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The Tiny Adventure Shop is open on Etsy! You can now buy some of the TAC badges as pins to award your friends for their good behavior or to remind yourself that you’re doing really good work.
I know the Adulting & Mental Health packs are going pretty quickly, so get them while you can!
Yes, the moving into an apartment guide applies no matter what kind of home you are moving into. The only real difference would be that you may have more stuff to move for a house than an apartment.
I’m in the middle of buying a house right now (I close tomorrow!), so a house guide is certainly coming in the future. I would say maybe early next year, after I finish all of my own house stuff and also I have a big event in January at Missouri State University.
Adulting Fail Friday: Thanksgiving Edition!
As we enter the winter holiday season, keep sending your #holidayfail submissions, the same as you would your #adultingfail ones.
So if anyone else had their dinner overflow and get burnt onto the bottom of the oven, save yourself from having to use super nasty oven cleaner and put a paste of water and bicarb on the burnt on bits, and leave it on overnight.
The paste will soften everything up and you should be able to scrub 80/90% of it off without any real trouble. The bicarb, in addition to being a great scrub that won’t ruin the surface of the oven, should absorb the worst of the smell as well.
Adulting Fail Friday: Thanksgiving Edition!
As we enter the winter holiday season, keep sending your #holidayfail submissions, the same as you would your #adultingfail ones.
The same way you sent this message. Just go to howtogrowthefuckup.com/ask and write your win in the box!
Wins are posted on Wednesdays and Fails are posted on Fridays.
I know it can be a nightmare to dig through the tags and see all those asks and not the guides. So here is a handy-dandy list of all the “official” how-to posts.
FYI: This used to be a rude advice blog. It is not any longer. Some of the really old guides still use that format, but as they are updated with more information, they’re edited to fit the new, less abrasive format. For more info, please visit the about page.
All posts are written by Jez (@typesetjez, formerly called “The Responsible One”) unless otherwise noted.
Apartments/Houses/Moving
- Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 1: Are You Sure?
- Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 2: Finding the Damn Apartment
- Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 3: Questions to Ask about the Damn Apartment
- Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 4: Packing and Moving All of Your Shit
- How to Protect Your Home Against Break-Ins
- How to (Fairly) Share a Parking Spot
- Everything You Need for Your First Apartment
Civic Duty
Consumer Information
- How to Open a Bar Tab by The Sudden Adult
- Bar Etiquette by The Sudden Adult
- Customer Etiquette - tag, mostly follower suggestions
- How, Who, and When to Tip in the US
- What to Expect from a Salon Appointment
Education
- How to Find a Fucking College by The Sudden Adult
- How to Find Some Fucking Money for College by The Sudden Adult
- What to Do When You Can’t Afford Your #1 Post-Secondary School by The Sudden Adult
- Stop Shitting on Community College Kids (Why Community College is Fucking Awesome)
- How to Ask for a Recommendation Letter
- How to Choose a College Major by The Sudden Adult
- What’s the Deal with 3-Hour Classes: a List of Pros and Cons
- Reasons to Take a Foreign Language in High School
- What You Really Need to Bring to College (And What You Can Leave Behind)
- Essentials for Commuting Students
- Survival Tips for Commuting Students
- How to Tell Your Professor You’ll Be Missing Classes
- College Tours: What to Expect and What to Ask
Finances
- How to Write a Goddamn Check
- How to Build Credit and Prove You Can Handle Your Finances
- Debit vs Credit
- What to Do if Your Wallet is Stolen/Lost by The Sudden Adult
- Budgeting 101
- Important Tax Links to Know
- How to Choose a Bank Without Screwing Yourself
- What to Know before Sharing a Bank Account
- Pay Your Credit Card Immediately vs. Waiting for the Bill
- 57 Ways the Library Can Save You Money & Improve Your Life
Health
- How to Stop Whining and Make a Damn Appointment
- How to Deal with a Chemical Burn
- How to Take Care of Yourself When You’re Sick
- Deal with your Wisdom Teeth Pain, You Baby
- Should I See an OBGYN? A Q&A for Vagina Owners
- How to Survive Your Mental Health on a Daily Basis with the help of guest blogger @tinyadventureclub
- 44 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Therapy
Home Life & Cleaning
- How Not to Live in Filth by The Sudden Adult
- Grow Up and Buy Your Own Groceries
- How to Do Your Laundry Without Ruining Your Wardrobe
- How to Unclog Your Drain [Without Chemicals]
- How to Clean Linoleum Floors
- How to Care for Your Pillows
- Dealing with Weevils (AKA Flour Bugs)
- Dealing with Silverfish
Important Documents
- How to Get a Copy of Your Birth Certificate
- How to Get a Replacement ID
- How to Get a Replacement Social Security or Green Card
Job Hunting & Work Life
- Create a Plan for Job Hunting Success
- How to Write a Resume Like a Boss
- How to Write a Cover Letter Someone Will Actually Read
- How to Handle a Phone Interview without Fucking Up
- 10 Sites to Start Your Job Search
- Best Sites to Post Your Resume
- 10 Ways to Win at Job Fairs
- How to Ace Your Skype Interview
- How to Crush It at Your Interview
- Questions to Ask in an Interview [Resource Links]
- Interview Tips for (Public) Librarians
- How to Avoid Falling into a Pit of Despair While Job Hunting
- 20 Random Tips for Surviving a Library Job
- Who to Use as a Character (Personal) Reference
Life Skills
- Staying in Touch with Friends/Family by The Sudden Adult
- How to Make a List of Goals
- How to Ask a Good Question
- How to Improve Your Typing Speed
- When to Use “Who” and “Whom”
Miscellaneous
- How to (Safely) Celebrate with Fireworks
- 100 Mostly Helpful Tips for Life
- Tiny Adventure Guide - Live Adventurously! from our sister site, @tinyadventureclub
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)
- How to Stay in Contact During a Long-Distance Relationship
- Where to Make Friends as an Adult by The Sudden Adult
Self Care, Beauty, & Fashion
- How to Find the Right Heels for You
- Get Rid of Acne - Fast!
- An Introduction to Bras
- How to Prevent Acne & Wrinkles
- Dress Codes and What They Actually Mean
- Clothing to Buy When Moving to a Colder Climate
Travel & Vehicles
- How to Winterize Your Piece of Shit Vehicle
- How to Make Public Transportation Your Bitch
- How to Survive Plane Trips by The Sudden Adult
- What to Do After a Car Accident by The Sudden Adult
Other Blog Features
- Tuesday Twitter Round-Up (links to relevant articles - Posts regularly on Tuesdays)
- Adulting Wins (Posts regularly on Wednesdays)
- Adulting Fails (Posts regularly on Fridays)
- Success Stories
- Follower Map - Add yourself & let’s see how far this lil blog can reach
If you don’t see what you’re looking for, go ahead and ask. But first, check the List of Things I Cannot/Will Not Answer.
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Currently making updates to my resume, and making custom ones for difrent jobs, I’m still debating on adding to my load with two job instead on 1, since I’ll be taking 1 class for the spring semester.
With education I’m almost finished, and probably by 2018 I’ll be leaving to finish school in a town near me. And I think since 2017 is almost here I will be writing my “shit to finish before 2018” list. Seeing as this year might be the year I pull myself together before I move out and officially live on my own. Although I am looking for roommates to split the rent as much as possible, but I’m not sure how many people are interested in moving towns. And I still have a long way before I can officially move out. *like building credit* but in all, i would like to shout out @howtogrowthefuckup, their blog has so much useful shit for adulting, and this year I have to pick up more skills, and collect clutter for when I do move.
It sounds like you’re making really good progress!
Put them in the ask, not the comments, please!
Tuesday Twitter Roundup: 9 November - 21 November
