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Hi everyone, hope you're having a great weekend.
I wanted to start a thread about something that's been on my mind a lot lately as I moved out of home - adulting. I thought it would be great if we could share our tips, experiences and struggles we've faced navigating being a young adult.
Here's a few things I've learnt so far:
1. Money
- Building an emergency fund: having some savings set aside like car repairs can save you from a whole lot of stress
- Budgeting: I like using the Buddy app to track my expenses to make sure I stick to my budget
- Investing: honestly I don't really know anything about investing, one of my goals this year is to learn to invest!
2. Health/mental health
- Build a support network: surround yourself with friends/family that can support you in hard times!
- Learn to say no: this is a big one for me that I'm still working on. It's so important to set boundaries and say no to things that don't serve you
- Exercise: exercise is so important for your health, find what works for you and your schedule! I love going to the gym but I've been very unmotivated since starting full time work. I want to start going for walks on days I feel too tired to go to the gym.
3. Managing living out of home
- Cooking and meal prep: I'm trying to learn more recipes and meal prep on Sundays instead of eating out all the time, it's been saving me so much money and I love having a home made meal at work during the week
- simple home maintenance: changed my very first light bulb the other day (woo hoo!) It has made me realise how important it is to learn to do tasks like unclogging a drain or getting a stain out the carpet (there are so many tutorials on youtube for these things!)
What have you learnt from adulting? Please add to my list for those of us that are still figuring it out lol. Looking forward to hearing your stories and advice!
