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Your first 30 days living alone,
without the chaos.

Moving into your first place? Figuring out groceries, bills, cleaning, safety and those unexpectedly lonely evenings?
I made a free checklist to help you get through your first month without having to figure out everything the hard way.

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Also... good luck.

Living alone sounds wonderfully independent until you're standing in your kitchen wondering what to eat, looking at your electricity bill, discovering that laundry somehow became a weekly responsibility, and realising there is nobody else to remember the groceries.


This little guide is here to make those first 30 days slightly less overwhelming.

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You don't need to have your whole life figured out. You just need to know what to do next.

Six tiny areas that suddenly become very important.

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Set up your home

The little things worth sorting out during your first few days so your home actually starts feeling like home.

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Feed yourself

Simple food, grocery basics and ways to avoid surviving entirely on instant noodles.

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Handle money

Rent, bills, subscriptions and the surprisingly expensive tiny things that come with living independently.

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Keep things clean

A realistic cleaning rhythm for people who have jobs, lives and absolutely no interest in cleaning all day.

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Stay safe

Small habits and checks that can make living alone feel much more secure.

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Deal with the quiet

Because independence can sometimes feel lonely too. And that's completely normal.

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You are allowed to figure it out as you go.

There is no secret handbook everyone else received. Most adults are also just Googling things five minutes before they need them.


You're doing better than you think.

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If this little cheat sheet feels useful, my book goes much deeper into the realities of living alone — cooking, money, safety, loneliness, adulting and all those tiny decisions nobody really teaches you how to make.

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Kind words from early readers.

“Being alone in a new place can simply be a phase of life many people experience.”

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“Many of the lines felt reassuring to me as someone who is figuring out how to be independent.”

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“This is great, I used to wonder how to go about sick days when living alone and this chapter shows how to deal with it.”

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“Emergency funding is very crucial which we always ignore. It's a good reminder to everyone.”

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Your first month doesn't have to be perfect.

Just a little more organised, a little less chaotic, and maybe slightly better fed.

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