Proof you are handling it, mostly

Certified Adult, Pending Review

Free sample below ~ print it and try it. The full kit adds every other page.

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Print the certificate first and fill it in badly, on purpose ~ it belongs on the fridge, not in a frame. Work through the competency cards whenever you catch yourself doing something suspiciously capable, and use the first-time walkthrough page the next time you have to do a grown-up task you have never done before. The quarterly review is for looking back and noticing you did, in fact, learn things.

This is the free sample ~ the full kit adds every page below it.

The certificate

Fill this in with a pen. Do not print it neatly. The wobbliness is part of the credential.

This certifies that ~ (your name, written with unearned confidence)

has been operating as an adult since ~ (a date you are choosing generously)

Areas of demonstrated competence ~ (list three, they can be small)

Areas still pending review ~ (list three, be honest, this is the funny part)

Known to be good at ~ (one thing you would defend in an argument)

Officially still figuring out ~ (one thing, no shame attached)

This certificate expires ~ (never; adulthood has no renewal date, only surprises)

Signed, the holder ~

Witnessed by ~ (someone who has seen you handle something well)

Questions

Is this a joke kit or a useful one?

Both, on purpose. The certificate is funny and the first-time walkthrough page is genuinely the thing people use most. The humor is what gets the kit off the shelf on a day the useful part is needed.

Why 30 cards when the pack lists more ideas?

The thirty cards are drawn from a deeper hand-written library so the delivered set is curated rather than padded. Every card in the pack is distinct and the same thirty print every time.

Can I give this as a gift?

It is one of the better uses for it ~ a graduation, a first apartment, a first real job. Fill in the witnessed-by line yourself before you hand it over.