Adulthood:

A series of "I'd rather be doing (insert something not-as-bad here) than (insert current task)" that leads to you doing the former, even though the former isn't what you dreamed it would be like. A "compromise", or, in other words, a chickening-out and a giving-in of your own demands to the demands of the people/society around you.

Case in point:

"I'd rather go for a holiday than do this statistics work", even though holidaying isn't the best option of having fun.


Or maybe this is just called...growth.

Edit: whatever the fucking adults say. it's still lying to yourself.