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I want to live by myself when I move out of my parent's place but I'm really afraid of money problems? I'm afraid that the only place I can afford will be in the ghetto and it'll all be torn apart and I'll only be allowed to eat one granola bar a week. I'm really stressing out about this. I don't know anything about after school life. I don't know anything about paying bills or how to buy an apartment and it's really scaring me. is there anything you know that can help me?
HI darling,
I’ve actually got a super wonderful masterpost for you to check out:
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
earn rewards by taking polls
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
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
The Best Way to Pack a Suitcase
How To Read A Map
How to Apply For A Passport
How to Make A Travel Budget
Better You
read the news
leave your childhood traumas behind
how to quit smoking
how to knit
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
how to sew
learn how to embroider
how to love yourself
100 tips for life
Apartments/Houses/Moving
Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 1: Are You Sure? (The Responsible One)
Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 2: Finding the Damn Apartment (The Responsible One)
Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 3: Questions to Ask about the Damn Apartment (The Responsible One)
Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 4: Packing and Moving All of Your Shit (The Responsible One)
How to Protect Your Home Against Break-Ins (The Responsible One)
Education
How to Find a Fucking College (The Sudden Adult)
How to Find Some Fucking Money for College (The Sudden Adult)
What to Do When You Can’t Afford Your #1 Post-Secondary School (The Sudden Adult)
Stop Shitting on Community College Kids (Why Community College is Fucking Awesome) (The Responsible One)
How to Ask for a Recommendation Letter (The Responsible One)
How to Choose a College Major (The Sudden Adult)
Finances
How to Write a Goddamn Check (The Responsible One)
How to Convince Credit Companies You’re Not a Worthless Bag of Shit (The Responsible One)
Debit vs Credit (The Responsible One)
What to Do if Your Wallet is Stolen/Lost (The Sudden Adult)
Budgeting 101 (The Responsible One)
Important Tax Links to Know (The Responsible One)
How to Choose a Bank Without Screwing Yourself (The Responsible One)
Job Hunting
How to Write a Resume Like a Boss (The Responsible One)
How to Write a Cover Letter Someone Will Actually Read (The Responsible One)
How to Handle a Phone Interview without Fucking Up (The Responsible One)
10 Sites to Start Your Job Search (The Responsible One)
Life Skills
Staying in Touch with Friends/Family (The Sudden Adult)
Bar Etiquette (The Sudden Adult)
What to Do After a Car Accident (The Sudden Adult)
Grow Up and Buy Your Own Groceries (The Responsible One)
How to Survive Plane Trips (The Sudden Adult)
How to Make a List of Goals (The Responsible One)
How to Stop Whining and Make a Damn Appointment (The Responsible One)
Miscellaneous
What to Expect from the Hell that is Jury Duty (The Responsible One)
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)
Travel & Vehicles
How to Winterize Your Piece of Shit Vehicle (The Responsible One)
How to Make Public Transportation Your Bitch (The Responsible One)
Other Blog Features
Apps for Asshats
Harsh Truths & Bitter Reminders
Asks I’ll Probably Need to Refer People to Later
Apartments (or Life Skills) - How Not to Live in Filth (The Sudden Adult)
Finances - Tax Basics (The Responsible One)
Important Documents - How to Get a Copy of Your Birth Certificate (The Responsible One)
Important Documents - How to Get a Replacement ID (The Responsible One)
Health - How to Deal with a Chemical Burn (The Responsible One)
Job Hunting - List of Jobs Based on Social Interaction Levels (The Sudden Adult)
Job Hunting - How to Avoid Falling into a Pit of Despair While Job Hunting (The Responsible One)
Job Hunting - Questions to Ask in an Interview (The Responsible One)
Life Skills - First-Time Flying Tips (The Sudden Adult)
Life Skills - How to Ask a Good Question (The Responsible One)
Life Skills - Reasons to Take a Foreign Language (The Responsible One)
Life Skills - Opening a Bar Tab (The Sudden Adult)
Relationships - Long Distance Relationships: How to Stay in Contact (The Responsible One)
Adult Cheat Sheet:
what to do if your pet gets lost
removing stains from your carpet
how to know if you’re eligible for food stamps
throwing a dinner party
i’m pregnant, now what?
first aid tools to keep in your house
how to keep a clean kitchen
learning how to become independent from your parents
job interview tips
opening your first bank account
what to do if you lose your wallet
tips for cheap furniture
easy ways to cut your spending
selecting the right tires for your car
taking out your first loan
picking out the right credit card
how to get out of parking tickets
how to fix a leaky faucet
get all of your news in one place
getting rid of mice & rats in your house
when to go to the e.r.
buying your first home
how to buy your first stocks
guide to brewing coffee
first apartment essentials checklist
coping with a job you hate
30 books to read before you’re 30
what’s the deal with retirement?
difference between insurances
Once you’ve looked over all those cool links, I have some general advice for you on how you can have some sort of support system going for you:
You may decide to leave home for many different reasons, including:
wishing to live independently
location difficulties – for example, the need to move closer to university
conflict with your parents
being asked to leave by your parents.
It’s common to be a little unsure when you make a decision like leaving home. You may choose to move, but find that you face problems you didn’t anticipate, such as:
Unreadiness – you may find you are not quite ready to handle all the responsibilities.
Money worries – bills including rent, utilities like gas and electricity and the cost of groceries may catch you by surprise, especially if you are used to your parents providing for everything. Debt may become an issue.
Flatmate problems – issues such as paying bills on time, sharing housework equally, friends who never pay board, but stay anyway, and lifestyle incompatibilities (such as a non-drug-user flatting with a drug user) may result in hostilities and arguments.
Think about how your parents may be feeling and talk with them if they are worried about you. Most parents want their children to be happy and independent, but they might be concerned about a lot of different things. For example:
They may worry that you are not ready.
They may be sad because they will miss you.
They may think you shouldn’t leave home until you are married or have bought a house.
They may be concerned about the people you have chosen to live with.
Reassure your parents that you will keep in touch and visit regularly. Try to leave on a positive note. Hopefully, they are happy about your plans and support your decision.
Tips include:
Don’t make a rash decision – consider the situation carefully. Are you ready to live independently? Do you make enough money to support yourself? Are you moving out for the right reasons?
Draw up a realistic budget – don’t forget to include ‘hidden’ expenses such as the property’s security deposit or bond (usually four weeks’ rent), connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.
Communicate – avoid misunderstandings, hostilities and arguments by talking openly and respectfully about your concerns with flatmates and parents. Make sure you’re open to their point of view too – getting along is a two-way street.
Keep in touch – talk to your parents about regular home visits: for example, having Sunday night dinner together every week.
Work out acceptable behaviour – if your parents don’t like your flatmate(s), find out why. It is usually the behaviour rather than the person that causes offence (for example, swearing or smoking). Out of respect for your parents, ask your flatmate(s) to be on their best behaviour when your parents visit and do the same for them.
Ask for help – if things are becoming difficult, don’t be too proud to ask your parents for help. They have a lot of life experience.
Not everyone who leaves home can return home or ask their parents for help in times of trouble. If you have been thrown out of home or left home to escape abuse or conflict, you may be too young or unprepared to cope.
If you are a fostered child, you will have to leave the state-care system when you turn 18, but you may not be ready to make the sudden transition to independence.
If you need support, help is available from a range of community and government organisations. Assistance includes emergency accommodation and food vouchers. If you can’t call your parents or foster parents, call one of the associations below for information, advice and assistance.
Your doctor
Kids Helpline Tel. 1800 55 1800
Lifeline Tel. 13 11 44
Home Ground Services Tel. 1800 048 325
Relationships Australia Tel. 1300 364 277
Centrelink Crisis or Special Help Tel. 13 28 50
Tenants Union of Victoria Tel. (03) 9416 2577
Try to solve any problems before you leave home. Don’t leave because of a fight or other family difficulty if you can possibly avoid it.
Draw up a realistic budget that includes ‘hidden’ expenses, such as bond, connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.
Remember that you can get help from a range of community and government organizations.
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in which you meet the girl that had to deal with zoro for two years and surprisingly get along
artists. zoro roronoa x gn!reader ft. wing woman!perona
genre. fluff, comedy
warnings. none except slight spoilers
notes. perona is so different from me and my likes, but i just wanna talk with her and make fun of everyone together <3 LIKE WHEN THE STRAW HAT CREW REUNITES, JUST IMAGINE SEEING HER AND TAKING ABOUT HOW IDIOTIC ZORO IS😩✋🏼
“zoro?! since when did you learn directions?!” you asked, surprised to see the swordsman. he was the first from the crew that you saw.
“oh shut up y/n!” he angrily yelled back, a tick mark clear on his forehead. “for the record, i came here early so that ghost girl doesn’t get lost.”
you tilt your head to the side, “ghost girl?”
all of a sudden, you see a pink haired girl with an umbrella smacking him in the head. “me? getting lost?! don’t play with me, idiotic swordsman!”
you were surprised to see it was perona, who you thought was with gecko moria. however, this time felt different with her. you let out a laugh, catching their attention, “i knew you couldn’t get here by yourself, moss brains!”
perona also let out a laugh, “you can’t believe how many times he’d gone the wrong direction!”
your smile reached your eyes, happy to have someone to talk to about the idiotic swordsman. “now, perona was it? how was it being with this idiot for two whole years?”
“ugh i can’t believe i’ve had to deal with him for so long!” perona groaned, both of you completely forgetting zoro and ignored his yelling for you two to stop. “you’d point at the direction and he’d go the wrong way!”
you nodded along with her, “i made him a map and he went the opposite way! and i know he’s lying when he says my drawing skills suck!”
“he blames on me for getting ‘lost’. ugh i’m so glad he’s leaving!” perona let out a groan before looking at you apologetically, “just thinking about being on your crew makes it feel like my ghost went through me.”
the two of you continue talking, laughing at the times zoro’s idiocy had made you two want to give up on life itself. zoro tried to yell at both of you to stop, his face blushing bright red from embarrassment.
after a few hours of making fun of the green haired boy, you had to go and get some shopping done and left the two together at the bar.
perona gave zoro a smirk, making the swordsman glare at her. “what do you want now?”
“y’know, your eye scar looks dumb.” perona comments, zoro angrily yelling at her but she continued, “but y/n said you looked cooler. so i guess it’s not that dumb.”
zoro blushed at the compliment. although he didn’t hear you say it, the thought of you saying it made his face feel all warm and fuzzy. “s-shut up.”
“so they’re the infamous y/n i’ve heard you talk about.” perona noted, smirking once more, “no wonder you haven’t shot your shot. they’re too good for you.”
zoro angrily walked up to her, about to hit her head, until she made a ghost appear and go through him. he dropped to his forearms and knees, mumbling the words, “i don’t even deserve to be buried under dirt. i’m below it.”
“you really are hopeless— anyway, even though you don’t deserve the wonderful y/n, they seem to take an attraction to you, i don’t know how, but shoot your shot, i know you can make it.” the pink haired smiled.
the voy looked at the ghost girl, surprised of her words and ignoring her comments. “maybe you’re not so bad, pinky.”
“shut the hell up, idiot!”
perona laughed in her head, happy that there was someone that was able to deal with the greenette. over the two years, the two had grown close despite their arguments and formed a sibling bond. not to mention the fact she doesn’t have to deal with his crappy instincts.
“make sure to make me your bridesmaid, ‘kay zoro?”
“sure— wait, hey! don’t go around making my wedding plans!”
i mean, as long as y/n’s the one i’m marrying, i could care less. he thought, shaking his head before chasing the ghost girl with a red face, embarrassed from her teasing.
#02 terms and conditions
# FUN FACT
— yuuji and atsumu immediately spammed akaashi’s phone, wondering if he thinks they actually share the same brain cell they definitely do
— kuroo had the idea for months, and then told kenma and tsukki about a month ago
— if you click on kenma’s message, it actually takes you to a terms and conditions page
— akaashi and shimizu found it funny so they decided not to text
— the group chat has been up for 3 months, and even though y/n created the gc, kuroo wanted to say the last line
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#00.25 intro | Athletic Nerds
# FUN FACTS
— the reason why there are so many comments in tsukki’s twt is bc the 1st and 2nd years of the karasuno vbc unofficially agreed to always argue there the 3rd years try to contain them
— y/n would unfollow kenma every time he beats her in a game this time, it was Among Us
— akaashi and kuroo are the only ones who actually keeps their matching banners with their team tsukishima didn’t like that hinata and kageyama were in the team’s banner
the volleyball idiots ┊ masterlist ┊ next
## the masterlist
IN WHICH y/n l/n moves back to miyagi and lives with her ‘cousin’ and attend a new school. with the struggle of moving and trying to get good grades, she seeks help. she goes to tooru — who’s too wrapped in volleyball and his own problems to help her, so he goes to his bestfriend — who somehow shares the same dream job as her.
pairing. iwaizumi hajime x reader
genre. fluff, humor
status. started 25/06/21 | ongoing | taglist
schedule. inconsistent :P
warnings. foreshadowing of manga spoilers, swearing, sexual jokes (use of daddy from the volleyball idiots™), triggering subjects specified in chapter
an. ignore the time stamps, I make most of the chapters during ungodly hours.
#00 intro | athletic nerds • volleyball idiots
#01 lego bath
#02 terms and conditions
#03 tbd
#04 tbd
#05 tbd
in which zoro gets jealous of a tiny raccoon dog for unintentionally stealing his s/o’s attention
artists. roronoa zoro x gn! reader ft platonic! chopper
genre. very fluffy
warnings. none
notes. why is it that when when it’s just a random 3 am thought, i get carried away but when it’s anyone else i have a writer’s block like idk what English is
zoro glared at the blue nosed reindeer currently sat on his s/o’s lap. you two were just sitting somewhere on deck while he just finished his work outs at the crows nest up above.
he couldn’t make out what you two were saying, but both your laughters could be heard from where he was. zoro obviously knew neither of you had any other intentions, he just can’t help that he was the one with you.
he could see chopper had a book, most likely either a medical book or storybook — it could be a combination of both. you seemed to be the one reading and explaining to the little reindeer, occasionally pointing at the pages, so zoro assumed it was some type of storybook.
as much as the green haired liked the sight of you getting along with chopper so well, he wanted your attention. so, he asked you the best way he could.
by not asking.
zoro climbed down from the crows nest, only giving you a glance when you’d greeted him. when you noticed he was going the other way, you tilt your head in confusion before finally realizing what he’d wanted.
you picked up chopper from under his arms, surprising him and accidentally dropping the book.
“oh shoot, sorry, chopper.” you apologize, attaching chopper to your hip with one arm while you pick up the book with the other. “let’s go sit with roro, is that okay?”
chopper understood what your intentions were and happily nodded, “yeah! the more the merrier!”
you chuckle with him, walking towards the aquarium, one of your favorite parts about the thousand sunny.
upon walking in, you notice it was only zoro in the booth, and you assume everyone else was either in the kitchen or their respective work rooms. zoro looked over, surprised to see chopper attached to your hip and immediately blush rushed to his face.
‘people aren’t supposed to look that good as a parent— wait, they’re not even a parent. they’d look good as one though.’ zoro thought before shaking his head.
you smiled at him, giving him a kiss on the cheek before flopping next to him. you moved chopper where he could be comfortable sitting between you two.
“chopper and i saved some chapters for you to read. we think you might like them.” he hears you say, but he can’t help but think how domestic this is. it made his chest feel warm and nice.
despite his thoughts, he let out a chuckle, “oh yeah? c’mon chopper, what chapters did you want me to see?”
chopper happily flipped the story book, immediately going to a chapter with a picture of two samurais, one with three swords and another with two swords. “look! that katana looks like it’s your shisui.” he points at one of them.
zoro nodded, impressed at how the reindeer was able to spot that. “you’re right, it does. mind readin’ this story to me?”
chopper nodded, reading the story. close to the end of the story, you and chopper grew tired and took a nap. your head laying on his shoulder while chopper cuddled close to the two of you.
zoro smiled softly, feeling comfortable being with his significant other and chopper. he was about to fall asleep when he saw robin walking in.
seeing the sight, the ravenette smiled, “you three are like a family.”
zoro blushed profusely, embarrassed by her words. “i-it’s not like that. these idiots were just tired!” he immediately stopped talking once he felt you and chopper move slightly before cuddling into him more.
robin let out a tiny snicker, zoro’s attention going back to her. she had a finger pressed to her lips, “shhh. i won’t tell anyone and i’ll close the door to let you three rest.”
she smiled before leaving the room, going back to her observation room. just before she left, she looked over her shoulder to the swordsman, “being a little family isn’t a bad thing, you guys are really cute.”
zoro blushed once more, resisting the urge to yell out in embarrassment. however, he looked back down at you and chopper, smiling softly.
‘little family… yeah, i could get used to this.’
my current hyper fixation is creating one piece ocs, so i created a moodboard of them.
click on the name to learn more (redirects you to refsheets.net)
Ayuko Kaneko
Captain & Combatant
Kazuhiko Kaneko
First mate & Swordsman
Mikazuki Kanzaki
Quartermaster & Cook
Takehiko Kanzaki
Navigator & Sniper
Koshiro Kaneko
Scholar & Doctor
got it from this generator
Kazuhiko: I hope you have an explanation for this. Takehiko: We have three actually- Koshiro: Pick your favorite.
Law: Is anyone going to tell me what's going on in here?! Koshiro: It's kind of complicated, but Ayuko- Law: Got it. Forget I asked.
Chopper *seeing the Maboroshi Mirages*: I am questioning their sanity... Usopp: I never questioned it, I knew their sanity was missing from the start.
Mika, Take, and Koshi: I desire moisture. Nami: Please just say "I want water" like a normal person.
Mika: The risk I took was calculated but, man, am I bad at math.
Ayuko: *a random pirate* They seem familiar...
Kazu: That's what I thought too
Both: Have we threatened you before?
Kid: What’s the dumbest thing you believed as a child? Koshi: That naptime was a punishment.
Take: He's talking about as a child, Kosh
Koshi: it hasn't changed