turning 18 soon, need help surviving in the REAL world

[Frequency]

Why don't you have a job?

because I REALLY need to focus on finishing this high school program i'm in

i need to get it done early if i can help it, and having a job at the moment would only interfere with what i could do

[Ad Bot]

[Cone²]

Why don't you have a job?

i dont see why he needs one

[Gunnyz]

What are your grades in highschool. What college are you going to and what state do you live in / country.

[CRITAWAKETS]

When you can,get a job.

Allocate budgets to things like food,entertainment and education.

[SinnerOG]

Turning 18 isn't much different than being 17. At least from my experience. Age is just a number.

[Gunnyz]

Turning 18 isn't much different than being 17. At least from my experience. Age is just a number.

I don't think he means age probably the stuff you have to do in college and after.

[Frequency]

What are your grades in highschool. What college are you going to and what state do you live in / country.

4.00 GPA, don't plan on going to college per se, living in Texas

I don't think he means age probably the stuff you have to do in college and after.

well i mean the general "adult" things that "adults" have to "do" and general "tips" on being an "adult"

[Biostorm]

because I REALLY need to focus on finishing this high school program i'm in

i need to get it done early if i can help it, and having a job at the moment would only interfere with what i could do

i feel ya man

i got signed up for this full time internship where i don't get paid. wasn't worth it for the 'job experience' since the assignments they gave me were bullstuff and i ended up spending half the time BSing it and watching videos

i feel like getting a summer job now but it's too late unless i'm willing to work after school

[Ravencroft·]

because I REALLY need to focus on finishing this high school program i'm in

i need to get it done early if i can help it, and having a job at the moment would only interfere with what i could do

I edited the post.

If you're going to school you should consider moving away. Moving out of my house was the best thing that happened to me. Can't believe I waited until I was 19 to do it.

Ask one of your good friends to be your roommate if you plan to rent an apartment. I split the rent on an apartment with one of my buddies from school. It's huge for me because I have to take care of that and my property back home during the school year.

Of course you're going to need a job. If/when you go to school, you should find a flexible job so you can work the desired hours based off your class and study schedule. Working full time and going to school would be too much of a workload your first few semesters, so it would probably be best to work like 25-30 hours a week. That should be enough to pay for basic living expenses and get a start on paying for your tuition.

i dont see why he needs one

You must be 12 if you don't see why an average 18 year old needs a job.

[IkeTheGeneric]

i dont see why he needs one

adult needs money for life
job gives money for work

simple enough?

[Frequency]

I edited the post.

That's some good advice, but I'm so behind on the work I need to do for this high school at home program that I just need to focus on it right now, like I said.

But of course I totally plan on getting a job once I finish this stuff because I'm going to need the money lol.

[Planr]

Learn trigonometry and you will instantly know how to survive in the real world

[Tayasaurus]

Step 1. Grow up, start prioritizing your responsibilites. Fun shall be no longer a part of your life.

Step 2. Realize that you haven't grown up, getting older just means you want to be more immature and just let go.

Step 3. Continue to not be a grown up but still be known as an "adult".

Step 4. Maintain your "adult" image by offsetting evidence of your inevitable procrastination with short bursts of hard work.

Step 5. Wish you had more money, occasionally wonder why the forget so many taxes have to come out of your paycheck.

Step 6. Hover back and forth between your opinion on having an adult relationship. Example: "It costs heartache and money but man am i loving lonely."

Step 7. Realize that you're really bad at budgeting. You wouldn't still be at mom's if you hadn't spent $200 on the latest trend and let your money collectively build up over the course of your non-adult life.

Step 8. Discover that you're becoming really good at saving money.

Step 9. Become so confident that you buy that expensive thing you always wanted.

Step 10. Realize you should have left some money left in your account for gas. And food. Holy stuff where did these little things come from.

Step 11. Turns out little things make up a massive buildup of money.

Step 12. Experience cash drought for a little while until next paycheck

Step 13. Swear up and down to yourself that you'll save the money this time.

Step 14. Your car has a seizure and suddenly its in the shop. Your entire paycheck is gonna have to cover half the bill, your parents pay for the rest.

Step 15. To be continued

[Cone²]

misread op so this entire statement was stuff

[Ravencroft·]

i find it hilarious that you're going to flame me for not seeing why instead of explaining the situation because it's not like freq is going to immediately move out. I highly doubt his/her parents are going to ask him/her to pay the bills if he/she doesn't have a damn job. The only reason I see for a job atm is to pay his/her own bills for phone, etc. but he/she explained that it would interfere so he/she'd have to start after hs and a job right now isn't an opinion

what crawled up your ass and died

This post pretty much backs up why you must be too young to understand why he needs a job as soon as possible.