Tip of the Week: How to Pretend to be a Grown-up

Step 1: Wear pants. Not just any pants, but the kind that are slightly worn out, yet somehow still respectable. Bonus points if you've got a few strategically-placed tears in the knees.

Subtip 1: Use big words

When in doubt, use words like 'perspicacious' or 'enervate'. Trust us, no one will ever call you out on it.

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Step 2: Pretend to be interested in things you don't understand

Subtip 2: Use technology

Nod enthusiastically while scrolling through your phone, even if you have no idea what you're looking at. Bonus points if you can manage to send a few emails without actually typing anything.

Learn more about the art of appearing competent with a device

Step 3: Practice the art of doing absolutely nothing

Subtip 3: Make eye contact

Stare intensely at a point on the wall for exactly 3 seconds. Repeat as needed.

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Step 4: Develop a sense of humor about it all

Subtip 4: Laugh at yourself

Find the humor in your own pretentiousness and laugh heartily. Or, at the very least, laugh politely.

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