still have no idea what I'm doing most of the time ;) Regarding waste, now that you have a nice roomy handbag, leave a bag for life in there and you'll notice that you'll bring home less useless plastic bags. What's been bugging me the most is how, as I age, and earn more money, I got used to nicer things/more comfort and I find it more frustrating (and also so much more expensive!) to plan for a holiday. In my early 20s I'd just improvise and was happy with long journeys on the megabus and crappy hostels. How did I become so oooold?
In the US we have a 'bin day', but it's every week for both garbage and recycling - I can't imagine alternating weeks and getting each emptied only once every two weeks!
I live with my parents and sisters but they are all on holiday so I'm home alone and I feel like I'm getting an Adulting Free-trial week.... so far I've put off doing the grocery shopping for 5 days, am I doing it right?
Jude Felicis Omg i feel you, my parents are coming back from holiday tonight and i cant wait! While they were away i managed to break the washing machine, pop a tyre on my car by going down a massive pot hole, and have the mother of all tooth aches.
I relate so much !! I'm just 20 but I live alone (parents' house at least ) with two pets, and I have to deal with everything since my parents live abroad !! Medical fees for me and my pets, small jobs to have a bit more cash, cleaning, groceries, repairing stuff, studies plus my driver license that I don't have !! I'm young but I'm more adulting than most people I know !! I feel you so much !! And yeah some days are shit but it's easier sometime !!!! Plus best feeling in the world when your bed sheets are cleaning and your bed is done perfectly and you go in your bed after a long day of doing chores !!!
Omg the substitutions on online food shopping are so annoying. I ordered dry shampoo and they sent me shampoo for dry hair... I need the dry shampoo for when I don't have time to wash my hair. Adulting does suck.
I feel like I resonate so well with this video. Sometimes it's just so satisfying to rant out life and I was SOOOO pleasing to watch this, it made my day. Thank you Helen 😄😄
I think Jenna Marbles once said in a video that she defines being an adult when you have to buy things that you HATE, or more accurately, things you need but don't want to spend your money on (i.e. bed sheets, curtains, nail clippers, cleaning instruments, etc.). And I can agree with that one hundred percent!
I'm only 21 so I'm not quite adulting yet. But I have to buy a new tyre for my car and the cheapest ive seen is £60 but I might need two, and also it usually only costs me £36 for petrol but this week it cost me £44 and Ive just got the results for my uni final year assignments and I didnt do as well as I hoped. :(
I'm so lucky, my very sweet neighbour takes our bins out (bin day was this morning). We have a f'ker of a steep driveway and he doesn't want me stacking it! He's awesome! What I hate about adulthood was having to wash up. I would rather scrape shit out of my shoes than wash up. But thankfully my landlord after 5 bloody years got me a dishwasher. Hooray!! Others - taking nearly 3 days to get over a big night out, not being able to eat what the frig I want anymore without putting on 5kg, having to iron, and just generally having to clean up after myself lol xx
I just HAD to share this on Facebook because these things literally go through my head on a daily basis! SO many of my friends and family liked it!! Adulting sucks
"Drink instant you don't even like coffee that much" 😂😂😂 What the heck is this council tax?! Lastly, danggggg. Our trash AND recycle come once a week!!! And we are still like damn our trash is literally overflowing. We get so many packages and make so much recycle trash!!
hahaha your totally right. the one thing that pisses me off more than anything is when you buy bed sheets and they dont fit your bed. so they start coming off and gathering together eveey bloody night. i have to re make the bed all the time. 😭
I love that these were all nontypical things. I feel like other videos that I've seen of this have been "cooking, taking out garbage, laundry" etc. The bin day is so strange to me! I'm living in Canada where they do the same like 2x a month thing and at home in the states for me it's every week regardless. such a pain to forget! Transaction fees KILL me.
adulting is hard ... Rent is ridiculous in london. all laundry and cooking for me and my fiance after work. dealing with all wedding shit.. working in general. trying to keep your life and health together.. ps quality of this video is amazing..and Helen you inspire me by being so real in here!
20 here, so I'm new to the whole adulting lark but so far, not as enjoyable as I imagined as a teen wanting to flight the nest. Your makeup is absolutely flawless as always! ❤️
LAUNDRY! Totally get you on that one. The fear when you washing something new for the first time and you don't know how it's going to come out. I have this new jacket with a pink fluffy collar and I'm so scared to wash it because of the fluff!
Now that I have kids, adulting is even worse! having to make my own doctors appointments was hard enough before kids. Now I have to make appointments for them too, so I still neglect myself! When you're sick, but you still have to take care of other people even though you feel so terrible you can barely walk! When you just want your mommy but now you're the mommy so tough shit! And I feel you on bills. Having to keep a job because you have bills to pay and three weeks vacation accumulated, even though you're completely over it!
Can definitely relate to the online food shopping substitute! Once we ordered a packet of Gnocchi (kinda like pasta) and it was substituted for a tiny container of Parmesan cheese shavings - it seems the packer person didn't realise what Gnocchi was. The good news was that the small pack of Parmesan was more expensive than the Gnocchi - and it did make us giggle!
I missed the recycling truck TWICE. RIGHT before a house inspection. There is currently a giant box (that the freezer came in) full of recycling rubbish in the garage, AND my bin is full. I don't know when i'll get rid of it all. I might have to do a tip run, but i've never done that, and i'm 28! Also FORMS. argh they suck. I also had a kid before i got used to being an adult and they need all their own bloody forms! Getting them started in daycare and school is this whole PROCESS that no one taught me how to navigate. I'm about to get us both passports, so that'll be fun.
agree with all of these, another worst one of mine is always forgetting to take out meat out of freezer in time for it to defrost properly before dinner! getting caught out by dates on food is the worst! and just generally how much food actually costs nowadays.
Omg every single point😂😂 Especially the when you have guests due and your place ends up being at its peak of untidiness!! EVERY TIME!! I always find myself saying "sorry if it's messy, I swear it was tidy the other day" xxx
Take your extra rubbish to your local recycling centre. Click no substitutions on items you don't want substituted on your online shop. And find out your tyre pressure online. There's a site where you put in your registration and select wheel size and it tells you what pressure you need :)
I feel your pain Helen.. I hate being adult.. especially on the untidiness thing.. especially with having a dog.. perfectly tidy house.. ten seconds later, dog comes in MESS... nightmare.. much love
at the beginning when you're complaining about the coffee machine and you attempt to take a sip about 14 times and say something else, I laughed so much, I was watching like its gonna go cold when you actually have a sip hahah!
I have been adulting since I was 18, I'm 23 now, it does get easier but the little things piss me off, like unessacery items companies get you to buy that YOU APPARENTLY NEED and then you later find you have no use for, it's so annoying, but with experience comes knowledge! Bin day annoys me when they actually don't take my rubbish and they just leave it for no reason what so ever, also when I get a bill in the post that arrived late and the date of when I need to pay has already been or it's so soon that I need to seriously re-think my food order because food is how I deal with adulting and I can't have my 5 tubs of ben and jerry's that were on offer and A VERY GOOD DEAL, goddamn it! haha
1) when you turn 30 but a lot of your friends are still 23-25 and then when they remember your age, they're like shit you're HOW old like you're 100 2) the council in general - making you feel like you live in some hitler-controlled state. i wanted to plant daffodils on our estate the other day. not the chelsea flower show. just a few fucking daffodils and someone suggest i ASK the council. how about no 3) living in a terrace or a semi-detached house - NO ONE tells you the amount of noise you will hear through the walls. regardless of what type of property you buy (new build - notoriously shit, old houses - shit, in the middle houses - shit) you will feel like you're practically living with next door whether you rent or have a conventional mortgage 4) that time goes REALLY FAST as you get older and it's really depressing 5) everyone starts dying 6) every time you hang the washing out it will fucking rain 7) realising that 90% of 'adults' wear black north face anoraks and are boring as sin
How expensive random household items you take for granted are!! I moved out 18 months ago and the list of things that shock me at how ridiculously expensive they are is ever growing! Hoover, kitchen bin, toilet roll, light bulbs 😩😩😩
I think this is my favourite video. Also, if Tescos turn up with meat that's about to go out of date the next day, call up customer services and get them to swap it - I know it's a ball ache especially if you have to then go into a store to get your meat (still not as long as doing a whole food shop though) but that's something they won't argue with x
After waking up with a massive headache one day I went to have a shower only to realise the gas hot water wasn't working because of construct the real estate had known about left us with no gas for a week, being a 19 year old and adulting is FUCKING HARD MANNNN xxx Love you Helen
Working full time, studying for a degree, going to the gym and trying to socialise in the same week. And the cruel reality that as a kid you were really exciting about moving out, drinking what you want, eating what you want and sleeping when you want.... but the reality is that I can't afford to drink, I eat salad all the time and I go to bed at 9pm most nights! Adulting sucks!
I just turned 20 and looking at moving out this summer. And i am terrified 😂 I feel so grown up with having to pay for my car, credit card and saving to move out. I'm scared. I want to be 16 again😂
Hi Helen, lovely video! I can totally relate haha 😂👏 as for your clothes that smell damp: Mostly it is the washing machine itself that has to get checked! Because it gets so damp in there, spores can build up. If that is not thr case: Sometimes it's animals around it or either too few or too much washing powder. Drying clothes in the sun also helps losing weird smells. Lots of love to ya xxx :)
It's funny to see how the adulting bills differ. In the US the worst one I'm managing right now is definitely- balancing cost of doctors appointment vs how much do I need to actually see this doctor.
Tip: Go to a wholesale shop (i.e Booker in the UK) and buy 1kg of chicken breasts for £20. Portion them out into single breasts into freezer bags and put into freezer. 5 mins on defrost in the microwave and then cook as normal! Never have chicken go off again! Also, if you have a "Speed Perfect" setting or "15/30 min" on your washing machine, maybe try that? I use it and it means my washing takes half the time in the washer - especially good for clothes that aren't super dirty (i.e weekly office work clothes - because you don't want to wear the same clothes two days in a row in case people think you're dirty hahah
I relate to all of these. The laundry switch has not clicked with me, I have a meltdown every Sunday when I have to fit in washing the towels and bedding.
I am a student currently in my second year and the costs for living are increasing and its actually disgusting how much I have to pay now. The company I am renting with charge a £100 admin fee then a £400 deposit before we even start paying rent. Our rent only covers 8 months not even a full year and we have to move all our stuff out for the summer as they rent it as a holiday home. However for next year they expect the same money again with the admin fee and deposit, so after paying £8-£9 grand in rent they expect us to pay an extra grand on top!! no wonder the number of students going to university is decreasing considering how expensive tuition fees are now ! Don't get me wrong I bloody love uni but its so expensive !
When I moved out I loved the freedom of choosing what to eat, now I just get so annoyed with having to think of things to cook every single day. (plus I still have those days where I just give up and eat biscuits for dinner)
Realizing all the insurances and registrations you should have! I went 2 years without home insurance, until I realized that was a thing you were supposed to have. Thankfully nothing happened before that, or it would have got pretty darn expensive. And knowing what doctor and dentist to sign up with. That kind of stuff is true stressful adulting.
Filling online grocery shopping orders is my job lol. We have rules about the about the length of expiry date on products for orders where I work but sometimes we only have stock with short expiry dates in and you kinda have to weigh up between not giving a customer their item at all or giving them hardly anytime to use it. Also, getting the substitutes right is super hard! I guess work is the most stressful part about adulting for me lol
All these problems are so real man, especially the damp clothes 😩 I'd recommend a dehumidifier to aid in your adulting, it saved everything I own from nearly being destroyed after living in a mouldy flat! And now I'm officially old, rip youth
the worst thing for me when i became an adult was to realize that things will not get sorted out of nowhere and sometimes you just dont know what the fuck is going on (which is pretty scary to me) + the fact that you have to suddenly pay for yourself all the time and parents are not your piggybank anymore.. lol i hate being adult
I can never balance having enough food in my fridge vs when it goes off. I feel like I waste SO much food because I can't figure out how to just use what I have. Also time management in general. Having a clean house while balancing uni, the gym, eating well and working. Just how.
This is so funny, literally SO accurate! Bin day, food near its best before date and that damp smell after making so much effort to dry clothes are theeeee best, I feel much better knowing other people are pissed off at the same things😂
top tip with laundry, put the wash on at night so the electricity and water is cheaper then when you wake up hang it out and it's all done first thing!
Most relatable video ever. Also how are you meant to have a full time job, social life, good sleep pattern, hobbies, keep fit AND EAT HEALTHY. WHO HAS TIME?!
THIS IS SO TRUE I'm in my second year at uni at the minute and its so bad how expensive it is to just exist and have somewhere to sleep! Don't have the burden of council tax just yet though.... Running a car, paying rent and bills.... Adult life just ain't for me
i'm really close to 40 and the mom to 2...the worst thing for me is getting sick. there's no one to take care of me like mom used to! i still have the kids to take care of and do all the regular, daily stuff.
Getting an MOT stresses me out because you know they make stuff up to fail it on so you have to pay them to fix it. Also the post. I never know what to do with it - I tried filing, but can never keep on top of it. And then something comes in the post, like a clubcard leaflet and I think I should probably keep it, but don't know where to put it, so we end up with a pile of unopened post because I'm too scared to open any of it!
Helen when you drive it makes your tires expand therefore it'll make the signal pop up because the tires have expanded making it seem like there's not enough air . Those tire sensors are garbage and just another way the car dealerships get you to look over your car. When you park and let the car rest the tires cool and if you restart it the light should be gone .
TRYING TO EAT WELL, EXERCISE, WORK FOR A LIVING, KEEPING YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER, LOOKING AFTER MENTAL HEALTH, KEEPING UP WITH PERSONAL HYGIENE, GETTING AT LEAST 8 HOURS SLEEP AND HAVING A SOCIAL LIFE ALL AT THE SAME TIME. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL.
I BARELY HAVE TIME TO SIT AND HAVE A BREW NOWADAYS
It's bloody hard work isn't it? 😴
Mate, I can barely walk and talk at the same time.
momeraths you should definetely check out Rachel Aust. her youtube channel is also amazing and she teaches a lot about time management
I'm trying to do all that AND full time uni too! 😰
when you strip the bedsheets to wash, and forget to remake the bed until you go to bed at like 11.30pm and then realise you need to put new sheets on before you can sleep! 🙁
Lynz H that is the absolute fucking worst!
Lynz H oh man this happened to me two night ago. Didn't manage to make it til after midnight. I was knackered! 😴
Oh yeah that happens to me all the time -.-
I literally did this last night.
Lol, used to do this all the time , here's a adult life hack I've learned . Keep an extra set so you can just switch them over .
HAHAHA! We have "bin club" in my street....all the bins get put at the end of our row of houses, so you have to roll your bin past everyone else's front windows, and all the houses wait to see who's gonna put their bin out first, to make sure they get the right colour (blue or green) - curtains twitch all over if you hear the bins! "Bin club" is the collective name for the regulars who put out their bins..one day, our neighbours moved, and new people came in and suddenly, their bin was out on a completely random day....BIN CLUB FREAKED OUT!!! There were so many quiet twitterings over fences, as everyone wondered if we'd got the days messed up (it was near xmas) and for about 2 days noone knew what to do with their bin...some bins came out, then disappeared again...it was carnage! I now have FULL RESPECT for my new neighbours, because i'M CONVINCED they only put it out there to fuck with Bin Club....and thats some funny shit. lol
This legit made my day, so funny 😂
lol...I know, right?
Stay at Home Explorer Haha nice story 😂
Suzy Q - i have a few...lol. the old lady with all the stories! 😅
This is the best thing I've seen all day😂
I used to pack the online shopping at Tesco. I will never when the orange squash was out of stock and was suggested to send an orange scented washing liquid. WASHING LIQUID!!! (We get annoyed too lol)
When your neighbours always miss bin day and then you catch them putting their rubbish in your bin! That really gets my goat! Bins are stressful man!
SO true! This is soooo annoying!
Becca doughty or panicking about bringing your bin in, in case someone grabs it or it blows over 😂
i actually fitted a lock to my bin because of that, did my head in, sooo cheeky!
karenbranney My student digs are by the coast. We have to put rocks on our bins to stop them blowing away and there's a special area where they go, which is designed as a windbreaker - Currently experiencing 60mph winds 😂
I fenced away a little corner of my garden for my bins with a lock on the gate! Lol
Although I am at the very start of adulting (22) I feel all of this shit on an emotional level. I cried the other week when my phone, rent and car rego all came in at once. such bullshit.
Lauren Sheridan oh god I feel for you, that was me today
Lauren Sheridan haha I feel like emotional level hit an all new level when the harsh reality of adulthood hit. I can't see life through rose tinted glasses anymore and everything seems to increase in difficulty 2 fold, but at least we're not on that boat alone 😂
Lauren Sheridan haha I feel like emotional level hit an all new level when the harsh reality of adulthood hit. I can't see life through rose tinted glasses anymore and everything seems to increase in difficulty 2 fold, but at least we're not on that boat alone 😂
in October I seem to get a shitload of big bills all at once, especially the car insurance and rego.
The most annoying adult thing for me is trying do decide what you will eat during the week. Back then my mum just decided and I now feel like I didnt appreciated it enough. Sitting in front of the list you are writing for grocery shopping and you don't have a fucking clue.. "Spaghetti? Or maybe a Chickensalad. Damn. We just had one last week."
Sooo true. I feel like I end up eating carrots with hummus half of my meals because I've got no idea what to buy or cook
Emeline toast for me because i just can't be arsed.
You should do a vid a month or a vid every 2 months where you grab a coffee, set your camera stand and camera up and just update us about what's been pissing you off. In this exact spot!!! Just weird little nifty things hahaha
yesss
Remembering when insurance is due. Ugh. Keeping a pet alive all by yourself. Buying insurance for that pet. Getting up and going to work on time and not getting a 'well done' for the effort. The list goes on..........pssst, adulting tricks - put the 'nearly off chicken' in the freezer until you need it, keep a cupboard empty so you can throw all your shit in it for when people come round unexpectedly.....and *whisper* its accepting not excepting. BUT adulting, yeah, woop.
Empty cupboard to throw the mess away... that's GENIUS! Thanks x
Just_Helen we need the "well done" for adulting also
Washing and drying cutlery, pots, pans etc. I cant even explain how much I hate washing up.
and having to wash out the recycling (dont know if thats just my area thats required to do it) so the bin men dont throw a hissy fit
and while we're at it, cars, like cars in general because they are the most annoying and expensive thing and to keep my car I have to work and to be able to work and get to said work, i need a car.. CARS
Washing up is the bane of my life.
Looking like a 19 year old at the age of 24.. Everyone treats me like a child, but expects me to act like an adult!! I agree with everything you said! Great video xo
natadamscole same here!!!! People look at me weird when I say I wish I looked older 😂😫
natadamscole completely agree with you, I got asked the other day if I was a child on the bus (under 16) when I'm 28, dunno whether I should be pi**ed off or accept it as a complement. But I always feel like people treat me as a child because of looking young
SH Haden-Taylor I would have accepted the cheaper ticket
Being 24 married with two children and being treated like a child because i look 16 🖕🏿🖕🏿
yer i am 24 look 16 people's think i still a skl kids
Haha I feel your pain on all of these, it's a never ending battle and it just doesn't seem to get easier!!!
My biggest battle of adulting is trying to keep on top of the housework aswell as go to work and have a life..... things sometimes are just shit and you spend the day in bed!! 👍🏻✌🏻
im 17 and i have these problems. Having to pay for rent, bills, keeping yourself healthy (food and exercise), keeping yourself mentally healthy, having a social life, having college and work to do at home but when you are not at college you are at work, nightmare!
9 Tails omg literally! i'm 18 and most of my money goes on bills and i find it so hard to balance a healthy lifestyle, college work and a social life
MISSING BIN WEEK. I'm in a one bedroom apartment so we get mini bins (half the size of most people's bins and the only one that is every week is organic which is never full). I'm still playing catch up after moving in 3 months ago and having all the rubbish and recycling from the move!
Amy Earle Urgh same! My bins are tiny and I'm too stubborn to pay £20 each to upgrade them to bigger ones! Such a struggle!! 😩 everything has so much packaging it drives me mad!! Why do the supermarkets wrap things so many times!!
one time the substitute flowers to a gammon joint. i wasnt happy
this killed me hahahaha
helency one time they substituted tampons for nappies 😑
Mills Obb pmsl😂😂
your video ideas are always so creative and original! love that u dont stick to the "beauty guru" confinement. you deserve an award
My biggest biggest pet peeved is not quite an adulting problem but a student one of when you need to do your laundry whilst living in student halls they charge you for a wash and a dry cycle and its not even included in the rent which works out to be £130 a week and its £5 for a wash and dry!!
crazy stuff
What, it's not included? And then 5 pounds for ONE wash and dry? Holy shit :'D Better only wash once a week then and literally swim in piles of clothing.
MsHydrolove yup it's ridiculous, luckily the washers and dryers are slightly bigger than usual so I can do a week's worth of clothes in one load of each but it's a pain if I need to do bedding and towels at the same time XD
Sarah Cheal I take it home when I go visit but i have to go on a train for an hour and a half and then take a 20 minute drive to get home so it's not the easiest XD just glad I've only got 6 weeks left of this uni term XD
FashionableTimewaster I live in Germany and in my dorm they charge 2 euro automatically, even though one wash = 1€. BUT NOBODY HAS SPACE FOR A SECOND WASH. So basically on the laundry day you go around the dorm asking people if they wanna share the one wash with you. meh
When you do online shopping you can leave a note with each individual product. For example, when the order for the salmon comes up on the personal shopper's gun, you can leave a note with it saying 'only substitute with other counter fish.' or something like that. You can do the same with the dates problem.
washing is pretty easy in Australia, you put the washing on in the morning, hang it out and in 2 hours its dry haha!
B&L Gaming expect when Australia decides to give you a surprise storm. I'm in brissy
oh hell yeh I hate when that happens. I'm in SA and the weather can change just like that some times. probably not as bad as brissy tho! :)
B&L Gaming not when you live in Melbourne! I used to live in Melbourne and that doesn't ring true
My house looks like a Chinese laundry because our weather is so damn unpredictable.. my staircase is even full. Hahaha 4 seasons in one day.. or one weekend!
B&L Gaming summer can easily half that and towels become stiff XD
Put it in a black bag, take it to the tesco bin, shove it in and then run to cover your shame. Shame last a minute, missing bin day lasts a month. You do the maths.
keiran bowes you're a genius
keiran bowes there's a school round the corner from me. Those bins get emptied once a week. I have climbed over the gate before at midnight to sneak a bag of rubbish in.
Pixie Blackthorne that's the job. You gotta do what you gotta do.
Amazon prime literally ruins my house with their ridiculous packaging, boxing a box is not cool. They should offer to do a cardboard pickup because bloody hell, the bin man hates me.
What sucks the most for me atm is how fucking expensive healthy eating is, especially after the new year prices have rised, a kilo of tomatoes costs fucking 4-5 €. If you want to save money you just eat instant noodles all day every day, thats what some friends did during university xD
Also I feel like this video should be a tag from now on, I would love to see more people do it!
BloodyIRose oh my god eating healthy is a nightmare. Trying to buy "healthy chocolate or snacks" costs an arm and a leg. I just wanna eat nice food 😭
BloodyIRose Aldi saves my life with healthy eating
Shaunagh Mulhall really? How much do you roughly spend per person a month?
BloodyIRose €70 a week, for two people. That's with chicken, but I used to be vegan so I don't go crazy with meat if that is a big factor with you!
Your glasses, the wallpaper, the light in the background, the quality of this video, it's an AMAZING video Helen xxxx
This is all so relatable! Especially the laundry one! I mean with a small child and the boyfriend moving in recently, my washing seems to be never ending! And shopping! My god! I get really excited for a meal that I've thought out, go to get everything I need, then getting home and realising I forgot the most important part! Adulting is a never ending nightmare.
This video has had me in stitches, they are all so true 😂 I've spent too much time running after binmen hahaha. Makes me wonder why I wanted to get my own place? 🤔
also if your clothes smell damp when you take them out of the washing machine and you can't work out why maybe put a washing machine cleaner through it, I buy one from Wilko called Dr.Beckham or Dr.Becket something like that it's only about £4 and I only have to do it every six months, sorts the smell right out
Louise Bullock commenting on this so I can remember this later
Louise Bullock Thanks, my laundry pile is always soaked with cat pee, I need all the help I can get.. Things start smelling real funky
Yes to all of this! I moved out with my boyfriend a year ago and everything is so much effort - food shopping, cooking, washing up, laundry, bins!! I never realised how much adults have to deal with!! xx
Absolutely agree with all points! I've had a bit more time to ajust into adulthood (I'm 30) but I still have no idea what I'm doing most of the time ;) Regarding waste, now that you have a nice roomy handbag, leave a bag for life in there and you'll notice that you'll bring home less useless plastic bags.
What's been bugging me the most is how, as I age, and earn more money, I got used to nicer things/more comfort and I find it more frustrating (and also so much more expensive!) to plan for a holiday. In my early 20s I'd just improvise and was happy with long journeys on the megabus and crappy hostels. How did I become so oooold?
Adult struggs is deciding & cooking what's for supper!! How did our mums know so many meals yet I can't remember 3 of them 😂
In the US we have a 'bin day', but it's every week for both garbage and recycling - I can't imagine alternating weeks and getting each emptied only once every two weeks!
Lindsay Daly But usually people in the us throw away much more plastic and other things, i nearly never buy things in plastic wrapping
Very true!
Not everywhere in the US, depends on where you live. :) For us it's every other.
Our bins get emptied weekly. General waste every week, alternate weeks green waste & recycling.. annoying!! And I'm so with you on EVERYTHING!!
I live with my parents and sisters but they are all on holiday so I'm home alone and I feel like I'm getting an Adulting Free-trial week.... so far I've put off doing the grocery shopping for 5 days, am I doing it right?
Jude Felicis Omg i feel you, my parents are coming back from holiday tonight and i cant wait! While they were away i managed to break the washing machine, pop a tyre on my car by going down a massive pot hole, and have the mother of all tooth aches.
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You and your background are looking gooood 😂💞
the whole aesthetic of this video is amazing. love the glasses
Council tax is not a thing in New Zealand for renters, so when I moved to London I couldn't believe how much you have to pay on top of rent!
I relate so much !! I'm just 20 but I live alone (parents' house at least ) with two pets, and I have to deal with everything since my parents live abroad !! Medical fees for me and my pets, small jobs to have a bit more cash, cleaning, groceries, repairing stuff, studies plus my driver license that I don't have !! I'm young but I'm more adulting than most people I know !! I feel you so much !! And yeah some days are shit but it's easier sometime !!!! Plus best feeling in the world when your bed sheets are cleaning and your bed is done perfectly and you go in your bed after a long day of doing chores !!!
This is genuinely one of the best videos I've ever seen
The whole aesthetic of this video is amazing. Love the glasses
Omg the substitutions on online food shopping are so annoying. I ordered dry shampoo and they sent me shampoo for dry hair... I need the dry shampoo for when I don't have time to wash my hair. Adulting does suck.
Asda swapped crisps out for beef flavoured dog chews..
I feel like I resonate so well with this video. Sometimes it's just so satisfying to rant out life and I was SOOOO pleasing to watch this, it made my day. Thank you Helen 😄😄
This video🙏🏼♥ Quality and sharpness is gorgeous, the content is so real and too top it off you look stunning! Nailed this one
I think Jenna Marbles once said in a video that she defines being an adult when you have to buy things that you HATE, or more accurately, things you need but don't want to spend your money on (i.e. bed sheets, curtains, nail clippers, cleaning instruments, etc.). And I can agree with that one hundred percent!
CONGRATS ON TRENDING HELEN!!
i hate spending money on loo roll, we are literally all paying to wipe our own arse
Katy Streeter try thinking of it as paying for not having to use a leaf :')
Katy Streeter Running out of loo roll too!
Katy Streeter or stinking your finger in the hole.
one of Helens best videos I swear
I'm only 21 so I'm not quite adulting yet. But I have to buy a new tyre for my car and the cheapest ive seen is £60 but I might need two, and also it usually only costs me £36 for petrol but this week it cost me £44 and Ive just got the results for my uni final year assignments and I didnt do as well as I hoped. :(
I'm so lucky, my very sweet neighbour takes our bins out (bin day was this morning). We have a f'ker of a steep driveway and he doesn't want me stacking it! He's awesome! What I hate about adulthood was having to wash up. I would rather scrape shit out of my shoes than wash up. But thankfully my landlord after 5 bloody years got me a dishwasher. Hooray!! Others - taking nearly 3 days to get over a big night out, not being able to eat what the frig I want anymore without putting on 5kg, having to iron, and just generally having to clean up after myself lol xx
Yep to all. Needed this. Adulting has been hard this week
BEST VIDEO EVER! OMG HELEN YOU GET ME!
I am 27 now and adulting aint getting easier.
Surely just freeze the food that's about to go out of date....?
Bin day is one of my favorite days! I feel so zen when I know the bin is empty. So yeah, missing it is awful!
I just HAD to share this on Facebook because these things literally go through my head on a daily basis! SO many of my friends and family liked it!! Adulting sucks
Hahah in sweden there's a special class in school were you're taught how to cook, use a dishwasher, wash clothes, how to pay bills and taxes and so on
"Drink instant you don't even like coffee that much" 😂😂😂
What the heck is this council tax?!
Lastly, danggggg. Our trash AND recycle come once a week!!! And we are still like damn our trash is literally overflowing. We get so many packages and make so much recycle trash!!
hahaha your totally right. the one thing that pisses me off more than anything is when you buy bed sheets and they dont fit your bed. so they start coming off and gathering together eveey bloody night. i have to re make the bed all the time. 😭
I love that these were all nontypical things. I feel like other videos that I've seen of this have been "cooking, taking out garbage, laundry" etc. The bin day is so strange to me! I'm living in Canada where they do the same like 2x a month thing and at home in the states for me it's every week regardless. such a pain to forget! Transaction fees KILL me.
adulting is hard ... Rent is ridiculous in london. all laundry and cooking for me and my fiance after work. dealing with all wedding shit.. working in general. trying to keep your life and health together..
ps quality of this video is amazing..and Helen you inspire me by being so real in here!
Omg how gorgeous can one person be?!?!? love you bye
20 here, so I'm new to the whole adulting lark but so far, not as enjoyable as I imagined as a teen wanting to flight the nest. Your makeup is absolutely flawless as always! ❤️
LAUNDRY! Totally get you on that one. The fear when you washing something new for the first time and you don't know how it's going to come out. I have this new jacket with a pink fluffy collar and I'm so scared to wash it because of the fluff!
Now that I have kids, adulting is even worse! having to make my own doctors appointments was hard enough before kids. Now I have to make appointments for them too, so I still neglect myself! When you're sick, but you still have to take care of other people even though you feel so terrible you can barely walk! When you just want your mommy but now you're the mommy so tough shit! And I feel you on bills. Having to keep a job because you have bills to pay and three weeks vacation accumulated, even though you're completely over it!
Can definitely relate to the online food shopping substitute! Once we ordered a packet of Gnocchi (kinda like pasta) and it was substituted for a tiny container of Parmesan cheese shavings - it seems the packer person didn't realise what Gnocchi was. The good news was that the small pack of Parmesan was more expensive than the Gnocchi - and it did make us giggle!
I missed the recycling truck TWICE. RIGHT before a house inspection. There is currently a giant box (that the freezer came in) full of recycling rubbish in the garage, AND my bin is full. I don't know when i'll get rid of it all. I might have to do a tip run, but i've never done that, and i'm 28!
Also FORMS. argh they suck. I also had a kid before i got used to being an adult and they need all their own bloody forms! Getting them started in daycare and school is this whole PROCESS that no one taught me how to navigate. I'm about to get us both passports, so that'll be fun.
agree with all of these, another worst one of mine is always forgetting to take out meat out of freezer in time for it to defrost properly before dinner! getting caught out by dates on food is the worst! and just generally how much food actually costs nowadays.
This was brilliant Helen! So funnyyyy and so relatable!!!
Omg every single point😂😂 Especially the when you have guests due and your place ends up being at its peak of untidiness!! EVERY TIME!! I always find myself saying "sorry if it's messy, I swear it was tidy the other day" xxx
the aesthetic of this video, i am in love
i find it so weird that school won't teach us adult things like the taxes and all of that
Take your extra rubbish to your local recycling centre. Click no substitutions on items you don't want substituted on your online shop. And find out your tyre pressure online. There's a site where you put in your registration and select wheel size and it tells you what pressure you need :)
I feel your pain Helen.. I hate being adult.. especially on the untidiness thing.. especially with having a dog.. perfectly tidy house.. ten seconds later, dog comes in MESS... nightmare.. much love
at the beginning when you're complaining about the coffee machine and you attempt to take a sip about 14 times and say something else, I laughed so much, I was watching like its gonna go cold when you actually have a sip hahah!
I have been adulting since I was 18, I'm 23 now, it does get easier but the little things piss me off, like unessacery items companies get you to buy that YOU APPARENTLY NEED and then you later find you have no use for, it's so annoying, but with experience comes knowledge! Bin day annoys me when they actually don't take my rubbish and they just leave it for no reason what so ever, also when I get a bill in the post that arrived late and the date of when I need to pay has already been or it's so soon that I need to seriously re-think my food order because food is how I deal with adulting and I can't have my 5 tubs of ben and jerry's that were on offer and A VERY GOOD DEAL, goddamn it! haha
1) when you turn 30 but a lot of your friends are still 23-25 and then when they remember your age, they're like shit you're HOW old like you're 100
2) the council in general - making you feel like you live in some hitler-controlled state. i wanted to plant daffodils on our estate the other day. not the chelsea flower show. just a few fucking daffodils and someone suggest i ASK the council. how about no
3) living in a terrace or a semi-detached house - NO ONE tells you the amount of noise you will hear through the walls. regardless of what type of property you buy (new build - notoriously shit, old houses - shit, in the middle houses - shit) you will feel like you're practically living with next door whether you rent or have a conventional mortgage
4) that time goes REALLY FAST as you get older and it's really depressing
5) everyone starts dying
6) every time you hang the washing out it will fucking rain
7) realising that 90% of 'adults' wear black north face anoraks and are boring as sin
How expensive random household items you take for granted are!! I moved out 18 months ago and the list of things that shock me at how ridiculously expensive they are is ever growing! Hoover, kitchen bin, toilet roll, light bulbs 😩😩😩
I think this is my favourite video. Also, if Tescos turn up with meat that's about to go out of date the next day, call up customer services and get them to swap it - I know it's a ball ache especially if you have to then go into a store to get your meat (still not as long as doing a whole food shop though) but that's something they won't argue with x
After waking up with a massive headache one day I went to have a shower only to realise the gas hot water wasn't working because of construct the real estate had known about left us with no gas for a week, being a 19 year old and adulting is FUCKING HARD MANNNN xxx Love you Helen
Working full time, studying for a degree, going to the gym and trying to socialise in the same week.
And the cruel reality that as a kid you were really exciting about moving out, drinking what you want, eating what you want and sleeping when you want.... but the reality is that I can't afford to drink, I eat salad all the time and I go to bed at 9pm most nights! Adulting sucks!
i loved this video so much! i love how relaxed this is and you background looks so good!x
I just turned 20 and looking at moving out this summer. And i am terrified 😂 I feel so grown up with having to pay for my car, credit card and saving to move out. I'm scared. I want to be 16 again😂
Hi Helen, lovely video! I can totally relate haha 😂👏 as for your clothes that smell damp: Mostly it is the washing machine itself that has to get checked! Because it gets so damp in there, spores can build up. If that is not thr case: Sometimes it's animals around it or either too few or too much washing powder. Drying clothes in the sun also helps losing weird smells. Lots of love to ya xxx :)
It's funny to see how the adulting bills differ. In the US the worst one I'm managing right now is definitely- balancing cost of doctors appointment vs how much do I need to actually see this doctor.
Tip: Go to a wholesale shop (i.e Booker in the UK) and buy 1kg of chicken breasts for £20. Portion them out into single breasts into freezer bags and put into freezer. 5 mins on defrost in the microwave and then cook as normal! Never have chicken go off again!
Also, if you have a "Speed Perfect" setting or "15/30 min" on your washing machine, maybe try that? I use it and it means my washing takes half the time in the washer - especially good for clothes that aren't super dirty (i.e weekly office work clothes - because you don't want to wear the same clothes two days in a row in case people think you're dirty hahah
I relate to all of these. The laundry switch has not clicked with me, I have a meltdown every Sunday when I have to fit in washing the towels and bedding.
I am a student currently in my second year and the costs for living are increasing and its actually disgusting how much I have to pay now. The company I am renting with charge a £100 admin fee then a £400 deposit before we even start paying rent. Our rent only covers 8 months not even a full year and we have to move all our stuff out for the summer as they rent it as a holiday home. However for next year they expect the same money again with the admin fee and deposit, so after paying £8-£9 grand in rent they expect us to pay an extra grand on top!! no wonder the number of students going to university is decreasing considering how expensive tuition fees are now ! Don't get me wrong I bloody love uni but its so expensive !
When I moved out I loved the freedom of choosing what to eat, now I just get so annoyed with having to think of things to cook every single day. (plus I still have those days where I just give up and eat biscuits for dinner)
Honestly my favourite youtuber 💘💘💘
Realizing all the insurances and registrations you should have! I went 2 years without home insurance, until I realized that was a thing you were supposed to have. Thankfully nothing happened before that, or it would have got pretty darn expensive.
And knowing what doctor and dentist to sign up with. That kind of stuff is true stressful adulting.
Filling online grocery shopping orders is my job lol. We have rules about the about the length of expiry date on products for orders where I work but sometimes we only have stock with short expiry dates in and you kinda have to weigh up between not giving a customer their item at all or giving them hardly anytime to use it. Also, getting the substitutes right is super hard!
I guess work is the most stressful part about adulting for me lol
All these problems are so real man, especially the damp clothes 😩
I'd recommend a dehumidifier to aid in your adulting, it saved everything I own from nearly being destroyed after living in a mouldy flat! And now I'm officially old, rip youth
the worst thing for me when i became an adult was to realize that things will not get sorted out of nowhere and sometimes you just dont know what the fuck is going on (which is pretty scary to me) + the fact that you have to suddenly pay for yourself all the time and parents are not your piggybank anymore.. lol i hate being adult
I can never balance having enough food in my fridge vs when it goes off. I feel like I waste SO much food because I can't figure out how to just use what I have.
Also time management in general. Having a clean house while balancing uni, the gym, eating well and working.
Just how.
This is so funny, literally SO accurate! Bin day, food near its best before date and that damp smell after making so much effort to dry clothes are theeeee best, I feel much better knowing other people are pissed off at the same things😂
top tip with laundry, put the wash on at night so the electricity and water is cheaper then when you wake up hang it out and it's all done first thing!
Most relatable video ever. Also how are you meant to have a full time job, social life, good sleep pattern, hobbies, keep fit AND EAT HEALTHY. WHO HAS TIME?!
The beginning of adulthood for me was when I realised I started to sound like my mother. I'm constantly thinking about being practical and budgeting.
THIS IS SO TRUE I'm in my second year at uni at the minute and its so bad how expensive it is to just exist and have somewhere to sleep! Don't have the burden of council tax just yet though.... Running a car, paying rent and bills.... Adult life just ain't for me
i'm really close to 40 and the mom to 2...the worst thing for me is getting sick. there's no one to take care of me like mom used to! i still have the kids to take care of and do all the regular, daily stuff.
Getting an MOT stresses me out because you know they make stuff up to fail it on so you have to pay them to fix it. Also the post. I never know what to do with it - I tried filing, but can never keep on top of it. And then something comes in the post, like a clubcard leaflet and I think I should probably keep it, but don't know where to put it, so we end up with a pile of unopened post because I'm too scared to open any of it!
Helen when you drive it makes your tires expand therefore it'll make the signal pop up because the tires have expanded making it seem like there's not enough air . Those tire sensors are garbage and just another way the car dealerships get you to look over your car. When you park and let the car rest the tires cool and if you restart it the light should be gone .