Living On Your Own: The Complete Guide to Setting Up Your Money, Your Space, and Your Life - Softcover

Lehu, Pierre A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1610352122 ISBN 13: 9781610352123

Publisher: Quill Driver Books, 2014

Synopsis

Striking out on your own after a lifetime of living with your parents is equal parts exhilarating and intimidating, but most of all, it is awkward. There is so much that people expect you to know that no one ever bothered to tell you—stuff you actually need to know to avoid bankrupting yourself through overspending, poisoning yourself with bad cooking, or drowning in a rising tide of dirty dishes and unwashed laundry.   But you don’t have to learn all this the hard way. “Living On Your Own: The Complete Guide to Setting Up Your Money, Your Space and Your Life” is the cheat sheet to help you take your first steps into adulthood with confidence.   Whether you’re moving into a college dorm or into post-college life, “Living On Your Own” gives you money-, time-, and trouble-saving tips, shortcuts, and lifehacks to make your transition smoother. Covering everything from the basics of budgeting to home cooking on the cheap to how to not catch an STD, “Living On Your Own” is an invaluable road-map to early adulthood.

About this title

About the Author

Pierre A. Lehu has written over 20 books, most in conjunction with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, with whom he has worked for more than 30 years, covering such diverse topics as sex, sake, fashion, and making the most of opportunities in college and in midlife. He lives in New York.

Review

As a dean at a large state university working with many students who are transitioning to new lives after college, I read Pierre Lehu's terrific new book with interest and enthusiasm. "Living On Your Own" is comprehensive, well-organized, and clear -- and should be a graduation present for all the graduating seniors in our lives. --Dean Muffin Lord, Administrative Director, School of Arts and Sciences Honor Program, Rutgers University

From advice on air-drying laundry (saves money and smells nice) to the contemporary issues surrounding managing one's life via smartphone, "Living on Your Own" is the book for any adult taking their first baby steps out into the real world. --Laura Herrell, American Reference Books Annual

Asking questions is the best way to avoid making mistakes. "Living On Your Own" provides answers to so many questions that leafing through it is a great way to get the answers to your questions, even some you never knew you had! --Dr. Ruth Westheimer

With the lengthening of adolescence over the last generation and the tendency of 'emerging' adults to return to live with their parents after college, "Living on Your Own" is doubly useful: when young people go away to college, and then again when they leave home for good. Lehu covers everything from doing the laundry, to choosing housemates and finding a doctor, replacing the mystery of 'living on your own' with a commonsense guide that should find a wide audience. --Stephen Lassonde, Dean of Student Life, Harvard College

What a great resource for someone fresh out of college or living on their own for the first time. Pierre Lehu has created the ultimate cheat sheet to set themselves up for success. Everyone needs that! --Nate Berkus

Edition details

• Publisher: Quill Driver Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1610352122
• ISBN 13: 9781610352123
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 232