We’ve all heard the phrase “adulting is hard” and usually I want to roll my eyes at whiny Millennials who say it. However, artist Sarah Andersen, has tapped into that feeling and produced this clever comic book. The art is drawn in an uncluttered style reminiscent of Hyperbole and a Half. The four to five panel strips are in black and white, but despite their apparent simplicity, she captures emotions perfectly. While I assume the artist is in her 20’s, and I’m older than that, some of the situations are universal and were laugh out loud funny.
The above strip captured me perfectly this weekend, as I had a final due on Monday in one of my grad classes, but spent some of my Sunday night emailing Kathleen with a long message about our blog and ideas for future posts. Then I got into a conversation with a blogging friend about Twitter wars and other nonsense. Final, what final?
Finally, this last strip is my overall feeling right now. With family, work, grad school, volunteering commitments and this blog- I am run down and feeling ragged. I read and admire other blogs, and wonder where do they find the time to write and create such beautiful posts?! All I could do this week was put up a video about Wolverine and add like five words to it, and read a book that took me 15 minutes, and then write a post that was mostly cartoon pictures!
See, adulting is hard.
-Nancy
March 3, 2017 at 4:44 pm
Lolz! I often wonder how other bloggers do it too. Between
school/ job , kids, family stuff, life etc… how does anyone have time to post daily? Sometimes even multiple posts. What am I missing here lol!
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March 3, 2017 at 5:55 pm
I know! Plus they make cool graphics, comment and Twitter regularly. I need more hours in my day!
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March 3, 2017 at 5:22 pm
Its very simple for me, I have no life.
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March 3, 2017 at 5:59 pm
Ha! That simplifies things! 😉
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March 3, 2017 at 6:27 pm
I loved this book and I’m eagerly awaiting the next book from Sarah Anderson , only 4 days to go
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March 4, 2017 at 3:25 am
Thanks for the info! I looked it up- Big Mushy Happy Lump out on the 7th!
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March 3, 2017 at 8:53 pm
I have been down all week so I understand. I just cannot seem to manage like some do. They amaze me with the endless review and posts. But you seem to always maintain my interests so you must be doing something right 😉 Happy Weekend!
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March 4, 2017 at 3:27 am
Thank you! Sometimes I have a lot to say (I actually was quite wordy in my appreciation post) but other weeks…the well is dry or I have no time!
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March 3, 2017 at 9:47 pm
hahaha oh my goodness I related so much to that housework one- I always used to do housework when I had an essay due in!! hahaha and the second one!! So true- adulting is hard (even if that makes me a whiny millenial to admit it 😉 )
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March 4, 2017 at 3:28 am
I did get my final in on time, but I was burning the midnight oil that night!
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March 4, 2017 at 11:48 pm
ahh been there!! Great job on getting it done in time!!
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March 3, 2017 at 10:02 pm
I love this artist! I can’t believe she had a book out I didn’t know about =0 Adulting is probably hard for everyone – like I’m good at cleaning and paying bills on time but like… talking? To people?? Making… dreaded… PHONE CALLS??? Forget it man 8D XD
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March 4, 2017 at 3:24 am
I knew you’d love this book Kathleen! Plus you can add her second book coming out next week!
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March 5, 2017 at 10:29 am
I love her comics!! Not only are they funny but they are relatable. Every time I read her comics I would go ‘Yep that is me’ and then be happy that I am not alone in this sad life XD
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March 5, 2017 at 3:43 pm
I agree! It made me feel better about some weird habits I have, that maybe aren’t so weird after all!
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