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
- 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(archive)
- 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 (Seems to have ceased to exist in 2020, but you can still get their travel adapter)
- The Best Way to Pack a Suitcase
- How To Read A Map
- How to Apply For A Passport
- How to Make A Travel Budget (wayback exists but is broken. alt)
Better You
- read the news
- leave your childhood traumas behind
- how to quit smoking
- how to knit (original link is not relevant to description. alt)
- 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 (archive is not helpful, it's just page 1 of a slide deck. )
- how to sew
- learn how to embroider
- how to love yourself (archive since I can't figure out how to get around tumblr's censor)
- 100 tips for life(ditto)
HOW TO GROW THE FUCK UP
This is an edited archive of a tumblr post that I have a random HTML copy of saved in my Google Drive. I got it from noblehumor, who got it from veux3, who I think is the original author. I think this article partly resonated with my younger self because I wanted to live independently from my parents. I don't think that kids should be pressured to grow up quickly. I don't endorse all the views expressed in the links below. Keeping this here as I think it still is helpful. I'll try to keep the links backed up in the Internet Archive.
how to grow the fuck up
[cindercube]: There was originally a link to a now-defunct site to make money doing surveys online. I have done this in this past. It is not worth it, I'd say you can make about $5/day. You can't eat, much less have a place to stay, on that kind of money. For comparison, a minimum wage job will net 10-20x that over an 8 hour shift. I used it as a way to get a few cheap things away from my parents' purview as a kid. It's still not living money, but Bing Rewards has the best rates I saw if you're interested in that kind of thing, though you'll need a phone number.