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[shelbys-advice-blog]

I want to live by myself when I move out of my parent's place but I'm really afraid of money problems? I'm afraid that the only place I can afford will be in the ghetto and it'll all be torn apart and I'll only be allowed to eat one granola bar a week. I'm really stressing out about this. I don't know anything about after school life. I don't know anything about paying bills or how to buy an apartment and it's really scaring me. is there anything you know that can help me?

HI darling,

I’ve actually got a super wonderful masterpost for you to check out:

Home

what the hell is a mortgage?

first apartment essentials checklist

how to care for cacti and succulents

the care and keeping of plants

Getting an apartment

Money

earn rewards by taking polls

how to coupon

what to do when you can’t pay your bills

see if you’re paying too much for your cell phone bill

how to save money

How to Balance a Check Book

How to do Your Own Taxes

Health

how to take care of yourself when you’re sick

things to bring to a doctor’s appointment

how to get free therapy

what to expect from your first gynecologist appointment

how to make a doctor’s appointment

how to pick a health insurance plan

how to avoid a hangover

a list of stress relievers

how to remove a splinter

Emergency

what to do if you get pulled over by a cop

a list of hotlines in a crisis

things to keep in your car in case of an emergency

how to do the heimlich maneuver

Job

time management

create a resume

find the right career

how to pick a major

how to avoid a hangover

how to interview for a job

how to stop procrastinating

How to write cover letters

Travel

ULTIMATE PACKING LIST

Traveling for Cheap

Travel Accessories

The Best Way to Pack a Suitcase

How To Read A Map

How to Apply For A Passport

How to Make A Travel Budget

Better You

read the news

leave your childhood traumas behind

how to quit smoking

how to knit

how to stop biting your nails

how to stop procrastinating

how to stop skipping breakfast

how to stop micromanaging

how to stop avoiding asking for help

how to stop swearing constantly

how to stop being a pushover

learn another language

how to improve your self-esteem

how to sew

learn how to embroider

how to love yourself

100 tips for life

Apartments/Houses/Moving

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 1: Are You Sure? (The Responsible One)

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 2: Finding the Damn Apartment (The Responsible One)

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 3: Questions to Ask about the Damn Apartment (The Responsible One)

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 4: Packing and Moving All of Your Shit (The Responsible One)

How to Protect Your Home Against Break-Ins (The Responsible One)

Education

How to Find a Fucking College (The Sudden Adult)

How to Find Some Fucking Money for College (The Sudden Adult)

What to Do When You Can’t Afford Your #1 Post-Secondary School (The Sudden Adult)

Stop Shitting on Community College Kids (Why Community College is Fucking Awesome) (The Responsible One)

How to Ask for a Recommendation Letter (The Responsible One)

How to Choose a College Major (The Sudden Adult)

Finances

How to Write a Goddamn Check (The Responsible One)

How to Convince Credit Companies You’re Not a Worthless Bag of Shit (The Responsible One)

Debit vs Credit (The Responsible One)

What to Do if Your Wallet is Stolen/Lost (The Sudden Adult)

Budgeting 101 (The Responsible One)

Important Tax Links to Know (The Responsible One)

How to Choose a Bank Without Screwing Yourself (The Responsible One)

Job Hunting

How to Write a Resume Like a Boss (The Responsible One)

How to Write a Cover Letter Someone Will Actually Read (The Responsible One)

How to Handle a Phone Interview without Fucking Up (The Responsible One)

10 Sites to Start Your Job Search (The Responsible One)

Life Skills

Staying in Touch with Friends/Family (The Sudden Adult)

Bar Etiquette (The Sudden Adult)

What to Do After a Car Accident (The Sudden Adult)

Grow Up and Buy Your Own Groceries (The Responsible One)

How to Survive Plane Trips (The Sudden Adult)

How to Make a List of Goals (The Responsible One)

How to Stop Whining and Make a Damn Appointment (The Responsible One)

Miscellaneous

What to Expect from the Hell that is Jury Duty (The Responsible One)

Relationships

Marriage: What the Fuck Does It Mean and How the Hell Do I Know When I’m Ready? (Guest post - The Northwest Adult)

How Fucked Are You for Moving In with Your Significant Other: An Interview with an Actual Real-Life Couple Living Together™ (mintypineapple  and catastrofries)

Travel & Vehicles

How to Winterize Your Piece of Shit Vehicle (The Responsible One)

How to Make Public Transportation Your Bitch (The Responsible One)

Other Blog Features

Apps for Asshats

Harsh Truths & Bitter Reminders

Asks I’ll Probably Need to Refer People to Later

Apartments (or Life Skills) - How Not to Live in Filth (The Sudden Adult)

Finances - Tax Basics (The Responsible One)

Important Documents - How to Get a Copy of Your Birth Certificate (The Responsible One)

Important Documents - How to Get a Replacement ID (The Responsible One)

Health - How to Deal with a Chemical Burn (The Responsible One)

Job Hunting - List of Jobs Based on Social Interaction Levels (The Sudden Adult)

Job Hunting - How to Avoid Falling into a Pit of Despair While Job Hunting (The Responsible One)

Job Hunting - Questions to Ask in an Interview (The Responsible One)

Life Skills - First-Time Flying Tips (The Sudden Adult)

Life Skills - How to Ask a Good Question (The Responsible One)

Life Skills - Reasons to Take a Foreign Language (The Responsible One)

Life Skills - Opening a Bar Tab (The Sudden Adult)

Relationships - Long Distance Relationships: How to Stay in Contact (The Responsible One)

Adult Cheat Sheet:

what to do if your pet gets lost

removing stains from your carpet

how to know if you’re eligible for food stamps

throwing a dinner party

i’m pregnant, now what?

first aid tools to keep in your house

how to keep a clean kitchen

learning how to become independent from your parents

job interview tips

opening your first bank account

what to do if you lose your wallet

tips for cheap furniture

easy ways to cut your spending

selecting the right tires for your car

taking out your first loan

picking out the right credit card

how to get out of parking tickets

how to fix a leaky faucet

get all of your news in one place

getting rid of mice & rats in your house

when to go to the e.r.

buying your first home

how to buy your first stocks

guide to brewing coffee

first apartment essentials checklist

coping with a job you hate

30 books to read before you’re 30

what’s the deal with retirement?

difference between insurances

Once you’ve looked over all those cool links, I have some general advice for you on how you can have some sort of support system going for you:

Reasons to move out of home

You may decide to leave home for many different reasons, including:

wishing to live independently

location difficulties – for example, the need to move closer to university

conflict with your parents

being asked to leave by your parents.

Issues to consider when moving out of home

It’s common to be a little unsure when you make a decision like leaving home. You may choose to move, but find that you face problems you didn’t anticipate, such as:

Unreadiness – you may find you are not quite ready to handle all the responsibilities.

Money worries – bills including rent, utilities like gas and electricity and the cost of groceries may catch you by surprise, especially if you are used to your parents providing for everything. Debt may become an issue.

Flatmate problems – issues such as paying bills on time, sharing housework equally, friends who never pay board, but stay anyway, and lifestyle incompatibilities (such as a non-drug-user flatting with a drug user) may result in hostilities and arguments.

Your parents may be worried

Think about how your parents may be feeling and talk with them if they are worried about you. Most parents want their children to be happy and independent, but they might be concerned about a lot of different things. For example:

They may worry that you are not ready.

They may be sad because they will miss you.

They may think you shouldn’t leave home until you are married or have bought a house.

They may be concerned about the people you have chosen to live with.

Reassure your parents that you will keep in touch and visit regularly. Try to leave on a positive note. Hopefully, they are happy about your plans and support your decision.

Tips for a successful move

Tips include:

Don’t make a rash decision – consider the situation carefully. Are you ready to live independently? Do you make enough money to support yourself? Are you moving out for the right reasons?

Draw up a realistic budget – don’t forget to include ‘hidden’ expenses such as the property’s security deposit or bond (usually four weeks’ rent), connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.

Communicate – avoid misunderstandings, hostilities and arguments by talking openly and respectfully about your concerns with flatmates and parents. Make sure you’re open to their point of view too – getting along is a two-way street.

Keep in touch – talk to your parents about regular home visits: for example, having Sunday night dinner together every week.

Work out acceptable behaviour – if your parents don’t like your flatmate(s), find out why. It is usually the behaviour rather than the person that causes offence (for example, swearing or smoking). Out of respect for your parents, ask your flatmate(s) to be on their best behaviour when your parents visit and do the same for them.

Ask for help – if things are becoming difficult, don’t be too proud to ask your parents for help. They have a lot of life experience.

If your family home does not provide support

Not everyone who leaves home can return home or ask their parents for help in times of trouble. If you have been thrown out of home or left home to escape abuse or conflict, you may be too young or unprepared to cope.

If you are a fostered child, you will have to leave the state-care system when you turn 18, but you may not be ready to make the sudden transition to independence.

If you need support, help is available from a range of community and government organisations. Assistance includes emergency accommodation and food vouchers. If you can’t call your parents or foster parents, call one of the associations below for information, advice and assistance.

Where to get help

Your doctor

Kids Helpline Tel. [phone]

Lifeline Tel. 13 11 44

Home Ground Services Tel. [phone]

Relationships Australia Tel. [phone]

Centrelink Crisis or Special Help Tel. 13 28 50

Tenants Union of Victoria Tel. [phone]

Things to remember

Try to solve any problems before you leave home. Don’t leave because of a fight or other family difficulty if you can possibly avoid it.

Draw up a realistic budget that includes ‘hidden’ expenses, such as bond, connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.

Remember that you can get help from a range of community and government organizations. 

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Keep me updated? xx

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[bifrostiron]

I’ve finally found it again

the elusive 10 million note post

they say no two people reblog it with the same original text

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This is literally the last month you can reblog this joke

[cerolinda]

I'm off to fight God does anyone want anything?

[artichoke-cat]

An explanation

[wilted3sunflowers]

In all honesty me deciding to make a marinette with the ox miraculous stemmed because 1. nosering 2. horn hair and it when off from there 

In fact her outfit is pretty well based off bullfighters clothing, she wasnt even going to have a tail but a whip that looked like a tail before i decided that was too much like mullmouse’s jumprope tail and decided to extend the jacket into the tail

ive been very much struggling with what to call her for her superhero name but i do think ive decided the phrase for on and off is “Olly Olly Ox-ON!’ and ‘Oxen Free!’ on the whole play of olly olly oxen free 

I’d really be open to hear suggestions for a name for Marinette’s hero name w the ox miraculous if you have any thoughts 

EDIT: Gonna call her Oxalis 

EDIT 2: Adjusted the colors for Oxalis because stompp is blue not purple 

[artichoke-cat]

God people from Tumblr and other places in general should be commissioned and paid a small monthly wage to design the outfits for MLB

[wilted3sunflowers]

My idea for Dragon Alix, Dracoix which in all honesty is because i want to keep a naming convention with ‘x’ in there and it matches with how bunnix’ works 

in all honesty i would have expected a lot more modern streetwear fusion of superhero look for Alix’ designs and felt like bunnix kind of has a lacking design for a cool gal like Alix but shes still cool 

[artichoke-cat]

MLB’s really lacking with diversity in costumes

[art]

Meet the Artist: Eden Daphne

My name is Eden, a thirty-something-year-old Mexican-American multifandom artist. I have a degree in biology and worked at a zoo for a few years, socializing and cuddling smol mammals, reptiles, birds, and snakes. I currently freelance part-time, so I can be a full-time mom to two beautiful velociraptors and a rescue doggo.

Thanks, Eden! You can see more of Eden’s art and follow her at @edendaphne!

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HEY, LOOK!  IT’S-A ME!!  :D

[artichoke-cat]

It’s so cool that she’s an INFJ because I rarely meet anyone who’s an INFJ, let alone one of my favorite artists

[artichoke-cat]

I kinda find it funny Adrien was like, “Oh no, Felix, what you did was unforgivable!” (his own cousin for god’s sake) and then he turns around and keeps insisting that despite all of the pain that Chloe deliberately inflicts, he keeps insisting that she’s a good person.

[artichoke-cat]

There are a lot of things I like about Chat Blanc and a lot of things that could use a little work but can we talk about the MAJOR plothole involving Ladybug and Chatnoir and the akuma??

It was originally said that Chat can’t fight akumatized villains alone because he needs Ladybug to purify them, but if he was able to Cataclysm the akuma before it touched Marinette, then ???

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How Often To Clean Your House (aka Being An Adult)

Sprinkles And Crafts: A Food, DIY And Lifestyle Blog.

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As an adult in honestly feeling attacked right now

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[15megapixels]

here's my take on @gale-of-the-nomads ' text post, ft. mlb ship fusions!

tbh i didn't expect to do a full color on this but I had so much fun doing these

[buggachat]

loosely based on something that happened to me

my ko-fi!

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Today's tea

[petri808]

Hello Tumblrites!

I have a class assignment that I could Really Really use your help with 😊.

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[artichoke-cat]

I just realized

In the season three finale, akumatized Chloe had all of the miraculous holders in Paris show up.

And they all did, except one person he knew had the mouse miraculous...

Marinette

Did Chat Noir, who suspected Marinette of being Ladybug at one point, just not question her whereabouts at all? Even if she did escape Chloe’s hornets, that might be a little odd considering none of the other holders were able to do so.

[jacquesthepigeon]

The argument that LB and CN might as well know each other’s identities just because Fu already knows doesn’t hold any weight cuz the chances of Fu being possessed are like 1 in 2.2 million and meanwhile LB and CN are always on the front lines and more likely to be affected by akumas and mind control. You can’t disregard precautions entirely just because one person out of millions knows who you are.

Also, do people expect Fu and Marinette to leave the miraculouses around Paris at random and hope that the person that picks it up is good? Its a necessary risk to know who you’re working with when handing out superpowers.

Now, the writers really dug a hole for themselves with Queen Bee. After being careless enough to transform in public, Chloé should have faced consequences. Reasonably, Hawkmoth would have taken the opportunity to gain another miraculous and try to get information out of her. The public would have protested and shunned her for almost killing hundreds with her train stunt. After all that, she really shouldn’t have been entrusted with a miraculous. She did her part in Malediktator, which was understandable since the akuma in question was her dad so there was a strategic advantage to having her on Ladybug’s side, but that should have been the last time. Instead of any of these happening, the writers decided to brush it off as if nothing happened and once again Chloé doesn’t face any negative consequences for her actions.

Oh, and they completely invalidated the whole reason the characters were supposed to keep their identities secret while they were at it. It didn’t help that they were so casual about Alya and Nino knowing each other’s identities as well.

tl;dr: secret identities are important and the writers made a mistake being so casual about it with the secondary characters

[shslgriefseedcollector]

I completely understand your point, however, there are some things we should take into consideration:

-It has been explained that Chloe was given a miraculous in Catalyst again because she understands how it works, what to do, and can work with ladybug

-Yes, targeting Chloe would make Hawkmoth in theory “competent” but this is the little girl that Adrien has been friends with since a young age. yes, he has akumatized her twice, however, Gabriel doesn’t seem keen on killing anyone. IF anyone has evidence to dispute this I am open to it. Gabriel seems to be close with Chloe’s mother as well so this presents another obstacle for him in threatening her.

-Chloe is the mayor’s daughter. Her father is KNOWN to abuse his power to satisfy her demands e.g. Lady Wifi, Frightningale. Do you really think he would not protect her from any persecution? He would most likely prevent any protests against her and I’m sure most reporters (maybe not the ballsy ones )are not keen on upsetting him by slandering her. HE fired Roger Raincomprix over nothing and will do it again if Chloe is persecuted. I’m not saying this is ethical, but I’m saying this is an explanation

-with the resources a mayor has, Gabriel probably does not want to take the risk of threatening the mayor’s daughter. It would invoke the DGSI since in forms she is a political figure.

-ALSO!!! Ladybug takes the miraculous back for these exact reasons. It was on air when Ladybug ordered Chloe to give her miraculous back and it was on air when she asked for it again and it was given to Ladybug. Gabriel’s main focus should be on finding Fu, which he has shown some effort in doing via Vanisher this past episode and infiltrating the Kwami party in Sandboy.

Finally, Ladybug chose Rena and Carapace. She KNOWS she can trust them and has not given them any info on master fu, always takes the miraculous back, and helps keep thier identities secret. ALYA AND NINO are NOT going to give away anything. Their miraculouses cannot give ultimate power.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[jacquesthepigeon]

This post isn’t a criticism of the characters’ actions but rather the writing not showing that such actions have serious consequences. I never said Gabriel would kill Chloé or that any of what I mentioned had to happen and you’re right about mayor Bourgois. The problem is that even if Chloé is shielded from the fallout, we as an audience don’t see anything happen as a consequence. We’re supposed to believe that a superhero can expose themselves to the entirety of Paris and continue to live normally.

Hawkmoth doesn’t know how they’re getting their miraculous. He doesn’t know for certain that Ladybug takes them back from Rena Rouge and Carapace. He doesn’t know where and when Chloé found the comb. It doesn’t make sense for him to not take advantage of Queen Bee aside from just akumatizing her.

As for Alya and Nino, I know they’re worthy of the miraculous, my issue is that the narrative treated their identity reveal like it was nothing while at the same time saying that secret identities are important (?). I know the situation called for both of them receiving it at the same time but I felt like it wasn’t handled seriously enough. It made Trixx’s line feel out of place.

[mlbirb]

Yeah… a lot of people who brings out that LB gets the Miraculous back once they’re used forget that they’re in the known as the audience about things that the villain should not. Hawkmoth cannot know for sure that LB get the Miraculous back afterward. For all he know, those new heroes could still be in training secretly, for example, which would be a reason sufficient for them to not be out in public all the time.

And even if he’s somehow aware that the Miraculous gets taken afterward… why would he not target Chloé when he had the chance to steal Pollen away from her? He has the resource to try to do it subtly as Gabriel like his try in Simon Say, or, he could have manipulated her akumatized self to give it away. He would have gained more in the long run, since Pollen is a kwami, and Gabriel is very likely to realize she’s from the same guardian who gave LB and CN their Miraculous. The Guardian is a prime target for him because of all the powers and information her possesses about his main foes. Even if he can’t enslave Pollen to give out away the location of the guardian, he would still have deprived Ladybug and Chat Noir of a potential ally to use against him. It’s a win either way.

And this consequence would have had both advantages of giving a plausible reason for Chloé to want to change to atone for what she has done by exposing herself, and reinforcing the importance of secrecy within the show.

… Though, honestly, Hawkmoth can be so inconsistently-written as a villain it might actually be that the writers forgot what he knows and doesn’t know about the narrative himself. Maybe that’s why he doesn’t go for the obvious strategic choices.

[zoe-oneesama]

There were literal consequences in Mayura for knowing identities - using Chloe’s parents against her, Rena sacrificing herself for Carapace, Carapace falling to negative emotions because of it - but the writing never does anything to address it or even acknowledge it. Not even a “And this is why we shouldn’t know” kind of way. They only feel the need to bring it up when it’s suddenly important again for Adrien and Marinette to not reveal themselves to each other. And I get why people don’t buy this when it does comes up because they didn’t seem to care so much before.

If there’s no long term fall out for Chloe, then it shouldn’t be a big deal for Ladybug and Chat Noir to know each other. But if it’s such a big deal you can’t give Kagami or Chloe or Marinette another shot, then why do Rena and Carapace still get to use a Miraculous? Consistency? We don’t know her.

The writers are just cherry picking when identities matter and when they don’t to fit their narrative without thought to whether the audience should or will buy it or not. There’s a reason they chose to mention 4 times in one episode instead of having it come up in several separate ones - because it didn’t matter except in this episode.