I am asking this question because the young adult in question, is me. I am to move out in a few years, and it feels impossible to move far away from my hometown (which I want). I have no idea how to juggle both finances, a job, and the move itself. With the global inflation going on, it feels impossible getting hold of a decent apartment to rent.

What advice would you give someone like me? What should I keep in mind and prepare* myself for? What are your experiences moving out, or moving away from your hometown? How long did the process take for you, and how did you manage keeping a job that paid all your taxes and rent? If you could look back and give younger you some advice, what would you tell them?

(If it provides any context, I am North European.)

  • @Arethusa
    2•1 year ago

    Bills/expenses are important in the following order:

    1. Rent / roof over your head
    2. Electricity and gas
    3. Food (fresh food, frozen food, canned food. This is also the order of the speed this food goes bad with fresh going off first and canned lasting the longest. This can also be the order of nutritiousness with fresh being the best. The reverse on cost with fresh usually being the most expensive).

    Saving money is more important than moving out unless employment prospects are nil back home or it’s psychologically taxing to be around family. That saved money, whether using retirement options via employers who may match your contribution or through your own individual bank or brokerage, provides freedom to move out with more choices, or travel, or quit a sucky job, or deal with an emergency etc.