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Finding my footing
By A millennials attempt at adulting  •  September 27, 2022
I was 18 when I first set foot in the CBD for work. Back then, I managed to secure an administrative position in a private bank, earning $7/hour. I remember squeezing alongside adults decked in office attire – ladies in killer heels and body-hugging dresses, and men in neatly tucked shirts and pants. I also remember feeling engulfed by this overwhelming feeling of adulthood, thinking that that was what I was supposed to be working towards once I graduate from school. “Is this it….?”  I remember that there was this moment of realization that this didn’t seem like my way of living. Is this what adult life is all about? Rushing beside frantic working adults everyday after alighting from Raffles Place, feeling anxious as I fumbled for my card at the gantry, because I delayed my card-tapping by 0.2s which might be causing a potential queue to form behind me. Fighting for a
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By A millennials attempt at adulting
Holla, I'm Mel. I'm currently in my 20s, and trying my best to swim against the current which is popularly known as the 'rat race'. I enjoys taking naps and feasting on mentaiko sushi. I also struggle with this confusing thing called Adultng. This blog is a personal journal for me to pen down my thoughts towards the different elements of adulting, and how I struggle with it. Hopefully, this will serve as a space for me to laugh at my past self, in the very near future.
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