These 35 Illustrations Hilariously Sum Up The Struggles Of Adult Life (New Pics)
Interview With ArtistLife is full of stupid, awkward, and frustrating situations we can all relate to, but when you wrap them in a little humor and self-irony and realize that everyone goes through the same little things, they instantly become less annoying and can even put a smile on your face!
Clare Kayden Hines is a writer and illustrator who shares spot-on observations, universal truths, relatable struggles, and mundane, sometimes ridiculous moments from our daily lives in the form of funny and entertaining comics. Having struggled with anxiety for years, Hines openly expresses her experiences and battles through her art, and many people around the world can deeply relate to it.
Since we spoke to the artist almost two years ago and put her work in the spotlight, Hines has continued drawing her insights and sharing them with the world. Scroll down to check them out, but be aware―they might be about you.
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Of course you do. People under the age of 18 have no freedom of self-determination or agency. They’re completely disenfranchised by being legally underage. While some of this is for protection, it absolutely has negative impact as well, especially with overbearing/demanding parents and other authorities. Hang in there.
Load More Replies...Story of my life. I did not even know I was struggling with anxiety, I thought this was something normal all people have.
I see it slightly differently. I think it IS something normal people have. You ARE normal. However, it is the amount of anxiety that is the problem and what we can cope with varies. If you are struggling, if you're reached a point where it's become too much for you then you are fully deserving of help and support.
Load More Replies...Oof I turned 38 today and was diagnosed with GAD a few years back. Can attest to all the peas in this bed being the type of thoughts my overactive brain will run through when I try to sleep! Found the best way to not have my brain go haywire is to listen to a few short stories at bedtime and set the laptop up to run into rain sounds. Declare the bed a 'safe space' so any thoughts that pop up I agree to look at them later, not in bed. I find the sound of rain soothing and can set the laptop up to shut itself off/have the screen off. Works pretty well for me ^_^
My anxieties lately have been: "What if inflation gets so bad I won't make enough money and I'll be homeless?" "What if no one else wants to hire me and I'll be staying at a job I hate forever." "Does my mom really love me?" "Does my boyfriend really want a life with me?" "What if I fall asleep and I sleep in again?" "What if I never fall asleep and I'll have to work sleep deprived again?"
My parents are the first ones to b***h about it if the only person was under the bed.
No, I said if the pea was under the bed, and they couldn't feel it, but because they knew it was there ,they'd b***h about that!!!
Load More Replies...With the background of working in Silicon Valley for a dream-company for many, Apple, Hines quit her job in 2017 to pursue creating her own humorous content. And rightfully so. This has not only been a perfect creative outlet, but a form of self-reflection and self-therapy, as well as a way to connect with 125k like-minded people on Instagram to brighten up their day and make them feel less alone.
Feeling like you’re drowning in tasks that need to be done ten minutes ago can be incredibly paralyzing. When I finally get fed up with being in that kind of funk, I just sit down and try to divide up and organize what I need to do—-usually, I find a load of redundancies which make the To-Do pile look bigger than it actually is. Then I can start breaking up the tasks into related, but manageable, groups. Once prioritized, I can finally jump in and knock a group or two out per sitting. Before long, I find out I’m all caught up. However, the hardest part is getting motivated enough to do the initial organizing before you’re totally buried under everyth8ng.
I actually like cleaning. Maybe it's just me but I like turning my brain off for several hours and when I'm done I know I've accomplished a lot and have a clean tidy space.
This only applies to outside my house. Mowing the lawn relaxes me.
Load More Replies...I clean so I can be comfortable in my surroundings. I ‘m not a germaphobe (I have pets who bring in germs just like kids do) or an obsessive perfectionist (I do what I call a working woman’s cleaning—clean as you go all week and all you’ll need to do on cleaning day is wipe everything down and vacuum). No, I’m just someone who doesn’t like living in a stinking sty.
I enjoy cleaning. I hate living in a mess among dirt and clutter.
Solution: don't invite anyone over...that's what I do. Haven't cleaned since the Nixon Administration. -Dr M, retiree
and then you're half-asleep and anxious because your brain thinks you're oversleeping the alarm
"I felt starved for a creative outlet," the artist told Bored Panda. "I dreamt up my illustrated alter ego, Kayden Hines, who reflected the tension between everything I was 'supposed' to do and everything I actually wanted to do. I started drawing Kayden as a way to express myself at a time I felt very stuck. Once I quit my job and started my creative career, my life feels much more aligned with who I am. Now, my alter ego feels less like an alter ego… Kayden just feels like me now!"
Are baby bells really that hard to open? I only just tried them about a month or two ago. I find the wax quite fun. I like to smash it all into one huge wax ball after eating the cheese that is.
It is kinda symbolic...like a parents love for each of their children or God's love or something like that..you know
Nice. That's another reason to celebrate not being institutionalized. You can hit the kitchen with your crazy self whenever you want to.
Load More Replies...I was in receipt of a care package (in the UK) and it contained (amongst other things) two jars of bolognese sauce and a packet of rice. Er... where's the pasta??? Interesting food mixes ahead. 👍👍👍
Load More Replies...I had a bunch of award pins made for "Not stabbing anyone today." I gave them to my friends in education and in customer service.
Hahaha, I bet they appreciated them. Would like to have one.
Load More Replies...Pasta with a sauce takes LOTS of time ....especially if you don't have the ingredients!
That about sums up most people right now. I have a shower and get into my "house pants" which is another pretty name for different PJs...
My mums screen time is (drumroll please) 7 and a half hours a DaY!!!! We checked!!
Still have all my Calvin and Hobbes books from book fairs when I was a kid. I introduced my 7 year old to them during the quarantine. Best thing that's happened all year because she can't stop laughing.
Load More Replies...THIS IS SO ME . Whenever I need a hug or to feel better I always and only go to my dog. I will NEVER go to a human. All they do is make matters worse.
This is me after 5 PM... after a long day of data entry at an insufficient workstation at home, I crawl upstairs for Fuzz Therapy with my 2 gorgeous Ragdoll kittens. So much heavy sighs so much love.
i wish my puppy was dat nice...........mine is a border collie mix he is 7 moths and getting big,when he is inside he chews everything like oven mits,shoes,couches,and random thig like ping pong balls,and snaps pencils in half!!!! we try letting stay inside over night in the base ment with my brother but he barks and wines.....altho its nice to watch him beatup my brothers friend a fugly midget brat named carson loves power rangers and wont admit it and tried hit meh with a "wip aka a willow tree vine",by the way ur prolly wondering why i let my dog attack carson and that he could get hurt.when i said attack i didnt mean full on bite attack by attack i mean watch carson be chased aroud the yard and my dog nipping his ankels
While illustrating relatable aspects of life and daily frustrations, Hines has a never-ending source of inspiration, because "life admin and chores never end."
"A lot of my inspiration comes from observations or funny things that happen in my own life. My illustrations are my way of finding humor in all types of situations, from the mundane (not wanting to talk on the phone) to the existential (feeling dead inside at my job), and making them universal and relatable."
I encourage my students to memorize their multiplication tables because it helps them with algebra. I also teach effective use of calculators. I also teach how bad math can kill people (dosage calculators and engineering problems).
And suddenly learning maths has a purpose und is, therefore, fun! You sound like a teacher I would have wanted ☺️
Load More Replies...Move the decimal one place to the left and double that amount. Takes less time than opening an app or asking Siri/Bixby
The answer is always: 0. These people need proper wages, not getting drip fed on the gifts on patrons that are already paying for the product.
Load More Replies...Batteries die, but the calculator in your brain, if trained properly, will never die on you.
I am living proof that I did not need algebra to survive. BOO-YAH! -Dr M, retired professor
My teachers said something similar."Are you gonna walk around with a calculator all your life?People that were born into the smartphone era that act like they're attached to theirs, say, "Well, YEAH!!!!"
Thanatos is the god of death, if we are looking at this from an Ancient Greek's perspective
i think this is the 1 time kids get to write on da wall! lol like meh imma kid altho i've never writen on tha wall my lil bro wrote bad words in clear chapstick in my hall waay thinking we couldn't see it lol \oOf
Not the point of this pic... but you shouldn’t keep any of the pictured veggies in a fridge. The moisture makes then sprout. They’re better off getting some air in the pantry.
I always keep those in the pantry and still manage to make them sprout in record time and my plants also look like hers. Some of us just suck at this, LOL.
Load More Replies...I have a large and very healthy potatoe plant in a pot now cos I didn't want to kill it after it started growing
I struggled between having a new plant or mashed potatoes
Load More Replies...What this really needs is the forgotten mystery meat in the back that growls at you when you take it out! 😂
I usually name mine. I have one now I call Burger
Load More Replies...this is beside the point, but damn that onion looks really nice lol
lol my teacher can realate her name is Mrs.sharp she likes cats and cactuses and other suculents 1 of her student last year got her a cactus and they don't need to be watered very much but she still managed to kill it
She's already killing you by putting you in the fridge where none of you belong.
"Honestly, I’m still surprised when I post something and people relate to it! I often feel very alone in my own head, so getting my thoughts out into the world and seeing people say they feel the same way is always a surprise (and a delight)! When people tell me that my comics make them feel less alone, I want to tell them that creating and posting them makes ME feel less alone, too!"
I absolutely hate only being able to see spring through window glass. Especially now during quarantine.
hehehehehe I'm the only person in my family who doesn't have seasonal allergies >:D
Didn't know you could get allergies as you got older, until I started getting allergies when I got older. Finally went to an allergist and discovered that Yes, a person can be allergic to everything in the entire season of Spring. Everything......every-freaking-blasted-thing-that-is-out-there for an entire freaking SEASON! Then this Corona C**p hits and I started googling how to tell people its allergies not Corona.
People with allergies need to read up on probiotics. I have helped many people, a couple of dogs and a few cats get over allergies. You have to replace those probiotics after a round of antibiotics. There are good ones at the big box stores for not too much money. They are worth every cent if you have allergies.
As a teacher, unfortunately this cannot be me...it is the iverhwelemed #1 on this list for me. And the Jenga anxiety.
thats carson once again he always on his x-box but when he goes out side he goes straight down to our house and him and my lil bro destroy stuff like my grandparents garden decaraitions
With me the "when I'm alone" part is none existent and when I'm around other people is 100%. This self isolation is brilliant for me.
The artist said that there is always room for experimenting, improving, and changing things up when it comes to the style of her comics.
"I’ve experimented with different styles over the years. I’ll go down a wormhole where I’ll take tons of online drawing classes and will start changing things around, and then I’ll see what sticks. Some of the changes I love, some I end up hating, but I’ll never know until I try. I love learning new skills (otherwise I’ll get bored), but it probably means my style is not as consistent as it could be because I keep experimenting."
This calls for Charles Barsotti’s famous classic from The New Yorker... 27648B9B-A...3-jpeg.jpg
And it is NEVER as bad as you pictured it all the time you were avoiding it! Never!!
Unless I leave it for last and when I finally start doing it with what I thought would be enough time, it takes 4 times longer than I expected ;-;
Load More Replies...As I got older I learned that if you attack the worst task first and get it done, the rest gets done easily.
Hines said that it was especially hard to find humor in light of the global pandemic, but finding something to laugh about became a way of dealing with fear and anxieties.
"At first, I couldn’t create anything. I felt paralyzed and overwhelmed. But then I realized how much seeing other people’s creativity helped me get through the day. It added some normalcy during a chaotic and scary time. It inspired me to want to keep creating and sharing my experiences, in case it helped other people get through the day in some small way too."
Much better this way for everyone involved. Granted, almonds aren’t the best choice for non-dairy milks, as I’ve heard the almond crop business is water-useage-heavy compared to other nuts.
Except milk cows. Who, if they weren't needed in the dairy industry, would just be slaughtered by the millions.
Load More Replies...We had a TV remote and it's been lost ever since...
Load More Replies...If you have a cat the “graveyard” for 2/3 of these is under something they can’t get under themselves, and too far back to be within reach. Start with the couch, move on to the fridge, then try under every nook and cranny. Eventually you’ll find them all and get them back. Whether you’ll actually want them back at that point is a whole ‘nother story.
When I was in middle school, I always lost ONE stud earring while sleeping. Never found it, ever. The trend has started again in 2019, except not sleeping, just going about my day.
Bobby Pins and Hair ties. I can almost always find 10 - 15 hair ties I've 'lost', not the 50 I started out with. Buy a new pack same thing. Bobby Pins just vanish. Poof they're gone. No amount of cleaning will produce a Bobby Pin. You can buy a new pack and never find the old bobby pins. They're magic.
Yeah, my coworkers had to get used to my overuse of exclamation points in my emails and texts.
Nice to see someone ask. Not all dogs are comfortable around strangers or kids. I hate dodging overly touchy people with a nervous dog
I have two dogs - one hates people and the other hates other dogs. Can make dog walking a bit tricky at times! Particularly as the one that hates people is the tiny one that children always want to pet.
Load More Replies...I love dogs but don't do this (unless the dog REALLY needs to be petted and the person is standing around and isn't going anywhere) because the easy way to get doggy socialization from dogs other than your own is volunteering at a shelter! All the dogs you can want for as much time as you want.
Excellent! My smallest dog is terrified of children after being 'adored' by them when she was a puppy.
Load More Replies...1 time me and my brother were at a dog paraid and my lil bro went to pet a dog in front of us he petted the dog and the dog was ok when the dog turned around to my brother to be petted a random lady staning next to the owner holding the leash jerked her dog forwards so my bro couldn't pet it and said "WATCH IT U DONT KNOW THIS DOG HE COULD BE MEAN AND LIKE I DONT WANT IT TO BITE U SO GO RUN TO UR MOMMY! AND WE SAID U CAN TELL US WHAT TO DO
Yup, I'm 65 and still have the same reaction as when I was a kid... LOL!!!
I grew up with a st. Bernard that was only a month younger than me.Diesel got put to sleep for dystemper when we were 15.
I always ask. I understand that some dogs don't like some people touching them.
If they add “and didn’t get that ‘deer in the headlights’ look from the boss before they started laughing their a*s off at me because I said it” , it’ll almost be accurate.
I said no to something I didn't want to do, too.I grew up around a lot of acid, pot, and barbiturates,.I smoked pot since age 8, but was afraid that acid would make me lose my mind.How ironic.I'm a 49 year old pothead with a 71 year old pothead mother that still does acid.She has a serotonin imbalance.Go figure!!!
Plus there’s nothing hanging on the back of the chair or on the headboard. You know, the stuff you wore once that might just be wearable again if you hang it neatly and let it “air out”.
Load More Replies...how is that sock sitting just sitting attached to the side of the chair and not falling
Hahaha!!! How many times I've done that in my life, then I had kids...Couldn't do that anymore as he would have been running around naked most of the time...
The only time adding 1 clove of garlic to anything would be acceptable is if the recipe was "how to prepare 1 clove of garlic", and even then I'd add 3, just to be sure ;)
Now here is one that I can relate to---and apparently you also know how to cook---go Girl ---go.
Load More Replies...We buy a type of garlic that is basically just one big clove called "garlic solo". So when it says 1 clove, we put in the entire thing. Needless to say, we love garlic!
I Google solo garlic. This is more then love, it's almost a obsession. 😂Garlic is also on my top 3 favorites
Load More Replies...that my sis alright meh on the other hand play on electronics dispitethe fact i have 80-h-d then i go out side as soon as my lil bros friend comes over so i can totally annoy him ill he goes home
Same situation in dealing with society trying to confirm to me.
And we pretty much never use the coupons or sign up for the drawings either.
Load More Replies...omigosh yes! a cashier at our cvs says it's your complimentary mummy costume.
I saw a post about countries that maximize the paper, including double-sided receipts. The next day I went to Walmart and said good job. Then I went to CVS and BJs...unnecessarily long. But because of the post, it made me crack up laughing.
They should do like Home Depot, send them to your email address. Saves so many trees...
Oh this should be one circle. No matter what, I just always say "Thanks I love it", no other options.
Wait but that's what she's saying -- for a Venn diagram, the middle section is the one that applies to both sections, so she's also saying that she says she loves it no matter what haha
Load More Replies...A hairdresser gets one bad cut before I start gong to someone else. Once I find someone who doesn’t give me bad haircuts, I stay with them forever—-even changing salons when they change jobs.
Until you reach the point of finding another hairdresser and the previous one doesn't know why.
The second type is gross not for taking a bite but for holding it like that. You don’t need your entire band on the food to hold it!
I am both of those people. When you have time is 1, and want to feel youthful. When you are taking 30 seconds to take a break before your next class or to-do task is person 2. Lol.
Olives, tomato juice AND celery? Whoa, you've become one of those hard-core health nuts? Everyone knows the vodka is just a catalyst.
It's drinking the vodka and then trying to drink Kombucha and hoping it balances out.
The tomato juice and the olives are good, but it takes 20 minutes to chew a bite of celery.Quicker to add celery salt.
In New Orleans, where they make a hell of a Bloody Mary, celery salt is a necessity!
Load More Replies...I have lids. And I have containers. But none of them seem to match each other. How is that even possible?
Load More Replies...When we were renovating our last house, we found so many bobby pins in the weirdest places. It was like they were breeding in the walls.
But they were! My bobby pins get lost, stay In the craziest places imaginable, and eventually get found with like 70 other ones (I only lose 3 at a time)
Load More Replies...How about your mp3 playlist?You can learn a lot about a person by the music they listen to.So, why do people avoid me, a 49 year old woman who listens to Rush, Metal church, Alice in chains, Moody Blues, Alan Parsons Project, and tchaikovsky?
I feel like waking up refreshed should have only a tiny slim slot. At least that's how my anxiety works
I agree, and anxiety taking up the remaining space
Load More Replies...The only reason why Monday is the best day of the week is because it's farthest from the next Monday.
Load More Replies...Or never wear them. I have some s****y $20 sunglasses I wore until they broke and $300 sunglasses I don’t even like that much. Which is stupid because I think almost all sunglasses of all brands are made from the same materials in the same factories.
They indeed are. It's a company called Luxottica. I had to learn about it during my one of my college courses. It's a manufacturing company that makes up most of the world's glasses, from cheap basic glasses, all the way to some of the most designer. They are practically made in the same fashion with the same materials. Just sold at different prices.
Load More Replies...Jeff Foxworthy.. maybe.. talked about how cheapos also float and don’t sink. “I can be on a cruise and a diver will say, ‘did anyone lose a pair of cheapos?” That your expensive pairs are lost forever but you don’t lose the cheapos.
Hey folks, write on your mailbox "No ads, please!"! It works for me with 80% success, and it's WAY more environment friendly than getting them and then throwing them into the recycling bin.
Where I live you can register directly with the post office to stop them, I did, I now get more then ever before :( ...
Load More Replies...If I want something, I'll go looking for it... (Not much junkmail here where I live in the UK).
Eh, good on you for even trying. I say get a gift bag and some tissue paper and hope the thought counts.
Welp, I'm glad it is. As for the rest of us,we will continue to use plastic trash bags.
Load More Replies...pernament markers! whenever i open oneof my Ohuhu markers, the first thing i do is take a BIIIGGGGGG sniff .
gasoline for me ( and the smell of a garage what is wrong with me T^T)
Why would you want to be on the show? It's absolutely ridiculous...
EXACTLY!!! it degrades women and makes them look like getting married to a man is the only way their life can be complete
Load More Replies...i meaaaaaaaaaan look at meeeeeeeeee im fiififififne!!
Load More Replies...Booth looks more comfortable... and can still seat four :)
if it could be #2 but with booths, that'd be great lol
I don't wear sundresses. I like football. I prefer cats. Otherwise, I think we are the exact same person.
@RussianOtaku I'm all kinds of confused at the tone of your comment. I had a casino calc too, not the watch though, those things were cumbersome. Don't know why anyone would want one with better tech available right now. High five for the nostalgia at least ^_^
I don't wear sundresses. I like football. I prefer cats. Otherwise, I think we are the exact same person.
@RussianOtaku I'm all kinds of confused at the tone of your comment. I had a casino calc too, not the watch though, those things were cumbersome. Don't know why anyone would want one with better tech available right now. High five for the nostalgia at least ^_^
