How to Grow the Fuck Up: Guides to Life

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I know it can be a nightmare to dig through our tags and see all those asks and not the guides. So here is a handy-dandy list of all our “official” posts (plus a list of relevant asks at the end).

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Relationships

• Marriage: What the Fuck Does It Mean and How the Hell Do I Know When I’m Ready? (Guest post - The Northwest Adult)

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)
• Job Hunting - List of Jobs Based on Social Interaction Levels (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)
• Relationships - Long Distance Relationships: How to Stay in Contact (The Responsible One)

[Note: This post will be updated as new guides are written.]