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Dating Apps: Are They Helping or Hurting Us Find Love? | Barely Adulting PodcastAre dating apps helping or hurting us find love? Host Lonnie explores the paradox of choice, dating fatigue, and why 60% of couples now meet online. Plus: practical tips for using Hinge, Bumble & Tinder without burning out. Real talk on modern dating.

Everyone says “quit your job and chase your dream.”But what if that’s not realistic?In this episode of Barely Adulting, I sit down with my roommate Malik — a corporate attorney and designer — to talk about what it actually looks like to build a second life while working a demanding full-time career.We get honest about:Using stability as funding instead of a trapWhether you should wait until after graduation to startHow high-stress careers secretly train you for entrepreneurshipSetting boundaries when your job wants 24/7 accessBurnout, time management, and the “two-character” theoryAnd whether you can date while building something seriousIf you’re a lawyer, doctor, consultant, corporate employee — or anyone who feels stuck between security and ambition — this episode is for you.You don’t have to quit tomorrow. But you do need a strategy.

Barely Adulting is here to confront a hard truth: the rulebook our parents gave us for adulthood is completely outdated.Marriage rates are down 10%. First-time homebuyers are now 40, not 29. Our attention span is eight seconds - shorter than a goldfish. Bonsa (Host) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a dental degree and is now making more money from social media. We're here to re-write the handbook of adulting, through a more modern lens..one thats relevant to the world we live in now.This episode sets the foundation: Barely Adulting isn't about having all the answers. It's about figuring it out together. Career, money, relationships, health - we're navigating adulthood out loud.