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the devil on my shoulder: or, you can add five more commas, a semi colon, three em dashes, fifty more words, and itâll all come together in a way thatâs technically grammatically correct but completely incomprehensible to anyone who reads it, even yourself!
me, writing faster: youâre a genius
Mirasol finds herself on a mysterious ghost train without any recollection of her past.
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My absolute favourite thing about Animal Crossing is when a villager blind sides you by coming out with something so profound you feel like you need to put the game down and stare at the wall for an hour.Â
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To clarify, they are bisexual, not lesbians:
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A list of sci-fi cliches to avoid like the plague
Lazer guns that are literally only about as effective as actual guns that shoot metal bullets but are inherently cooler because they shoot lazers. Please note that if your futuristic weapons are basically the same as our current weapons but they look cooler, theyâre probably useless. Iâm not saying lazer guns in and of themselves are bad and you shouldnât use themâIâm saying that while scientists may someday invent lazer guns just for the sake of imitating sci-fi, they wonât become commonly-used weapons unless theyâre better than our already-existing guns.
So-called âaliensâ that look exactly like humans but with unnaturally-colored hair/skin/eyes and maybe horns or tails. Itâs okay for your aliens to be mildly humanoid (eg. bipedal, similar genitalia, similar very basic body structure), but if theyâre exactly like humans except with color differences and extra appendages, or maybe way taller/shorter, theyâre not really alien. Think ânatural selection.â What genetic mutations in these aliens would help them adapt to the conditions on their planet? If their planet is similar to Earth, then they might be humanoid. If itâs nothing like Earth, than what reason do they have to look exactly like humans?
Any alien race that is technologically advanced must be snooty and must always use the insult âprimitive apesâ to refer to humans. First of all, if these aliens are really as intelligent and advanced as they claim to be, than they should know that humans are not apes; we are related to apes. We donât call birds dinosaurs, at least not seriously, because we understand that just because theyâre related doesnât make them the same. These aliens should be able to explain why humans are primitive to them, not just brush us off with a sneer of âyou primitive apes wouldnât understand.â This makes the âadvancedâ aliens look pretty stupid.
So-called âaliensâ that have evolved in completely different conditions but have the same morals and ethics as 21st century western humans. If mean! Not even every culture on Earth has the same morals! So if two cultures separated by only an ocean can think completely differently, why canât two cultures separated by entire solar systems? A culture revolving entirely around war shouldnât have rules of âhonorable combatâ or see anything wrong with sending children to the battlefield. A culture of natural telepaths shouldnât even be able to grasp the concept of verbal language, let alone naturally speak human languages.
Every futuristic and/or alien weapon has to have a crazy incoherent and probably scientifically inaccurate name like âquantom atomic decacanon.â If you can come up with scientific names for weapons that are actually scientific terms describing the weapon acurately, then by all means, but donât expect all of your characters to call it that either. Weapons have nicknames. Nobody in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs calls the FLDSMDFR (the Flint Lockwood Diatomic Super-Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator) by its full name, and they even get the acronym wrong on multiple occasions.
Itâs five-hundred years in the future but everyone still has the exact same morals and ethics and taboos and religions. Our morals have, in real life, changed over the past decade. Thatâs only ten years. So why should it be the exact same in five-hundred? Times change, and they change quickly. Religions die out, and new ones appear. Groundbreaking scientific discoveries are made. Cultures disappear. The human race should be psychologically different in five-hundred years.
Itâs five-thousand years in the future but all life on earth still looks the same and hasnât evolved at all! I donât essentially mean super-noticably, either. But for some reason, in the future, average height and weight and build all stay the same. People havenât gotten taller, or shorter, or lighter, or heavier, or thinner, fatter, more or less muscular, etc. Specific hair colors, skin tones, eye colors, etc, havenât become more or less common. What if, in the future, average height doesnât vary by sex? Or what if men look more feminine on average? What if, because beauty standards have changed so much, people are heavier on average because nobody spends a desperate amount of time and money trying to lose weight? The same applies to animals and plants, too. They should change a bit as well.
Aliens have the same beauty standards and gender roles as 21st century western humans. Do you really think a completely war-oriented alien race whose minds and bodies are hardwired for the military are going to think big boobs are attractive? Or care what gender you identify as, as long as you can serve your tribe/clan/group/house/whatever? Do you really think a super-lazy and completely pacifistic alien race who donât fight or do any physical labor are going to find big prominent muscles attractive, when they have no reason to think of physical strength as important or desirable?
Aliens are all either snooty âyou primitive apesâ advanced humanoids or crazed âwar is gloriousâ murder-aliens. And neâer the two shall meet, either. There are no lazy laid-back aliens, no silly comedian aliens, no humans who are on about the same level as humans but with different values. Theyâre all either military or uptight scientists. What about an alien race who are scientifically advanced and hardwired for the military? They could be forced to advance quickly to preserve themselves because of the war. Or snooty uptight aliens who are less advanced than humans! They could be too stupid to realize theyâre actually the primitive ones, in the same way that a young child will always insist theyâve won an argument with their parent because they canât really grasp the parentâs argument or the superior reasoning of it yet.
Humans are capable of interstellar travel but there are no human-alien hybrids or human colonies on other planets. I mean, thatâd kind of be an interstellar-scale version of real-life globalization. People traveled to other countries anad they made colonies, and had kids with the locals, and cultures intermingled and borrowed from each other. More of that in sci-fi, please! Interstellar globalization! Fuck yeah! Â
Humans are the only species in the universe with half-decent diplomatic manners. If we want to make contact with aliens, we approach their ships politely and announce ourselves clearly and ask their permission to come aboard. If aliens want to make contact with us, they capture us, or shoot at us until we ask them what theyâre doing, or kidnap some of us and demand our authorities meet with them or else. How about diplomatic aliens who understand humans as well as we understand them?Â
Aliensâ moral codes are the exact same as 21st century western humans except one of our common phrases/words is social taboo to them. One single difference does not an entirely different culture make. Just because the word âfishâ is the most awful thing anyone could say to these aliens, doesnât mean their culture is alien. Itâs practically the exact same as the difference between that one teacher who lets their students use their phones for classwork and that other teacher who gives a massive lecture if anyoneâs phones even make it into the classroom. Just because of their differing opinions on that one particular thing, doesnât mean theyâre essentially of different cultures. The same goes for aliens. Difference in swear words does not equal difference in culture.
Something tries to destroy the Earth for no reason or some stupid shit like âthese four humans were rude so therefore I judge their entire planet to be a shithole that must be destroyed.â Bonus points if the alien attackers are those snooty so-called âadvancedâ ones. Any sapient being who is smart enough to be in charge of a fleet of warships is probably smart enough to figure out that four people canât accurately represent billions. I know that people think this way in real life, but itâs never on a global scale. Itâs usually towards one demographic, like âThis terrorist attack was done by muslims, so therefore all muslims must be bad people.â These people are generally also not smart enough to run a country, let alone a whole species. Take that into account when you have aliens attack the Earth. Theyâd better have a decent reason for wanting to wipe out what will likely 500 years in the future be trillions of organisms (humans, all species of animals and plants, and also all fungi, and all bacteria).
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Resource Dump: Creating Characters!
Primary Characters
Your Hero: Top Ten Rules
10 Traits of a Great Protagonist
4 Steps to Creating a Truly Active Protagonist
20 Tips for Creating Relatable Protagonists
How to Center your Story
How to Create Unforgettable Protagonists
25 Things You Should Know About Protagonists
Creating Memorable Characters
Creating Strong Female Protagonists
Creating Dynamic Protagonists
How to Create Characters
Inner Dialogue - Writing Inner Character Thoughts
25 Things a Great Character Needs
5 Ways to Create 3D Characters
Secondary Characters
10 Secrets to Creating Unforgettable Supporting Characters
How to Write Effective Supporting Characters
Question to Ask (& Strengthen) Your Minor Characters
5 Tips for Developing Supporting Characters
Techniques for Creating Great Secondary Characters
5 Steps to Dazzling Minor Characters
3 Ways to Create Stupendous Supporting Characters
Creating Memorable Secondary Characters
5 Archetypes for Supporting Characters
Your Map to Creating a Memorable Minor Characters
Names
Top Ten Tips
8 Tips for Naming Characters
7 Rules of Naming Fictional Characters
Name that Character!
6 Creative Ways to Name your Character
Naming your Characters
A Guide to Naming Characters
Female: 1 | 2 | 3
Male: 1 | 2 | 3
Alien: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Surname: 1 | 2 | 3Â
Unisex: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Traits
List: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Developing Character Traits
How to Create Good Personalities for your Characters
Develop Memorable Personalities
Give your Character Personality
How to Create a Characterâs Personality
How to Make Sure your Characterâs Personality Shines
5 Building Blocks of your Characterâs Personality
Appearance
Appearance Generator
Your Characterâs Physical Appearance
How to Describe a Characterâs Looks
Describing a Characterâs Appearance
Character Description Resource
Examples of Physical Characteristics
Describing the Physical Attributes of your Characters
How Great Authors Describe Character Appearance
Ultimate Guide to Nailing your Characterâs Appearance
Describing Clothing and Appearance
Character Appearance Help
Character Description Resource
Describing People: A Personâs Physical Appearance
Describing the Physical Attributes of Characters
Speech
Talking About your Character: Speech
Variety in Character Voices
All your Characters Talk the Same
How to Create Distinctive Character Voices
How to Create Characters Who Donât Sound like You
The Art of Voice in Fiction
Create Varying, Yet Realistic, Speech Patterns
The Art and Craft of Dialogue
Writing Character Voice
Creating Differences in the Speech Patterns of your Characters
Style: Person and Speech
Dialects: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4Â | 5Â | 6
Backstory
Building Better Backstories
Basic Tips to Create Better Characters with Tragic Backstories
How to Write a Backstory
Writing Characters Using Conflict and Backstory
Backstory Description Generator
Questions to Create Character Backstory
How to Weave in Backstory to Reveal Character
Nail your Characterâs Backstory
How to Write Backstory Without Putting your Reader to Sleep
How to Write a Killer Backstory
Diversity
How to Make Young Adult Fiction More Diverse
Writing People of Color
A Few Tips and Resources for Writing Characters of Colour
Writing Characters of Colour Tastefully
Writing With Colour
7 Offensive Mistakes Well-Intentioned Writers Make
Writing Characters of Colour
Describing Characters of Colour
Gender
Female: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Male: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Transgender: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4Â | 5 | 6
Non-Binary: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Sexuality
Main Character Sexuality
On Writing LGBTQ Characters: 1 | 2
Writing Gay Characters
Guide to LGBT YA
Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes
Writing Bisexual Characters:Â 1 | 2
Writing Asexual Characters: 1 | 2
Pansexual & Demisexual Characters
How to Write Gay, Bisexual and Pansexual Characters
Introduction
Introducing a Character
Introducing your Main Character
Doâs and Donâts for Introducing your Protagonist
First Impressions
How to Introduce a Character
How Not to Introduce a Main Character
Introducing the Protagonist
Development
Character Development
9 Ingredients of Character Development
Characterisation 1 - Character Development
How to Develop a Character for a Story
Character Development
Character Development Drives Conflict
Developing your Characters and Making them Interesting
Relationships
How to Write Strong Character Relationships
Character Relationships
3 Keys to Developing Character Relationships
The Secret Behind Great Character Relationships
3 Tips for Character Relationships
Building Believable Relationships
Sibling: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Platonic: 1 | 2 | 3
Romantic: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Strengths
Identifying your Characterâs Strengths
Character Strengths and Weaknesses
Introducing the 24 Character Strengths
Character Strengths and Virtues List
Strengths and Weaknesses
A Balance of Strengths
Flaws
123 Ideas for Character Flaws
DarkWorld RPG Flaws List
Character Flaws
Ten Ugliest Character Flaws
The Four Types of Character Flaws
On Giving Flaws and Weaknesses
Character Flaw Index
Goal
Why your Characterâs Goal Needs to be 1 of these 5 Things
Goals Define the Plot
Goal Setting for You and your Character
How to Explore you Characterâs Motivation
4 Ways to Motivate Character and Plot
Motivation
By Genre
Fantasy: 1 | 2 | 3
Sci-Fi: 1 | 2Â | 3Â | 4
Romance:Â 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Thrillers: 1 | 2Â
Horror:Â 1 | 2 | 3
Heroes
Your Hero: Top Ten Rules
How to Write your Own Hero Story
What Makes a Great Hero?
Creating Heroes and Heroines
Write a Story about a Hero
How to Create an Antihero that Readers Love
Heroes vs. Anti-Heroes
Create a Super Hero
How to Create a Brand New Iconic Hero or Villain
What Makes a Hero
Villains
How to Create a Credible Villain in Fiction
How to Make a Purely Evil Villain Interesting
9 Evil Examples of the Villain Archetype
How Not to Create a Villain
Creating Villains People Love to Hate
3 Techniques for Crafting a Better Villain
Basic Tips to Write Better & More Despicable Villains
Writing Tips for Creating a Complex Villain
How to Create a Great Villain
Doâs & Donâts
Doâs and Dontâs of Writing a Good Character
How to Create a Character
Characterisation Dos and Dontâs
Female Characters of Doâs and Dontâs
Doâs and Dontâs of Dialect
Helpful Writing Blogs
fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment*
writeworld
referenceforwriters
thewritingcafe
aquestionofcharacter *
writingwithcolor
fuckyeah-char-dev
dailycharacterdevelopment
ClichĂŠs
Characters and Cliches
Top 10 Character Cliches
7 Lazy Character ClichesÂ
10 Most Cliched Characters in Sci-Fi
Four Worst Character Cliches
Female Character Cliches
Character Cliches to Avoid
The Cliche Character Test
How Cliches Can Help You Make Great Characters
Templates
How to Create a Character Profile
Writing Character Bios
Character Sheets and Character Creation
Gender/Sexuality Generator
Extremely Detailed Character Template
Writerâs Resource: Character Template
Character Description
 Iâm always a slut for for new characters
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Primary Characters Your Hero: Top Ten Rules 10 Traits of a Great Protagonist 4 Steps to Creating a Truly Active Protagonist 20 Tips for Creating Relatable Protagonists How to Center your Story How to Create Unforgettable Protagonists 25 Things You Should Know About Protagonists Creating Memorable Characters Creating Strong Female Protagonists Creating Dynamic Protagonists How to Create Characters Inner Dialogue - Writing Inner Character Thoughts 25 Things a Great Character Needs 5 Ways to Create 3D Characters Secondary Characters 10 Secrets to Creating Unforgettable Supporting Characters How to Write Effective Supporting Characters Question to Ask (& Strengthen) Your Minor Characters 5 Tips for Developing Supporting Characters Techniques for Creating Great Secondary Characters 5 Steps to Dazzling Minor Characters 3 Ways to Create Stupendous Supporting Characters Creating Memorable Secondary Characters 5 Archetypes for Supporting Characters Your Map to Creating a Memorable Minor Characters Names Top Ten Tips 8 Tips for Naming Characters 7 Rules of Naming Fictional Characters Name that Character! 6 Creative Ways to Name your Character Naming your Characters A Guide to Naming Characters Female: 1 | 2 | 3 Male: 1 | 2 | 3 Alien: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Surname: 1 | 2 | 3 Unisex: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Traits List: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Developing Character Traits How to Create Good Personalities for your Characters Develop Memorable Personalities Give your Character Personality How to Create a Characterâs Personality How to Make Sure your Characterâs Personality Shines 5 Building Blocks of your Characterâs Personality Appearance Appearance Generator Your Characterâs Physical Appearance How to Describe a Characterâs Looks Describing a Characterâs Appearance Character Description Resource Examples of Physical Characteristics Describing the Physical Attributes of your Characters How Great Authors Describe Character Appearance Ultimate Guide to Nailing your Characterâs Appearance Describing Clothing and Appearance Character Appearance Help Character Description Resource Describing People: A Personâs Physical Appearance Describing the Physical Attributes of Characters Speech Talking About your Character: Speech Variety in Character Voices All your Characters Talk the Same How to Create Distinctive Character Voices How to Create Characters Who Donât Sound like You The Art of Voice in Fiction Create Varying, Yet Realistic, Speech Patterns The Art and Craft of Dialogue Writing Character Voice Creating Differences in the Speech Patterns of your Characters Style: Person and Speech Dialects: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Backstory Building Better Backstories Basic Tips to Create Better Characters with Tragic Backstories How to Write a Backstory Writing Characters Using Conflict and Backstory Backstory Description Generator Questions to Create Character Backstory How to Weave in Backstory to Reveal Character Nail your Characterâs Backstory How to Write Backstory Without Putting your Reader to Sleep How to Write a Killer Backstory Diversity How to Make Young Adult Fiction More Diverse Writing People of Color A Few Tips and Resources for Writing Characters of Colour Writing Characters of Colour Tastefully Writing With Colour 7 Offensive Mistakes Well-Intentioned Writers Make Writing Characters of Colour Describing Characters of Colour Gender Female: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Male: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Transgender: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Non-Binary: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Sexuality Main Character Sexuality On Writing LGBTQ Characters: 1 | 2 Writing Gay Characters Guide to LGBT YA Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes Writing Bisexual Characters: 1 | 2 Writing Asexual Characters: 1 | 2 Pansexual & Demisexual Characters How to Write Gay, Bisexual and Pansexual Characters Introduction Introducing a Character Introducing your Main Character Doâs and Donâts for Introducing your Protagonist First Impressions How to Introduce a Character How Not to Introduce a Main Character Introducing the Protagonist Development Character Development 9 Ingredients of Character Development Characterisation 1 - Character Development How to Develop a Character for a Story Character Development Character Development Drives Conflict Developing your Characters and Making them Interesting Relationships How to Write Strong Character Relationships Character Relationships 3 Keys to Developing Character Relationships The Secret Behind Great Character Relationships 3 Tips for Character Relationships Building Believable Relationships Sibling: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Platonic: 1 | 2 | 3 Romantic: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Strengths Identifying your Characterâs Strengths Character Strengths and Weaknesses Introducing the 24 Character Strengths Character Strengths and Virtues List Strengths and Weaknesses A Balance of Strengths Flaws 123 Ideas for Character Flaws DarkWorld RPG Flaws List Character Flaws Ten Ugliest Character Flaws The Four Types of Character Flaws On Giving Flaws and Weaknesses Character Flaw Index Goal Why your Characterâs Goal Needs to be 1 of these 5 Things Goals Define the Plot Goal Setting for You and your Character How to Explore you Characterâs Motivation 4 Ways to Motivate Character and Plot Motivation By Genre Fantasy: 1 | 2 | 3 Sci-Fi: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Romance: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Thrillers: 1 | 2 Horror: 1 | 2 | 3 Heroes Your Hero: Top Ten Rules How to Write your Own Hero Story What Makes a Great Hero? Creating Heroes and Heroines Write a Story about a Hero How to Create an Antihero that Readers Love Heroes vs. Anti-Heroes Create a Super Hero How to Create a Brand New Iconic Hero or Villain What Makes a Hero Villains How to Create a Credible Villain in Fiction How to Make a Purely Evil Villain Interesting 9 Evil Examples of the Villain Archetype How Not to Create a Villain Creating Villains People Love to Hate 3 Techniques for Crafting a Better Villain Basic Tips to Write Better & More Despicable Villains Writing Tips for Creating a Complex Villain How to Create a Great Villain Doâs & Donâts Doâs and Dontâs of Writing a Good Character How to Create a Character Characterisation Dos and Dontâs Female Characters of Doâs and Dontâs Doâs and Dontâs of Dialect Helpful Writing Blogs fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment* writeworld referenceforwriters thewritingcafe aquestionofcharacter * writingwithcolor fuckyeah-char-dev dailycharacterdevelopment ClichĂŠs Characters and Cliches Top 10 Character Cliches 7 Lazy Character Cliches 10 Most Cliched Characters in Sci-Fi Four Worst Character Cliches Female Character Cliches Character Cliches to Avoid The Cliche Character Test How Cliches Can Help You Make Great Characters Templates How to Create a Character Profile Writing Character Bios Character Sheets and Character Creation Gender/Sexuality Generator Extremely Detailed Character Template Writerâs Resource: Character Template Character Description Iâm always a slut for for new characters Reblogging for future reference
my parents arenât teaching me life lessons.
#i need some adults to TEACH ME SHIT ABOUT LIFE
Iâm an adult.
Some shit about life, from a bonafide adult:
even if you get along great with your family you will get along even better with them after moving outÂ
generic is almost always just as good as name brand. But there are some things you never buy generic, including: peanut butter, ketchup, liquid NyQuil, Chips-Ahoy chewy chocolate chip cookies
just imagine the person on the other end of the phone hates talking on the phone as much as you do. Even a receptionist. I worked as one and I hate talking on the phone
at least once in your life you will go to Wal-mart to buy something under $20 like an ironing board or something and your debit card will get rejected. No one will judge. Everyone at some point in their lives has had $2.98 in their bank account.Â
thrift stores
everyone else is too busy panicking about everyone else noticing every tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about them to notice any tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about you
you will screw up. a lot. you live and you learn. and when you start to think too hard about that embarrassing thing that happened and how you wish you could change it, just tell yourself that whatâs done is done. Thereâs no changing it, so just forget it and move on. Itâs the only way to stay sane.
do the dishes before the sink grows its own ecosystem
you canât put Dawn dishsoap in the dishwasher.Â
if you are the only one in the aisle at the grocery store, and you need to get from one end to the other without even looking at anything in that aisle, then you should totally cart-surf down the aisle. Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. Hold on to the little things. They make all the difference.
never try to make cake from scratch at 3am. You end up with a topographical map of Middle Earth.
15% tip.Â
the best way to get money for food is to tell your grandparents about how you basically live on microwaved mac and cheese. Their horror may result in twenty bucks and orders to go out and get yourself âa real dinnerâ.
sometimes life sucks, and knowing that it might get better doesnât always make it suck any less, but youâll never get to the non-sucky days without enduring the suckiness.Â
no seriously, NEVER put Dawn in your dishwasher
Do not buy generic brand spaghetti sauce either.
Always check the type of light bulb that goes in lamps. A 60w is not interchangeable with a 40w.
Dollar store batteries work just as well as store brand.
Reward yourself from time to time when you do things that you needed to get done. Itâs a good way to remind yourself to do them. Going out to pay a bill? Get Starbucks or something you donât get often. Rewards donât have to be huge, they can be small things like that.
Rice, pasta, flour, sugar, cheese, eggs, milk, a pack of chicken, a pack of frozen veggies and a well stocked spice cabinet go a long way food-wise. Splurge and get the biggest container of rice you can. You donât have to go back and buy it again anytime soon and it makes a TON of meals in the meantime.
Rice can be cooked on the stove. You donât need a fancy rice cooker. Two parts water to every one part rice (two cups water for one cup of rice for example). Get your water boiling, add rice, put a plate or lid on it, put it on low for 20 minutes. It should be done.
Keep a calendar on your pc of bill due dates. If your bills are set up at inconvenient times, like all of the services started on the first or something, then call up the company and find out if you can get your billing date switched to something more manageable. A lot of places do try to work with you.
There is no shame in calling a company and asking for an extension on a bill. Let them know what you can pay, pay that amount, and they arrange when the rest of the payment is required. This can stop you from having services shut off man. It shows responsibility on your part.
Take time to eat, even when you donât feel like eating. Your body needs energy to live.
Wash or rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. It prevents gross caked on junk.
âThe Worksâ is an excellent cheap toilet cleaner.
MAGIC. FUCKING. ERASERS. THEY WORK ON EVERYTHING JUST DONâT SCRUB HARD. I took the ring out of our bathtub with one. Also generic ones work just as well.
Keep some bleach around but if you use it for cleaning? Dillute it. Thereâs rarely ever a case where you need to pout straight bleach on anything. A cap full or two in a bucket of water works just fine.
DO NOT MIX CLEANERS. Chemical reactions are can be very dangerous. Hereâs a good list. (Note that vinegar and baking soda can actually be a good combo for removing smells from things but itâs not very good at actually -cleaning-.)
If you drink? Donât take meds at the same time itâs just not good.
Make sure you check the dosages on your pill bottles. No one wants to accidentally overdose on cough syrup or ibuprofen.
If you have a uterus make sure you have a heating pad and ibuprofen on hand for the pain. Hot baths also generally help and Ginger Tea is excellent for any nausea.
Buy a first aid kit. Itâs worth it in the long run.
You can often do your taxes online at places like TurboTax.
Hereâs some good sex ed resources because I had to explain what a yeast infection was recently.Â
Petroleum jelly (aka Vaseline) is good for chapped lips and you can get a decent sized tube or tub of it (generic brand version) for cheaper/same price as Chapstick.
KEEP TRIPLE ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT IN YOUR HOUSE FOR CUTS AND SCRAPES AND SORES.Â
~~Medications~~
Over the counter medications (stuff you can buy right off the shelf no prescription needed) have a name brand and a generic name. ALWAYS buy generic if itâs available it is literally the same thing and way cheaper usually.
Some names to remember when youâre looking for meds!
Acetaminophen = Tylenol
Used to treat pain and reduce fever. Do not take with Ibuprofen.
Ibuprofen = Advil, Midol, Motrin
Used for pain and fever, is an anti-inflammtory. Is good for period cramps because it is an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).
Naproxen = Aleve, Naprosyn
Treats fever, pain, arthritis pain, gout, period cramps, tendinitis, headache, backache, and toothache. Is also an NSAID.
Acetaminophen + Asprin + Caffeine = Excedrin
Usually marketed as âMigraine Reliefâ as a generic.
Asprin = Bayer
Use for pain, fever, arthritis, and inflammation. Makes you bleed easily so should not be used for periods. Might reduce risk of heart attacks.\
Triple Antibiotic Ointment = Neosporin
Used on cuts, sores, and scrapes to reduce risk of infection and promote healing.
Also a general mutli-vitamin isnât a bad idea and if you donât get a lot of fruits or milk/sunshine in your diet you might want to get vitamins C and D specifically for daily use.
if you do accidentally lapse and put dawn in your dishwasher, run it empty and put hair conditioner where the detergent goes. thatâll clean it out (tip given to me by dorm custodian when roommate did the thing).
if you live off ramen, add stuff to it! add veggies you like, donât use the whole flavor packet to cut down on sodium and msg or donât use it at all and add your own spices.
if youâre making something with potatoes in it (beans, stew) potatoes are done when you can easily stab a fork through them.
you can microwave a hotdog as long as you put it in a microwave safe container of water. microwaves work by making water molecules vibrate. also, when reheating rice leftovers, add a small amount of water, like maybe a spoonfull, so it doesnât get hard and crunchy.
the rice cooking advice above is for long grain rice. if youâre making short or medium grain rice, a 1:1 ratio (one cup water for one cup rice) is better, so the rice doesnât come out too mushy.
buy a few cans of chicken. wholesale club stores like samâs, costco, or bjâs tend to carry multipacks for a good price. theyâre incredibly useful for when you forget to defrost meat.
buy meat on sale and put it in the freezer. buy vegetables on sale, and put them in the freezer. frozen veggies are often as flavorful and good as fresh ones, keep longer, and often come in microwaveable bags or with microwave directions.
soak ink stains in milk to help get them out or at least lighten them.
soak blood stains in water as soon as possible, with a bit of detergent or stain remover. scrub at them. use cold water, heat binds proteins to fabric. tbh, thereâs no real need to change the washer from cold-cold setting unless the thing youâre washing says to wash in warm water.
acetone, found in most nail polish removers, dissolves super glue.
YOUâRE ALL DOING GODâS WORK BLESS YOU
Takes pictures, have prints made and put them in photo albums. Be IN the pictures, have someone take pictures of you and your friends. Get over not looking perfect in thw picture. Someday that friend might be gone and those pictures might be all youâll have, you will want to be in them. I made that mistake with my best friend, i always felt weird asking for a picture together⌠he died of cancer January of 2014 and now i have no pictures of us together. Its my only regret in life.
This is really helpful, thank you all!
Iâm the newest of new adults but Iâm gonna throw these little tips in there. IF YOU HAVE AN OLD CAR:Â
-coolant or water if your car overheats (coolant is preferable cause it wonât hurt the engine in the long run but hey i know money is tight)Â
-flashlight in case you break down at night and need to check under the hood and your phone is dead
-SPARE TIRE.Â
-jumper cables.you will at some point leave your lights on. you just will.Â
AAA or any other road side service is never a bad investment i swear. (try to mooch it off your parents as long as you can though)Â
Know how to change a tire. Youâre going to need to do it at some point in time and you canât always rely on someone else to do it for you.
Donât be afraid to go to your local food bank. They are there for a reason.
Donât be ashamed to ask for help period. Life is hard, everyone needs help occasionally.
You can put a LOWER wattage bulb in a lamp that says itâs for a higher one, but donât put a HIGHER wattage bulb in. Also, watts refer to the amount of electricity used. LUMENS refers to the amount of light put out, and can vary quite a bit between brands, even though the wattage is the same. Look for the one with the highest lumens unless you actually want a slightly dimmer bulb in a certain location. Those dollar store batteries? Fine if theyâre alkaline. âHeavy-dutyâ batteries, however, wonât last nearly as long. You can microwave a hot dog and bun simply by wrapping them in a toweling for a minute, less if you donât want them scalding hot.
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Two adulting (kitchen-related) tips from me!
1. Buy a roll of parchment paper from the cooking shit aisle. A big roll will last you for-fucking-ever. Pretty much any time youâre using a baking pan you can line it with that stuff and save yourself A: food sticking to the pan and B: itâs a quick rinse and itâs clean.
2. Bread can get fucking expensive, so make your own. A bigass bag of flour and a bag of active dry yeast (store it in the friiiiidge!!!) works out a FUCK of a lot cheaper than buying bread at the store, and you can do so much more with it. Bread, pizza, rolls, cinnibuns, homemade pizza pockets. It seems intimidating but itâs stupid easy.
Seriously. Itâs stupid simple to make, and most of the â3 hoursâ to make it is sitting around surfing the internet or doing whatever the fuck you want while the dough rises. If you have an afternoon free once a week to sit and play video games or surf the net, you have the time to make your own bread on the cheap. Hereâs my simple-as-fuck recipe:
2 Ÿ teaspoons active dry yeast (You can buy a bag of this stuff CHEAP in bulk stores, the little packets are hella stupid priced) 1 cup warm water (think a hot bath) 1 ½ teaspoons sugar 2 tablespoons oil (any kind works for the most part) 2 Ÿ cups flour 1 teaspoon salt
1. Stir the yeast, water, sugar, and oil up in a bowl. Let it sit for about 10 minutes. It will foam up VERY high, this is the yeast getting happy! If it doesnât get all foamy, the water may have been too hot or not hot enough. Remember, Yeast is alive! Treat it like a nice girlfriend!
2. Mix your flour, salt, and the yeast concoction up in a bowl.
3. Knead that shit for about 5 minutes. It will start sticky as heck, but will come together into a nice dough. If itâs still super sticky, toss in a bit more flour. Hereâs how to knead it:Â
4. Put your dough in a covered, lightly oiled bowl and leave it someplace warmish for an hour. At that point it will have roughly doubled in size, give it a gentle punch to release the gasses that have built up inside. Cover it again and let it sit for a bit longer.
Boom. You have bread dough. Here are some baking times and uses for ya:
Optional egg-wash: Just crack an egg into a bowl, add a pinch of salt, and mix the bejeebus out of it with a fork. Brush (or if youâre like me, goop it on with said fork) that shit thinly on bread before baking for a nice crust.
Pizza: Stretch it on a pan, stab the fucker all over with a fork, add toppings, bake 425*F 15-20 minutes.Â
Bread Sticks: Make snake-shapes, let rest on pan 10-ish minutes, bake 400*F 10-20 minutes.
Dinner rolls: Make ball-sized (yes those balls) balls. Place on greased pan, let rest 10-20 minutes to rise. Egg-wash and bake 375*F 25 minutes.
Bread: Lightly score (cut) the top, let sit for 20-ish minutes on/in whatever youâre using to bake it, egg-wash, bake at 375*F for 20-ish minutes. Itâs done when it sounds hollow if you knock on the bottom.
You bet your ass you can deep-fry this shit for cheapie yeast doughnuts. Roll that shit in sugar or dip it in whatever, itâs fucking tasty.
Bagels: YES. YOU. CAN. Form bagel-shapes out of the dough and boil them in salty water for about 2 minutes. Egg-wash them and bake them at 400*F for 10 minutes.
Cinnamon Rolls: Roll that shit out into a rectangle. Brush it with a mix of butter, cinnamon, sugar, and a pinch of salt (no exact amounts here, do it to your taste). Roll it up into a log, and cut it into discs. Let them sit 20 minutes in a pan and then bake at 375*F 15-17 minutes.
You can add whatever you want to the dough for some variety, just if itâs dried spices remember you really only need 1-ish tablespoons. I personally like making bread with about 1 tablespoon of dill in the dough. Roll it out flat, sprinkle it with cheddar, roll it into a log, squeeze the ends shut, and bake it like a regular loaf of bread. Cheesy dill bread OMNOMNOM.
*ahem* That got a bit long. But yeah. Breadâs expensive, yo. Save your wallet.
(Also itâs ridiculous amounts of therapeutic to bake, for me anyway)
Being able to bake your own bread is pretty awesome, if you got the time for it.Â
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If your bathroom has a window, open it after you shower. The air circulation helps prevent mold. If you do end up with a little mold, mix a solution of no more than 1 part bleach to 2 parts water. Transfer the solution to a spray bottle, spray the mold, and let it dry. Spray it again and scrub with a cleaning brush. Rinse the area and repeat if necessary until the mold is gone.
Red beans and rice is one of the cheapest and easiest meals I have ever made and it is incredibly filling. When cooking for one, this meal will make enough for you to have around 3-4 meals, it is high in protein and red beans help with cramps so if you are on your feet all day in heels/uncomfortable shoes/on hard surfaces, these will help curb off those nasty charley horses late at night.
Simple Red Beans and Rice
Ingredients
2 (1lb) dark red kidney beans, drained (safe to buy cheap or store brand banned beans, and they typically sell for 50 cents or less)
1 tablespoon hot sauce (I always keep hot sauce around for doctoring up mac and cheese, frozen pizzas, ramen, pretty much anything. If you donât like spicy food, leave this out)
Âź teaspoon ground black pepper (I always put in a bit extra because I like pepper)
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 large cloves of garlic minced (or you can use garlic powder)
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (dry) long grain white rice
1 can vegetable broth (also super cheap. Get the store brand, itâs fine.) (You can use water instead, but the vegetable broth gives you some extra vitamins I think and also makes the rice taste better and stand up to the beans) (veggie broth is also a really good thing to cook ramen in instead of water for more flavor, especially if you replace the flavor packet with your own seasoning)
1 tablespoon butter (not needed, but it helps your rice not stick to the pot and gives a bit more flavor to the dish)
**If you have any sort of large link sausage (italian, bratwurst, kielbasa) on hand, go ahead and cook some up, cut it into slices/chunks, and add it in when you cook the beans for extra protein. However, the dish works just fine without sausage
In terms of cookware, you need a medium sized pot with a lid that fits, and a large skillet. Also something to stir the rice and beans.
Instructions
1. Saute the garlic in the olive oil on medium, but be careful to stop when you can really start to smell the garlic otherwise it will scorch and be no fun to clean up. While youâre at it, pour that whole can of veggie broth into the pot and turn the heat to high.
2. When the veggie broth boils, pour the rice in and the butter. Stir it so it doesnât stick to the bottom of the pot, and when it gets back to a boil and the butter has melted, put the lid on and turn the temp on the burner to low. Leave it alone for 20 minutes.
3. Pour the beans into the pan with the olive oil and garlic, then add the hot sauce, salt, and pepper. Cook for a couple minutes (3-5) on the medium to medium-high temperature to get everything warmed through and flavored, then turn down to low (I usually keep it on what seems to be 2 on the stove) and let it simmer (meaning there are some bubbles in all that lovely gooey sauce down at the bottom) while the rice cooks. Stir it sometimes, taste it every so often and add more seasonings as you find appropriate.
4. When the 20 minutes for the rice is up, stir the rice. If there is still liquid (there shouldnât be but it happens sometimes), cover it back up and let it cook for another 2 minutes. Repeat as needed. After the rice is done, stir it in with those beans in the skillet, getting it all mixed together. That sauce from the bean juice and oil and hot sauce will stick to the rice and flavor it. Boom.

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some very nice color schemes:
gold and blood
deep water, rusty clay cliffs
wet sand and black ink
lilac, wisteria, lavender, and bronze
honeycomb, pomegranate seeds, and raw meat
the green/silver/rotting earth tones of old growth forests
clean, milky sky blue and the bright, bruised tones of out-of-control fire
every gentle grey you can think of shot through with electric teal
overripe peach and faded off-white
â˘silver and amethyst â˘any darkly stained wood against those rich red grapes â˘healthy green leaves, purple petals â˘flaking white paint revealing an old black stained color (green, red, orange, you name it) â˘blood creeping through the crevices of lighter skin tones â˘glistening silvery spiderweb against a shadow â˘iced over old rusty machines â˘ink running down bone