Thread by @startupdaemon

How to Tell Your Neighbor Is a WEREWOLF #Halloween Edition

You should read this carefully 110 times:

– If you're young and haven't yet learnt this essential knowledge.
– If you're old but no-one taught you how to take care business.

If you want to be an ignorant, move on.

Wow, did you really think I'd do a thread about dressing like a clown?

GROW THE FUCK UP!

This thread tells you how to be an adult.

1. Get a job or create another income source.

High school and college don't leave you enough time?

I worked 20h a week & did 3 majors in 4 years.

Others have done better than that.

Stop the excuses & get moving. Even a fast-food job teaches an essential skill - showing up.

Self-respect and leading yourself starts with financial independence. Get to making your own money as early as possible.

Retired? When you "retire", people lose respect for you and you lose respect for yourself even if you don't need the money.

Retirement from having a mission in life is a death sentence. Is that what you want from your golden years?

Students and retirees alike can find work online. You don't even have to get off the couch to get paid these days.

So you have no excuses.

2. Learn to prepare your own food.

> Frozen dinners are NOT food.

Make things from scratch, even if you have to start with an omelet.

Take control of what you eat.

You'll learn discipline, save money and avoid a lot of toxins.

Adults can feed themselves.

3. Move out on your own as soon as you can afford to.

Getting your own shelter is an essential part of adulthood. Even if you have roommates.

Living with you parents - even the best of parents - is always stunting because you remain accountable to someone other than yourself.

Make sure you can cover all your expenses without running up debt BEFORE you move out on your own.

This means you need a solid source of income, so what are you still waiting for?

4. Keep your place clean and tidy.

- wash the dishes
- make your bed every day
- clean the house every week (yes, this includes the toilet, genius)
- tidy up the backyard, garage, everything

Take responsibility - and control - of your environment.

It will pay off immediately.

5. Learn to dress like an adult.

Lose all the ridiculous holdovers from your childhood - the funny hats and shirts, the old sneakers, the ripped jeans.

You don't look cool. you look like hobo.

Get some adult clothes and leave the funny stuff for your private beach.

6. Save money to buy some socks.

Yes, this merits a tweet of its own.

You got a $2k Armani jacket, but you put loafers on barefoot?

No, you don't look like a big baller.

You look like a pleb who's trying too hard.

Put some socks on and leave the loafers for the yacht.

7. Exercise daily if you don't have a very physical job.

Nutrition and eating your own cooking is just the beginning of taking responsibility for your health.

Carve out at least half an hour for a workout every day. Can be running, can be push-ups & pull-ups, anything habitual.

8. Take care of your head.

Sounds odd?

You don't need a ridiculous beard or a pile of makeup on your face just because everyone else is doing it.

Make your own style and stick to it.

A well-groomed face is immediately attractive.

9. Brush your teeth daily.

Easy - and dangerous - to forget.

10. Learn to repair and iron your own clothes - even if you don't have to.

When a marine loses a button in combat, do you think they send over a personal tailor?

He sews a spare on & gets back on duty.

Adult men and women know how to get it done, helpless children don't.

11. Keep your shoes clean and polished.

This implies you must have shoes, darling, not just flip flops and sandals.

12. Don't keep in your life people who hold you back and disrespect you.

Set clear standards for everyone, including family and old friends.

If it's not working, don't be a child and end it.

That's how you take responsibility for a healthy life.