MASTERPOST: Everything You Need To Know About Living Independently for the First Time
On leaving home for the first time:
- Leaving Home before 18: A Practical Guide for Cast-Offs, Runaways, and Everybody in Between
- Ask the Bitches: “I Just Turned 18 and My Parents Are Kicking Me Out. How Do I Brace Myself?”
- Ask the Bitches: I Want to Move Out, but I Can’t Afford It. How Bad Would It Be to Take out Student Loans to Cover It?
- How To Start at Rock Bottom: Welfare Programs and the Social Safety Net
- Advice I Wish My Parents Gave Me When I Was 16
- Ask the Bitches: How Can I Make Myself Financially Secure Before Age 30?
- You Won’t Regret Your Frugal 20s
- Master the Logistics and Etiquette of Moving Out
- Season 2, Episode 5: “What Do I Need to Know about Moving into My First Apartment?”
On basic finance:
- How the Hell Does One Open a Bank Account? Asking for a Friend.
- How Do You Write and Cash Checks? Asking for a Friend.
- Budgets Don’t Work for Everyone—Try the Spending Tracker System Instead
- You Must Be This Big to Be an Emergency Fund
- A Hand-Holding Guide to Getting Your First Credit Card
- How to File Your Taxes FOR FREE: Simple Instructions for the Stressed-Out Taxpayer
- Dafuq Is Credit and How Do You Bend It to Your Will?
- How to Save for Retirement When You Make Less Than $30,000 a Year
- Dafuq Is Interest and How Does It Work for the Forces of Darkness?
- What’s the Difference Between Savings and Checking Accounts, and How Should I Be Using Them?
- Dafuq Is a Down Payment? And Why Do You Need One to Buy Stuff?
- Dafuq Is Insurance and Why Do You Even Need It?
- Investing Deathmatch: Investing in the Stock Market vs. Just… Not
- Dafuq Is a Retirement Plan and Why Do You Need One?
- Do NOT Make This Disastrous Beginner Mistake With Your Retirement Funds
On managing your household:
- How the Hell Does One Laundry? Asking for a Friend.
- How the Hell Does One Wash Dishes? Asking for a Friend.
- Ask the Bitches: Why Are Painted Mason Jars the Internet’s Only Solution to My Tiny Apartment Woes?
- 9 Essential Tools for Apartment-Dwellers (and 6 That Are Kinda Useless)
- Ask the Bitches: How Can I Survive in an Apartment with No Heat?
- How to Save Money on Your Beloved Pets
- Bullshit Reasons Not to Buy a House: Refuted
- How To Maintain Your Car When You’re Barely Driving It
- 25 Tricks to Stay Cool WITHOUT Air Conditioning
On feeding and caring for yourself:
- You Should Learn To Cook. Here’s Why.
- How to Shop for Groceries like a Boss
- If You Don’t Eat Leftovers I Don’t Even Want to Know You
- I Think I Need to Go the Emergency Room?
- Ask the Bitches: Ugh, How Do I Build the Habit of Taking Meds?
On maintaining relationships:
- Season 1, Episode 8: “My Mother Demands Information About My One-Night Stands.”
- Season 1, Episode 3: “My Parents Have Bad Credit. Should I Help by Co-signing Their Mortgage?”
- Ask the Bitches: How Do I Say “No” When a Loved One Asks for Money… Again?
- Ask the Bitches: My Dad Sucks with Money. How Do I Make Him Change?
- You Need to Talk to Your Parents About Their Retirement Plan
- Season 2, Episode 1: “I’m Financially Stable, but My Friends Aren’t. The Guilt Is Crushing!”
On starting your career:
- 22-Year-Olds Don’t Belong in Grad School
- High School Students Have No Way of Knowing What Career to Choose. Why Do We Make Them Do It Anyway?
- The Actually Helpful, Nuanced, Non-Bullshit Way to Choose a Future Career
- Your College Major May Not Prepare You for Your Job—but It Can Prepare You for Life
- The Ugly Truth About Unpaid Internships
- Your School or Workplace Benefits Might Include Cool Free Stuff