AdultingPrep

Category: Post-College

  • Meal Prepping Containers

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    I am a meal prepper. According to some, I’m an extreme meal prepper. However, there are enormous time, money, and health benefits to prepping meals, although I will admit that sometimes I do crave a little variety on my seventh day. However, I think one of the most important steps to meal prepping well is…

  • Meal Prepping

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    Today was the sixth day of eating chicken pot pie for lunch and dinner and I am done. The vegetables have gone soft and crust has reverted back to being uncooked, and overall, it’s unpleasant. However, I still have tomorrow before I go to the store and meal prep for the weekend. The last two…

  • Preparing to hire a babysitter

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    When I was younger, I babysat a lot. I had regulars, a job almost, and I was highly recommended. Individuals asked if I could babysit their children around the world and asked if I would essentially be their child’s nanny. I said no to the last two, the first because I didn’t like one of…

  • The babysitter has arrived

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    Once, the babysitter has arrived, if they are young, expect them to need a ride to and from your house, show them the emergency list first. Show them around the house, introduce them to your children, and show them any animals safely in their kennels. Once you’ve confirmed that everything seems to be going well,…

  • How I would approach hiring a babysitter

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    As a previous babysitter with a lot of varied experiences, I wanted to lay out how i would approach hiring a babysitter. Although they could choose not to come back, I think they’d be happy with coming back to my place.

  • Jewelry

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    Jewelry, despite it’s small size, can get expensive. Here’s how i go about purchasing jewelry in a way that is economical, practical, and avoids scams. Let me explain. A lot of the jewelry market is drop-shipping rings that cost only cents to purchase, but can be sold for $10-$200 dollars each. Just look up frog…

  • 401K

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    So, your job has a 401K. That’s awesome! But maybe you’re not sure where to start. That’s okay, look in the literature given to you about your 401K for the company that holds your 401K (Vanguard, Fidelity, etc). Go to their site and set it up. If you aren’t sure what to do, call them,…

  • Roth, Budget, & HYSA

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    So you know you need to get your financials in order, or maybe someone told you to, but where should you start. Investing, saving, brokerage, budgets, renting vs buying, day trading, 401K, 529, etc. All these are different areas of finance falling under the same umbrella and while they might have the same fundamentals, they…

  • Utilities

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    When you live at home or on campus during college, oftentimes you’ll never see a utility bill until you move into your first apartment. It can be quite a shock, suddenly having someone demand $50, $150, or even $600 a month for something that seemed so commonplace and necessary. It was a shock for me…

  • KitchenAid

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    When considering stocking your kitchen, some of the most important questions you’ll have to answer are what level of baker/cook are you. Are you a $150 chef’s knife, or a set from the store down the road cook, do you need glass, pyrex or plastic stacking bowls, and are you a stainless steel, ceramic, or…