Currently living with parents but I’d like to know how to become independent so I can fall back on that knowledge in future

If location is relevant, I live in Australia

  • gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    I mean, independence is just doing things for yourself. Even if you’re living with parents, you can start with these things:

    • cooking your own meals
    • buying your own food
    • washing up the items you’ve used for cooking and eating
    • washing your own clothes
    • keeping your room clean

    Bonus if you start doing some of these for your parents, too. I’m sure they’ll appreciate it!

    • x4740N@lemm.eeOP
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      2 days ago

      I already do cook most of my own food especially since I use a food tracking app to help loose weight

      And I need to learn to keep my room clean because when I clean it, it eventually becomes dirty again

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      3 days ago

      There’s something uniquely different to not live together with other people anymore. For everyone I’ve talked to, including myself, living alone for a while was an incredibly important experience, not replaceable by simply “doing things for yourself”.

      Only when there’s no one around can you truly figure out what you would want yourself. As long as there’s immediate interaction, just even being seen doing something, there’s some kind of influence on our psyche by this interaction. There’s just some large difference to when you’re completely independent/alone for a while.

      Being able to do stuff like you say is fine and makes sense and is good preparation, but it’s just not in the same ballpark at all.

      • gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 days ago

        Oh yeah, undoubtedly it’s not the same. But getting practiced at the essential activities means that it’s not so overwhelming when you end up by yourself.