Book Review: Adult stuff

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+title = "Adult Stuff: Things You Need to Know to Win at Real Life - Robert Boesel,
+Matt Moore"
+date = 2020-02-09
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+[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26544444-adult-stuff):
+Sometimes your first steps into the "real world" send you falling flat on your
+face. It's natural to be optimistic about new experiences, but most of us set
+ourselves up only to be let down every time. And disappointment hurts like a
+$%&*#.
+
+News flash: You don't have to be an Einstein to survive adult life. You don't
+even have to abandon your standards to get what you want. All you have to do
+is keep your expectations realistic.
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+Alright, right up front, let me say that it is weird to read a book about "How
+to Survive Real Life When You Just Got Passed Your Teens and Now Need to Work
+and Keep a Place and Have a Life" when you're 43. But here we are.
+
+One thing the book does (although a bit too flourish for my taste) is to
+destroy all those dreams of a perfect life: Oh, you're out of your parents
+apartment? Sure, you can have that huge loft Tom Hanks have in "Big", or a
+nice apartment like the ones in "Friends"? NOT! Oh, sharing with someone you
+go fine? It will be like "Friends", every day! SIKE!
+
+So, yeah, it is not that bad, but it is not a dream.
+
+But instead of saying "Nope" all the time, the book tries to give some advice
+on how to survive this dark times. I think it missed the point sometimes; for
+example: dripping faucet? Hire someone. Why not buy two, play with one till
+you understand how it fits and then try the other one. Sure, hiring someone
+and watching over their shoulder how to do is something I do all this time --
+I'm not kidding here -- but you can also experiment yourself. You'd pay
+double, but if you manage to understand how things work, you'll have a spare
+and if you break it, at least you got it shouldn't work.