12 hard truths I've learned about adulthood after half a decade in the working world

In the six years since college graduation, I've learned a few things - not including how to roast vegetables, or that New York City post offices are to be avoided at all costs.

Consider them more ... hard truths about life.

I'm not for a moment saying I know close to everything, or even most things. In fact, I probably don't even know what I don't know. (Wait for my follow-up post a decade from now: "Everything I thought I'd learned by age 28 was completely wrong.")

But along the way, a few things have become clear to me.