KZN shares all the parts of adulthood no one prepared them for

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When you turn 13-years-old you start dreaming about your sweet 16, when you finally reach that you start thinking of being 18 and independent and before you know it you're 25-years-old, wondering how on earth you got here.

You probably don't know how to do your taxes (because the school system was more worried about teaching us about Pythagoras's triangles), how insurance actually works or understand the struggle of having to find a place to live that you actually can afford.

Stacey and J Sbu asked KZN what they found most surprising about being an adult and what caught them off-guard?

Here's what they had to say.
22 Nov 2021 English South Africa Society & Culture · Personal Journals

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