You can buy a lighter. Not for smoking—for lighting birthday candles for your cat. Or for making a tiny campfire in your backyard to roast a single marshmallow. You do you.
You can get a library card. The real power move? Borrowing a book on “How to Build a Sauna” just because it looks funny. Librarians love curiosity. They’ll high-five you.
You can quit school (if you’ve graduated). Or you can enroll in a class called “The History of Slime.” College catalogs are wild. Make weird choices.
63 Things You Can Do When You Turn 18
The Social Weirdness
You can legally date someone who is 40. Is it a good idea? Probably not. But you can. And you can break up via text, which is perfectly legal but socially catastrophic. You’ve been warned.
You can get married. That’s a whole thing. Don’t do it on a whim, especially if you just turned 18 this morning. Wait until after lunch, at least. Think about the cake.
You can adopt a pet. The shelter will ask if you have a stable home. Lying is bad. But a hamster? Nobody checks on hamsters. Get the hamster. Name it “Sir Fluffington III.”
