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How did you get your first job? Apartment/house? Dating?

I ask because I really only did so after years of bouncing around from colleges, summer abroad programs, living with friends, and really just use Zillow or StreetEasy to look.

(I also ask because I want a distraction from the world that isn't entertainment or documentary/non-fiction and often daydream about what things I could have done different had I known things - real life skills - earlier.)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I think about this a lot

I think mentorship is really important. Ideally we can get that from our parents, but in many cases either they don't know the answers or are just shitty. You have to find someone that is doing the thing you want to do, or being the person you want to be, and ask them what they did to get there. Ideally multiple times.