Unlike childhood, you don’t magically wake up in bed if you fall asleep on the couch; you wake up with a sore neck and a realization of how many hours remain until your alarm.

Being a mature adult often "sucks" because of a series of mundane but relentless shifts in reality:

Experts suggest that to escape this drain, one must eliminate "passive entertainment" like endless scrolling and junk TV in favor of "active entertainment"—hobbies like cycling, art, or reading that require mental or physical effort but provide deeper rewards.

Below is a paper outlining the "Mature Suck" lifestyle and how modern entertainment plays into it.