過完年，不少人又長了一歲。連春聯(lián)里都寫：“天增歲月人增壽，春滿乾坤福滿門”。歲月可能是漸漸流逝的，但人卻不一定是慢慢長大的。人通常是在某個瞬間意識到自己與年少時不同了。回望才發(fā)現(xiàn)，原來自己變了這么多。

社交媒體Reddit上有網(wǎng)友感慨了一句：

You officially become an adult when you realize that the smallest size at an ice cream shop is more than enough.
買冰淇淋意識到最小的那一支就夠夠的了的時候，你就正式邁入成年人行列了。

類似的可能還有，小時候恨不得能天天吃漢堡炸雞，現(xiàn)在工資/零花錢能買全家桶卻不再饞了。

So I ask for the smallest or kids’ size. I have to convince them that I really only want one scoop. Yes, just one. Ok, you can stop now. I understand it’s the same price. But I really like the cone and would rather not have to throw out a bunch of ice cream to get to the cone.
所以我就點最小的或者兒童款的冰淇淋。我還得跟店員解釋我真的只要?一勺，對，就一勺，好了，可以了，停吧。我知道價格一樣。但我真的很喜歡吃那個錐形殼兒，而且我不想為了吃殼兒而不得不丟掉大塊冰淇淋。

圍繞吃喝，Reddit網(wǎng)友發(fā)現(xiàn)，年齡增長會伴隨著飲料喜好的變化——牛奶、蘇打水、咖啡、酒類都不想喝了，你只想喝水。

When you discover that the best adult drink is no longer just milk; It is no longer soda; You are no longer at the age where it is coffee; And then you are past the age where it is no longer alcohol; Here, you are now old enough to understand that water is the best and most ideal adult drink there is. And I was telling my friends that you know you’ve aged when you order a hot drink with your fast food meal!
漸漸你就發(fā)覺最棒的成人飲料其實不是牛奶；接著也不是蘇打水；然后你慢慢也會不想喝咖啡了；再就是漸漸地你也不愛酒精了；這時候，你的年紀(jì)可能就到了慢慢理解白水是最棒最理想的成人飲品了。而且我還跟我朋友們說，當(dāng)你吃快餐都點熱飲的時候你就知道自己上年紀(jì)了。

就餐時喝熱飲對中國人來說不是稀罕事，熱奶茶不說，廣東人吃早茶不也得佐熱茶嗎。這種飲料里的年歲增長應(yīng)該體現(xiàn)在保溫杯里泡枸杞(goji)。

成年人的飲食喜好變換還被網(wǎng)友附著了一層成年人的苦惱——節(jié)食減肥以示活得很好。

You become an adult when you forego buying ice cream to buy leafy greens to make a salad, because you want to go back to wearing size 30 jeans to prove to your ex (because he/she was a fool, dumping you for someone else) that you still got it.
成年后，你棄了冰淇淋，買綠葉子菜做沙拉，因為你想瘦到可以穿回30碼的牛仔褲，以此證明給前任看（因為他/她蠢到甩了你找了別人）你還是能回春。

至此，不難看出，一個冰淇淋串聯(lián)起了成年人的體重、戀愛、收入和煩惱。

長大后才明白的道理實在是太多。列舉幾個常見的：

▌Work, sleep, eat, repeat.
上班、睡覺、吃飯，循環(huán)。

▌The inevitable break up.
分手根本不可避免

▌Having the courage to apologize.
鼓足勇氣道歉

▌Not all friendships last forever, and that's okay.
不是所有友情都會地久天長，沒關(guān)系。

▌Most adults are clueless and are figuring out life just like everybody else.
大多數(shù)成年人也毫無頭緒，和其他人一樣在努力找尋生命意義。

▌It feels like things move so slow and life will be endless when you were a kid. But life speeds by horribly fast now.
小時候覺得時間過得好慢，生命好像無窮盡。但是現(xiàn)在長大了發(fā)現(xiàn)，生命如白駒過隙。

歸根結(jié)底，小孩子可能很少思考錢和人生——錢有爸媽給，人生太遠太長不必想。但成年人不行。

Life is EXPENSIVE.
生活好花錢！

As soon as I started working full time and having to pay monthly bills (rent, groceries, insurance, etc.), let me tell you - my restaurant eating much came to a 100% stop. Life is pricey...
我開始全職工作后，每月有各項支出（房租、食品雜貨、保險等等），我跟你說——我下館子的習(xí)慣完全停掉了。生活本身就很花錢了......

You have very little freedom in your life if you choose to go down the conventional route.
如果你選擇走傳統(tǒng)路線生活，那你就不太會有很多自由空間了。

For example, you get a job, you think you need a promotion. You get a house, you think you need to get a bigger house. You have kids, you decide those kids should be doing expensive sports or going to private school. And suddenly all your money is gone, you have no spare time, and you feel like the more stuff you own, the more it starts to own you. —— doobeedoo3
比方說，你找到工作，就會想擢升。買了房子就會想買個更大的。有了小孩就會想要給小孩上貴族運動或者送去私立學(xué)校。就突然一下你所有的錢就消失了，你也失去了空余時間，感覺像是你擁有的東西越多，這些東西也就越吞噬你。

最近穿越題材電影《你好，李煥英》被賈玲拍得讓不少人淚目。如果能穿越，或者寫一封給過去自己的信，人們會想說什么？

北京郵電大學(xué)的學(xué)生何世杰（@老師好我叫何同學(xué)）在視頻里對3年前的自己說：

“2017年對你來說將是很重要的一年，要加油呀！哦對了，最重要的，你那年的理綜答案是：BDCCD, BABDB ......”

你有哪些長大后才明白的道理想要寫信告訴以前的自己呢？留言分享吧。

Notes

cone [k??n] n 錐形蛋卷筒
forego [f???ɡ??] v 放棄；棄絕（想做的事或想得之物）
clueless [?klu?l?s] adj （對某事）不懂的，無能的；很愚蠢的

編輯：李雪晴
實習(xí)生：劉小榕
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