Why Are We Still Winging Adulthood? | Things We Thought We'd Have Sorted | FILP Podcast

When did you realise adults don't actually have everything figured out? In Episode 20 of Friends in Low Places (FILP), four lifelong friends from Ireland ask a question that's been quietly bothering us for years: What did we honestly think we'd have sorted by now... and why are we still winging it? When we were younger, people in their 40s seemed to have life completely under control. Careers, parenting, money, relationships, DIY, pensions, cooking, mortgages... they all looked like proper adults. The reality? Most of us are still making it up as we go along. In this episode, we compare the lives we imagined we'd have with the ones we actually ended up living, debate whether experience really makes parenting and relationships any easier, and build the FILP Top 10 Things Adults Should Have Sorted By Now. Along the way, we admit the things we're still bluffing, the things we've genuinely improved at, and the life skills nobody ever teaches you. Friends in Low Places (FILP) is an Irish podcast hosted by Aaron, Mike, Niall and Sean—four lifelong friends who've known each other since the early 1990s. Now in their late 40s, they explore work, parenting, marriage, money, friendship, ageing and modern life with plenty of Irish humour, honest conversation and a healthy dose of 80s and 90s nostalgia. If you're navigating your 40s or 50s, balancing work and family, wondering where the years went, or occasionally looking around and thinking, "Surely everyone else knows what they're doing...", you'll probably recognise yourself in this conversation. Subscribe ‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪@FILPPodcast‬ to join the conversation. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JQBjCo... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast... 👍 Enjoyed the episode? Subscribe for new episodes every other week and tell us in the comments: What's one thing you honestly thought you'd have figured out by now? More from FILP: ⁠Website: https://filppodcast.com FAQs: https://filppodcast.com/faq Blog: https://filppodcast.com/blog Contact: https://filppodcast.com/contact Chapters: 00:00 The World Cup Is on Too Late 02:40 Surely We’d Have It Sorted by 50? 07:29 The Adults We Thought We’d Become 17:08 Parenting, Relationships & Bluffing Calmness 27:11 Ten Things Adults Should Have Sorted 37:51 The Few Things We’ve Actually Figured Out #IrishPodcast #LifeAfter40 #Midlife #Adulting #GenX