Being an adult is tough. Really tough.
And for some reason, all the schooling, university, and chats with our parents failed to mention a few pretty major parts of what life entails post-21.
No one prepared us, and we don’t feel ready. We don’t know how to adult. Help us, please.
1. Taxes
Seriously, did anyone’s school even MENTION the concept of taxes? Did anyone show you how to do them if you’re a freelancer?
Someone was supposed to teach us about tax codes and random forms, we’re sure of it. But they didn’t, and now we’re stuck desperately going through endless click circles on the GOV UK website.
2. Money management in general, really
If you were lucky, your parents imparted some financial wisdom upon you before you headed off into the big bad world.
But for the rest of us, our education consisted of one measly PSHE lesson on creating a pretend budget based on… Read the full story