The pandemic helped some millennials finally grow up

Economic forces have made adulthood seem long out of reach for many millennials.
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For some millennials, a sense of adulthood has become more attainable during the pandemic.
Economic forces have long kept millennials from doing the things that used to define growing up.
Some took on more responsibilities in 2020, from buying houses to nesting to dealing with adult-sized stress.
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It wasn't until the pandemic that I started makin