Advice: Living on your own
Learning to manage household chores
“Living on your own is a challenge. Everyone always says you miss mom’s cooking after you move out of the house, and it’s true. When you come home after working or going to school all day, the last thing you want is to do chores. But that’s the real world. It’s difficult at first, but after a while you fall into a rhythm and learn to manage. Fortunately for me, I had a good family behind me who were ready to catch me if I ever did fall behind.”
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Editor’s Pick: Living on your own is expensive
“There are a lot of things you want to do with your money, but there are a lot of things you need to do with your money. You have to pay for a repair on this, or gas for that, or whatever. It all adds up. When you’re living on your own you have to pay for rent and utilities. There is gas for your car, plus maintenance — oil changes and stuff like that. And food was huge. I had a kitchen, but I either had to eat the food I bought really quickly or it was going to go bad and then I’d have to spend more money.
