Dear people living on your own for the first time:
Hereās some advice I wasnāt told from the myriad of posts before that I wish Iād been given before
Wash the OUTSIDE of your pots and pans as well as the cooking surface. Iāve had a few roommates now who have only cleaned the inside and Iāve had to replace a $150 set of cookware twice.
āits only one time, how bad could using metal on nonstick cookware really be?ā very bad. donāt do this.
Buy a rice cooker. Buy the middle tier rice cooker. Cheap ones will burn your rice, high tier ones are too expensive. Rice is good and cheap and, really, you donāt actually have to wash it if you donāt care about making gourmet food.
Buy band-aids. You donāt think you need band-ads until you need a band-aid, and by then itās too late. (if you donāt follow this advice, a paper towel and some tape is an acceptable solution while you go get real bandages and neosporin)
You are on tumblr, which means you probably spend most of your time in one spot on a computer or phone. if this spot doesnāt have a trash can in armās reach, put one there.
Ā I spent 4 years piling trash on my desk in increasingly precarious ways until I had a designated area to put it. Trash cans can and should go anywhere there is a frequent generation of trash, typical locations be damned.
If you live with one or two roommates, discuss placing empty boxes in the back of your fridge and freezer. You probably donāt need all the space that the standard 5-person-family fridge provides, and tupperware will be shoved back there and left to stink up the entire appliance.
Get a wall calendar, put it somewhere communal, and have everyone put their household-relevant schedules on it. Communication is by far the weakest link with roommates (even good ones!) and having something to reference for appointments is always good
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