Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps

Kelly Williams Brown

May 2013 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Anjili Pal

About this audiobook

If you graduated from college but still feel like a student . . . if you wear a business suit to job interviews but pajamas to the grocery store . . . if you have your own apartment but no idea how to cook or clean . . . it's OK. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Just because you don't feel like an adult doesn't mean you can't act like one. And it all begins with this funny, wise, and useful book. Based on Kelly Williams Brown's popular blog, Adulting, makes the scary, confusing "real world" approachable, manageable -- and even conquerable. This guide will help you to navigate the stormy Sea of Adulthood so that you may find safe harbor in Not Running Out of Toilet Paper Bay, and along the way you will learn:

What to check for when renting a new apartment--not just the nearby bars, but the faucets and stove, among other things.
When a busy person can find time to learn more about the world (It involves the intersection of NPR and hair-straightening.)
How to avoid hooking up with anyone in your office--iImagine your coworkers having plastic, featureless doll crotches. It helps.
The secret to finding a mechanic you love--or, more realistically, one that will not rob you blind.

From breaking up with frenemies to fixing your toilet, this way fun comprehensive handbook is the answer for aspiring grown-ups of all ages.

Ratings and reviews

Truth: I haven't finished this book yet, but feel the need to right a glaring wrong in the reviews. The "TOP" critical review states: "...blah, blah, blah, It might be good if your 20. Blah, blah, blah..." How does one criticize a book about *adulting* specifically by stating it's beneath them, and in the same sentence prove to not be capable of distinguishing "your" from "you're?!" Reviewers should brush up on their own grammar skills before insinuating content is too juvenile.

Great book if I was 18 or 16 I guess. It's a check sheet, not trying to be rude... The preview caught me with buying it.. if your 23.. 101 save your money,..

as a lost twenty-one year old this book CHANGED MY LIFE I recommend it to everyone

About the author

Kelly Williams Brown is the founder of the popular Tumblr, AdultingBlog.com, and she is, in fact, sometimes, an adult. Previously, she was a features reporter and an award-winning humor columnist for the Statesman Journal, a daily newspaper in Salem, Oregon.