22 Things You Learn When You Get Your First 'Real' Job

    It's a cruel, cruel world out there.

    1. You're financially independent.

    2. You'll fall out with friends, and it's gonna be harder to make new ones.

    3. You're gonna get used to being tired.

    4. And you're gonna have to use skills you learned in college and then forgot you had.

    5. People respect you way more.

    6. Your eating habits will change EVERY DAY.

    7. Coffee is a friend.

    8. Rush hour sucks.

    9. Taxes suck.

    10. Some days you welcome tragedy.

    11. Every TWO days you feel FOUR days older.

    12. You own NO suitable clothing for your work.

    13. Your parents won't check in on you as often as they did.

    14. And you have no time to cook for yourself.

    15. You're more mature.

    16. The majority of your lunch hour is spent doing things other than eating.

    17. You start planning your days around work.

    18. "Wanna catch the late screening of that movie tonight?"

    19. You're not as smart as you thought you were.

    20. But you're not as dumb as others said you were!

    21. You start relating to your parents A LOT more.

    22. And a lot will be expected of you EVERY DAY.