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I want to live by myself when I move out of my parent's place but I'm really afraid of money problems? I'm afraid that the only place I can afford will be in the ghetto and it'll all be torn apart and I'll only be allowed to eat one granola bar a week. I'm really stressing out about this. I don't know anything about after school life. I don't know anything about paying bills or how to buy an apartment and it's really scaring me. is there anything you know that can help me?

HI darling,

I’ve actually got a super wonderful masterpost for you to check out:

Home

what the hell is a mortgage?

first apartment essentials checklist

how to care for cacti and succulents

the care and keeping of plants

Getting an apartment

Money

earn rewards by taking polls

how to coupon

what to do when you can’t pay your bills

see if you’re paying too much for your cell phone bill

how to save money

How to Balance a Check Book

How to do Your Own Taxes

Health

how to take care of yourself when you’re sick

things to bring to a doctor’s appointment

how to get free therapy

what to expect from your first gynecologist appointment

how to make a doctor’s appointment

how to pick a health insurance plan

how to avoid a hangover

a list of stress relievers

how to remove a splinter

Emergency

what to do if you get pulled over by a cop

a list of hotlines in a crisis

things to keep in your car in case of an emergency

how to do the heimlich maneuver

Job

time management

create a resume

find the right career

how to pick a major

how to avoid a hangover

how to interview for a job

how to stop procrastinating

How to write cover letters

Travel

ULTIMATE PACKING LIST

Traveling for Cheap

Travel Accessories

The Best Way to Pack a Suitcase

How To Read A Map

How to Apply For A Passport

How to Make A Travel Budget

Better You

read the news

leave your childhood traumas behind

how to quit smoking

how to knit

how to stop biting your nails

how to stop procrastinating

how to stop skipping breakfast

how to stop micromanaging

how to stop avoiding asking for help

how to stop swearing constantly

how to stop being a pushover

learn another language

how to improve your self-esteem

how to sew

learn how to embroider

how to love yourself

100 tips for life

Apartments/Houses/Moving

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 1: Are You Sure? (The Responsible One)

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 2: Finding the Damn Apartment (The Responsible One)

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 3: Questions to Ask about the Damn Apartment (The Responsible One)

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 4: Packing and Moving All of Your Shit (The Responsible One)

How to Protect Your Home Against Break-Ins (The Responsible One)

Education

How to Find a Fucking College (The Sudden Adult)

How to Find Some Fucking Money for College (The Sudden Adult)

What to Do When You Can’t Afford Your #1 Post-Secondary School (The Sudden Adult)

Stop Shitting on Community College Kids (Why Community College is Fucking Awesome) (The Responsible One)

How to Ask for a Recommendation Letter (The Responsible One)

How to Choose a College Major (The Sudden Adult)

Finances

How to Write a Goddamn Check (The Responsible One)

How to Convince Credit Companies You’re Not a Worthless Bag of Shit (The Responsible One)

Debit vs Credit (The Responsible One)

What to Do if Your Wallet is Stolen/Lost (The Sudden Adult)

Budgeting 101 (The Responsible One)

Important Tax Links to Know (The Responsible One)

How to Choose a Bank Without Screwing Yourself (The Responsible One)

Job Hunting

How to Write a Resume Like a Boss (The Responsible One)

How to Write a Cover Letter Someone Will Actually Read (The Responsible One)

How to Handle a Phone Interview without Fucking Up (The Responsible One)

10 Sites to Start Your Job Search (The Responsible One)

Life Skills

Staying in Touch with Friends/Family (The Sudden Adult)

Bar Etiquette (The Sudden Adult)

What to Do After a Car Accident (The Sudden Adult)

Grow Up and Buy Your Own Groceries (The Responsible One)

How to Survive Plane Trips (The Sudden Adult)

How to Make a List of Goals (The Responsible One)

How to Stop Whining and Make a Damn Appointment (The Responsible One)

Miscellaneous

What to Expect from the Hell that is Jury Duty (The Responsible One)

Relationships

Marriage: What the Fuck Does It Mean and How the Hell Do I Know When I’m Ready? (Guest post - The Northwest Adult)

How Fucked Are You for Moving In with Your Significant Other: An Interview with an Actual Real-Life Couple Living Together™ (mintypineapple  and catastrofries)

Travel & Vehicles

How to Winterize Your Piece of Shit Vehicle (The Responsible One)

How to Make Public Transportation Your Bitch (The Responsible One)

Other Blog Features

Apps for Asshats

Harsh Truths & Bitter Reminders

Asks I’ll Probably Need to Refer People to Later

Apartments (or Life Skills) - How Not to Live in Filth (The Sudden Adult)

Finances - Tax Basics (The Responsible One)

Important Documents - How to Get a Copy of Your Birth Certificate (The Responsible One)

Important Documents - How to Get a Replacement ID (The Responsible One)

Health - How to Deal with a Chemical Burn (The Responsible One)

Job Hunting - List of Jobs Based on Social Interaction Levels (The Sudden Adult)

Job Hunting - How to Avoid Falling into a Pit of Despair While Job Hunting (The Responsible One)

Job Hunting - Questions to Ask in an Interview (The Responsible One)

Life Skills - First-Time Flying Tips (The Sudden Adult)

Life Skills - How to Ask a Good Question (The Responsible One)

Life Skills - Reasons to Take a Foreign Language (The Responsible One)

Life Skills - Opening a Bar Tab (The Sudden Adult)

Relationships - Long Distance Relationships: How to Stay in Contact (The Responsible One)

Adult Cheat Sheet:

what to do if your pet gets lost

removing stains from your carpet

how to know if you’re eligible for food stamps

throwing a dinner party

i’m pregnant, now what?

first aid tools to keep in your house

how to keep a clean kitchen

learning how to become independent from your parents

job interview tips

opening your first bank account

what to do if you lose your wallet

tips for cheap furniture

easy ways to cut your spending

selecting the right tires for your car

taking out your first loan

picking out the right credit card

how to get out of parking tickets

how to fix a leaky faucet

get all of your news in one place

getting rid of mice & rats in your house

when to go to the e.r.

buying your first home

how to buy your first stocks

guide to brewing coffee

first apartment essentials checklist

coping with a job you hate

30 books to read before you’re 30

what’s the deal with retirement?

difference between insurances

Once you’ve looked over all those cool links, I have some general advice for you on how you can have some sort of support system going for you:

Reasons to move out of home

You may decide to leave home for many different reasons, including:

wishing to live independently

location difficulties – for example, the need to move closer to university

conflict with your parents

being asked to leave by your parents.

Issues to consider when moving out of home

It’s common to be a little unsure when you make a decision like leaving home. You may choose to move, but find that you face problems you didn’t anticipate, such as:

Unreadiness – you may find you are not quite ready to handle all the responsibilities.

Money worries – bills including rent, utilities like gas and electricity and the cost of groceries may catch you by surprise, especially if you are used to your parents providing for everything. Debt may become an issue.

Flatmate problems – issues such as paying bills on time, sharing housework equally, friends who never pay board, but stay anyway, and lifestyle incompatibilities (such as a non-drug-user flatting with a drug user) may result in hostilities and arguments.

Your parents may be worried

Think about how your parents may be feeling and talk with them if they are worried about you. Most parents want their children to be happy and independent, but they might be concerned about a lot of different things. For example:

They may worry that you are not ready.

They may be sad because they will miss you.

They may think you shouldn’t leave home until you are married or have bought a house.

They may be concerned about the people you have chosen to live with.

Reassure your parents that you will keep in touch and visit regularly. Try to leave on a positive note. Hopefully, they are happy about your plans and support your decision.

Tips for a successful move

Tips include:

Don’t make a rash decision – consider the situation carefully. Are you ready to live independently? Do you make enough money to support yourself? Are you moving out for the right reasons?

Draw up a realistic budget – don’t forget to include ‘hidden’ expenses such as the property’s security deposit or bond (usually four weeks’ rent), connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.

Communicate – avoid misunderstandings, hostilities and arguments by talking openly and respectfully about your concerns with flatmates and parents. Make sure you’re open to their point of view too – getting along is a two-way street.

Keep in touch – talk to your parents about regular home visits: for example, having Sunday night dinner together every week.

Work out acceptable behaviour – if your parents don’t like your flatmate(s), find out why. It is usually the behaviour rather than the person that causes offence (for example, swearing or smoking). Out of respect for your parents, ask your flatmate(s) to be on their best behaviour when your parents visit and do the same for them.

Ask for help – if things are becoming difficult, don’t be too proud to ask your parents for help. They have a lot of life experience.

If your family home does not provide support

Not everyone who leaves home can return home or ask their parents for help in times of trouble. If you have been thrown out of home or left home to escape abuse or conflict, you may be too young or unprepared to cope.

If you are a fostered child, you will have to leave the state-care system when you turn 18, but you may not be ready to make the sudden transition to independence.

If you need support, help is available from a range of community and government organisations. Assistance includes emergency accommodation and food vouchers. If you can’t call your parents or foster parents, call one of the associations below for information, advice and assistance.

Where to get help

Your doctor

Kids Helpline Tel. 1800 55 1800

Lifeline Tel. 13 11 44

Home Ground Services Tel. 1800 048 325

Relationships Australia Tel. 1300 364 277

Centrelink Crisis or Special Help Tel. 13 28 50

Tenants Union of Victoria Tel. (03) 9416 2577

Things to remember

Try to solve any problems before you leave home. Don’t leave because of a fight or other family difficulty if you can possibly avoid it.

Draw up a realistic budget that includes ‘hidden’ expenses, such as bond, connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.

Remember that you can get help from a range of community and government organizations. 

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Keep me updated? xx

[sleepycsstudent]

FYI : this website definitely DOES NOT have a million free TEXTBOOKS and in general books for you all to download 😌

No reason to reblog this 👀

[sleepycsstudent]

“ur so quiet”

bro i lost all my communication skills

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03.06.2021

Somehow I got new followers despite not being very active recently (school has been hitting me like a punching bag) so here’s a quick update!

It’s already March! Working hard or hardly working? It’s almost impossible to tell at times. I feel like I’m doing wayyyy to much but nothing enough at the same time. I also think I’m kind of burnt out and that is affecting my grades. I need to reprioritize and find a balance again. In an interesting way, my freshman year of college feels like a repeat of freshman year of high school, so I guess that’s just how it is to suddenly find yourself in a brand new environment.

I would love for those who are this to comment about what their semester is like so far (the good and/or the bad), if they want. We can do this y’all :)

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02.11.2021

It’s been a while since I last updated and this is kind of irrelevant to a study blog so I don’t think many people are going to read this but I think it’s important for my future self to remember what I’ve been thinking so I’m just writing it down here.

I talked about finding the balance between studying and social life and I think last semester I studied too much whereas so far in this semester, I’m not studying enough and I’m prioritizing meeting new people more than I should, especially because I rarely enjoy it anyway. I’ve just been telling myself that I should meet new people in college while I have the chance, as if “new friends” are a finite resource that I’ll never have the chance to make again.

I had this expectation of going to college and making a whole new group of friends that I get along with immediately, and I don’t know why I thought it was expected that I should grow farther away from my high school friends because honestly they’re great people and I really miss them. I’m not sure if this would have changed if covid wasn’t a thing, but from now on, I’m going to prioritize the friendships I already have.

I’m also going to prioritize myself, my alone time, and my studies a bit more. I’m stressed in the back of my mind 24/7 because of how behind I feel in my classes, even if I’m not actually slipping in terms of my grades. I think the best way to combat that is to catch up and stay ahead, just for my own peace of mind.

tl;dr: I’m socially burnt out and need to prioritize “old” friendships, my alone time, and my schoolwork.

[sleepycsstudent]

I haven’t been posting much 🥲 school got hands

My studyblr feed is looking really dead, reblog this if you’re a fellow studyblr and wanna be mutuals! ❤️

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01.25.2021

I’m updating a little earlier than usual today, but I just needed to put it out into the world that I taught a really solid lesson today! As a tutor for K-12 who didn’t have any training (other than being a K-12 student myself) and who makes their own lesson plans, I often feel really unqualified to be teaching the same material I learned myself just in the last few years. But today I knew that I taught a really good lesson, starting off with some grammar test prep and kicking off a research unit. I threw in some useful tips and tricks for standardized testing and used my own research I did last year as an example for how to stay organized. All in all, I’m very proud of myself.

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01.24.2021

The last few days were pretty chill in terms of schoolwork but today I dragged myself out of my dorm room and studied in the student learning commons! Somehow I feel either very behind or vaguely lost in all of my classes but I think I’m staying on top of my assignments so far. I’m learning that there’s some times of the day that I feel more inclined to do work for certain subjects, so hopefully keeping track of this can allow me to be more productive overall, by working with my motivation and not against it.

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01.19.2021

Met 3 new people today, and had my first full day of lectures (that aren’t just going over the syllabus) of the semester, which I attended online while at a study hall building. I also got a couple of homework assignments done. I’m glad I’m fulfilling my goal of not studying inside my tiny dorm room all the time but I think I’ll stay in my room for the next couple of days, partially because of the weather (it’s cold and windy) and partly because I am tired and don’t want to burn out in the transition between doing nothing all day to doing a full course load all day.

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01.17.2021

I made a new study space using the other bed in my dorm room today! I know studying on your bed is technically not a good thing to do for the sake of your sleep schedule, but since this isn’t the bed I sleep in, I should be fine. Studying on my desk can get boring and this was an easy way to make a new space if I don’t feel like leaving my room.

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01.16.2021

Met someone new today! I also got more organized by putting due dates in my calendar as syllabuses roll in from my professors. I taught a science lesson, completed one CS lesson, and finished writing a lesson plan for tutoring, but I worked in my dorm room since it was dark by the time I had time to study. I think I’m slowly finding the balance between socializing and studying :)

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01.14.2021

Exhausted but in a good way. I attended my two lectures in a classroom building / study space, since one of my goals is to get out of my dorm room more. I also tutored two classes and that’s always draining but I think I did a pretty good job today. I got really organized and added most of my syllabus dates to my calendar. A good start to the semester!

[sleepycsstudent]

I could really use it rn

ok universe, i’m ready to feel good things. make me feel good things.

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01.12.2021

I moved in today! I have the whole dorm room meant for two roommates to myself (due to COVID) yet I didn’t bring any room decor so the room looks pretty blank, but there’s nothing like a blank canvas to start with. Our semester starts in two days and I’m hoping to catch up with some friends for the rest of this week and this weekend. Here’s to a good semester!!

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Last song I listened to: champagne problems - Taylor Swift

Last movie I watched: Ocean’s 8

Currently reading: I started The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee but I’m not sure if I’ll have time to finish it.

Currently watching: nothing really, I rarely watch tv shows. The last show I watched was The Queen’s Gambit back when it came out and I finished it in two days lol.

Currently craving: someone to cuddle with #touchstarvedgang

Currently working on: organizing my life in preparation for next semester

Currently playing: I started Celeste after getting it for my brother but it’s too hard for me, a non-gamer, so I doubt I’ll continue.

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