Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own

by Tina Pestalozzi

Revised and updated for 2011, the fifth edition of Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and Living on Your Own is a valuable guide to the complete spectrum of skills required to successfully master the challenges of being a responsible adult; whether that means living alone, with roommates or even with Mom and Dad. Subjects include financial know-how, job search success; interview, social, dining and workplace etiquette, consumer savvy, home hunting and lease negotiations. The guide provides the reader with essential advice on maintaining their home, car, laundry, time and well-being. The book also includes effective suggestions on saving and stretching one's money, as well as positive actions for practicing environmental awareness.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical, readable info transition between college and adulting.

[Muriel Emerson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great tips for people who are living on their own for the first time. I already knew all these things and still found 2 or 3 good pieces of information.

[Granny Weatherwax · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm the wrong audience for this book. It's the perfect guide for someone in high school or barely in college (basically ages 15-20). It's for someone that wants to be independent but has no idea where to start. So although I personally didn't learn anything from it, I acknowledge it would be a really good book for someone in that target audience

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book helpful, however it did leave me asking some questions. It could have been better if it covered just a little bit more information. I wish there was a guide that covered areas such as this and more for people with disabilities or more interest to me, a living on your own guide for people with learning differences.