Well Blog fam.
It’s time for a real post. A casual, “back to normal” post about moving the heck out of my abusive house. (If you’re not a part of the Blog Fam, scroll down to find the First Apartment Checklist).
I don’t know where to start or how to correctly articulate my situation. Forming any sort of explanation that properly describes my home dynamic is nearly impossible. I’ve attempted a few times on this post and now I’m giving up. I just want out.
The title sums it up pretty well. I’ve been waiting for the stars to aline, dreaming of packed boxes and an empty childhood bedroom; that feeling when you turn around and all the pictures and medals are in containers. Nothing left but the ‘open air blue’ shade you painted on the walls at seventeen and the leaking ceiling that never got fixed. Nothing but a ton of good and bad memories.
Those twinkles are starting to look pretty heck’n lined up to me.
I’ve felt this way for a long time. My bf didn’t want me living alone and I didn’t want to share space with a buddy so, I just didn’t move out. My best friend and I would dream of being roommates and living out on our own together, we shared a Pinterest board and everything. Sadly we aren’t close anymore and having a roommate that isn’t her makes me want to cry.
The more I look into getting an apartment and the more adding of extra bills like utility and health insurance, it gets to be a lot. I hope this list helps you so you don’t miss anything in your planning.
The first thing I did was make a list of things I wanted to get done before I set the moving date.
- Pay off debt (you don’t need any extra monthly bills when you’re first moving out on your own).
- Build an emergency savings account.
- Build a fund for ONLY car repairs/maintenance.
- Have your long-term savings in a Ledger.
- Start throwing away junk-clean out your closet, sell old clothes, sell furniture you don’t want…etc
- Figure out a timeline. (I’m giving myself the summer to get organized. Then I’ll be out early Sep).
- Find the apartment. Take a walk through, talk about their extra charges, figure out parking and your route to work.
- Write out your estimated budget per month.
- Make a list of apartment things to get.
Thanks for reading. I hope this gives you some ideas when you make your own moving out checklist. I’m about to have some really big things happen in my life, subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss out. -Elaina
Elaine Kate 