Using the term Adulting, is a way of compartmentalizing what you HAVE to do, and what you truly WANT to do. Without that compartmentalization, do you really know your own passions well enough to spot them when opportunity arises?
Like, what do you do because it's good for you or puts food on the table, and what do you do because your Soul YEARNS for it?
And how would you know the difference if you don't have a word for it?
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@Heucuva8
We already do.
We had it before people turned the noun "adult" into a verb!
The word is: Responsibilites.
I hear you, but that's an even worse word.
"Beholdens" because you're beholden to someone else for them?
English sucks.
My issue with it, is how many people talk about their responsibilities as a Burden? One that weighs them down.
How many see them as a source of pride, that they accomplished something?
Adulting, people can take pride in, that despite the criticism they hear from themself and others, they DID something.
It is a marker that you are valuable, and have achieved something, no matter how small.
It feels GOOD to have Adulted, &
Discouraging to have Responsibilities.
@Heucuva8
That doesn't mean that I don't want to avoid my responsibilities sometimes. Occasionally, being irresponsible is bloody good fun!
We all need to be childlike now and then.
@Heucuva8
How about duty and duties, then?
"I have done my duty." is incredibly positive and not at all burdensome. It implies service and self-sacrifice for the good.
That said, I do not find the idea of responsibilities to be negative.
To have responsibilities and to carry them out is a sign of *responsibility*; maturity.
To be a responsible person is very grown up. Very adult. Very good.
@BlackRabbit