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On the flip side, success is always around the corner. Kids who grow up thinking that true success is unattainable are more likely to shy away from it. Another failure? It's almost too much to bear. There are a few strategies that parents can use to prepare their older children for the workforce. Adulting is hard,” says Bellaire. “The adulting mindset is acting like an independent person and proactively managing your responsibilities (financial and otherwise) on your own. It also means taking care of yourself—maintaining a clean apartment, going to the dentist, meal prepping, doing laundry, going to bed early—the things we all associate with being an adult.” Teach time management - They won't learn it by osmosis. Time management skills must be taught and modeled while children are younger so that by the time they are ready to live independently, it is a more natural process. RELATED READING] 7 Ways To Network Like A Boss Day 25: Revisit an old relationship friend, mentor etc. Now that everything is cleaned out, let’s make sure we create a schedule to keep it that way! Organize your digital life using a calendar or Trello and set due dates to make sure you’re on top of keeping things clean clear and on schedule. For example, one the 7th of every month, you'll do a digital dump again and on the 11th of every month you'll shred all those pesky mail docs. You just went through the steps, so you know how good it feels to have thing clean and organized! Don't let it all pile up again!
One of the biggest steps a young person can take toward successful adulting is to look past the short-term of today and begin to plan further out. Retirement is one area that can feel so far away to someone just starting their career. But in the bigger picture, it just doesn’t make sense to ignore it.Is this the year you're finally going to pay off that big credit card? Or better yet, start saving for that home? Take the time today to create a game plan for one of your financial goals. Look at how much money you need to reach your goal, then figure out when you'd like to reach that goal. Figure out how many months that'll give you, then divide the total funds needed to reach your goal by the number of months until your goal date. Viola! You now have a plan and a fixed number to put into your budget! Starting to save for retirement as early as possible is like paying your future self and giving you more optionality down the line,” says Bellaire. Compounding interest—a near-magical financial principle—on 401(k)s or IRAs means that the earlier you start saving for retirement, the more money you’ll have to enjoy later in life. “Prioritizing setting aside some money each month in accounts like this also has positive tax consequences you don’t find with other savings accounts, so it’s doubly helpful!”
Older children on the cusp of leaving home also have to learn to trust themselves. Morin suggests parents model working through problems with older children. In teaching young adults to better trust their assessment and judgment of problems, they have to be able to think to themselves, "Can I solve this myself?" Always being there to provide answers doesn't instill critical thinking skills needed for life outside of mom and dad's house. A post shared by Rachel // Blogger | Influencer (@theconfusedmillennial) on Jun 9, 2016 at 5:47am PDT Morin suggests that parents consider sharing with their growing children the financial hurdles and burdens of life rather than hiding them. It is an instinct to want to shelter children from the adult stressors in the world, but discussing budgeting and finances in their presence can be quite helpful to this aspect of their development. Having money conversations with older children present does several helpful things.Part of adulting is finding your voice! Stand up for yourself today. We all have that running tape, that voice inside, that’s talking to us all day. You know the one who says you shouldn’t have said that or done that or you should have said or done things differently. Well today is the day to be bold. To speak out loud. To advocate for yourself. Whether it’s with that inner voice and telling it to pipe down, or standing up for yourself at work or in another relationship. Looking for some ideas? How about dropping one of these harmful communication tactics. Day 29: Try a new wellness trend. That’s a lot of added challenges in the phase of life that scholars such as Jeffrey Jensen Arnett have labeled ‘Emerging Adulthood.’ Through it all, the message about adulting remained the same: the goal was to get onto that traditional life path. The one you’re supposed to follow. Meet a partner, buy a home, start a family. All while nailing it at work, being an amazing friend and having the perfect wardrobe. Paying bills on time and writing thank you letters, funnily enough, didn’t turn out to be the blueprint for growing up that we’d hoped it might be (although I still do both). There wasn’t much room for making mistakes in this version of adulting – which is, of course, the only way to become truly adult. Plus, in highlighting our extended adolescence, did it compound the millennial stereotype of a generation of fragile, self-obsessed snowflakes who can’t get a mortgage because we eat too much brunch?
Nobody likes bed bugs or a nasty gal * or maybe we do? I can’t keep up with is nasty girl a good thing or bad thing these days?* Anyway, just clean your sheets. Especially if you’ve been breaking out on your face, it’s probably a sign your pillow case needs to be washed! Teach teens to write out their schedules - Make sure they know to include key information like times, dates, and places. Holy moly! The month FLEW by! Can you believe it? Now is the time to set your intentions for the new month! Write it all out! Maybe you didn’t do something on this list? No worries! Shoot to get it done next month! This was meant to dabble in a few areas, but maybe while going through hit you felt like you needed more energy or focus around finances, or self care, or the home, or relationships, maybe set that as a sole intention for the new month! Whoever said no new friends had it all wrong. Life is about exploring, innovating, and growing and what better way to do that than networking?! Whether it’s professional or personal networking, focus on making a new connection today. — And if you're feeling overwhelmed, start here! Seriously, if you been reading the blog but never left a comment, this is your chance! Say “hi!” introduce yourself!
Yeah, today’s the day to actually take all those donation bags to Goodwill. Seriously, get them out of your house and car! Day 21: Clean out social media. Focus on priorities - Emphasis what is important in life so teens and young adults continue to place emphasis on top priorities.
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