Adulthood Wasn't on the Syllabus

School taught us algebra, grammar, history, and just enough science to know that touching a hot stove is a poor long-term strategy. What it did not teach us was how to manage money, survive relationships, raise children, navigate the workplace, recognize an email scam, pack for a vacation, or explain why repeatedly pressing "fluff" on the dryer does not technically count as ironing.In Adulthood Wasn't on the Syllabus: The Lessons School Left Out, Mark Trevor shares the practical, funny, and occasionally painful lessons he learned after leaving the classroom. Drawing on a lifetime of marriage, divorce, parenting four children, managing a career, traveling with family, owning a home, and making more than his fair share of questionable decisions, Mark offers the kind of advice most of us receive only after we have already done things the hard way.Inside, you will discover why being consistently late becomes part of your personality, why the company Christmas party is still work, why men and women sometimes appear to come from different planets, why postponing your taxes does not postpone the penalties, and why a cruise drink package is rarely the bargain it seems after day three. You will also find lessons about friendship, health, technology, parenting, household survival, retirement, and the delicate art of admitting that your significant other may have been right all along.Warm, honest, and filled with self-deprecating humor, this book is not a rulebook for living a perfect life. Mark certainly has not lived one-and would be immediately suspicious of anyone who claimed otherwise. It is a collection of useful observations from someone who has stumbled, learned, laughed, and kept going.Whether you are just beginning adulthood or have been pretending to understand it for decades, Adulthood Wasn't on the Syllabus is a reminder that wisdom usually arrives shortly after we needed it-and that life's best lessons often come with a good story.