Step 1 is Always Acknowledgment

I've learned that the first step of actually becoming an adult is actually admitting that it's inevitably happening. I'm not saying giving up on the that "kid at heart" type mentality of getting excited for the small things and believing in the impossible. While that is what Peter Pan, Hook, Wendy-Lady and Tink will lead you to believe, it's really just acknowledging that their are steps and benchmarks that you'll inevitably come across, or in my case stumble upon, that will do nothing but catapult you into the next stage of your life. How you decide to respond to them is what separates the floundering semi-professionals that still get too drunk at happy hour and talk too loudly about their boss's assistant and those that find themselves enjoying the ever changing twenty-somethings and commemorate them as a success. Prepared or not, it's coming and there's not a whole lot you can do to avoid it.

So I've decided to embrace it. As a result, I've also decided to document my attempts to join those that have forsaken reckless abandon of a college filled Friday night (which may or may not still be my Friday evenings occasionally) to try to join the seemingly fewer percentage of the post-college graduate finding that there truly is life post 4am living room dance sessions (maybe will still happen) and greasy subs with more calories than your recommended daily intake. Don't worry friends, I'm positive there's another side and I'm optimistic that it'll be just as fulfilling as the last.