Chaya Upadhyay from Navi Mumbai moved to England to pursue a master’s in corporate communications, marketing and public relations from the University of Leeds has taken up a part-time job as a bartender at a local brewery.
Generation Z (Gen-Z) can be credited with popularising the word ‘adulting’. That phase begins when people move out of their homes for higher studies, and eventually jobs. For Gen-Zs (people born between late 1990s and early 2010s), adulting refers to living like responsible adults—paying bills, buying groceries, taking care of your home and looking after yourself.
(This story appears in the 19 April, 2024 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)