31 Life Skills for Guys
by Brett & Kate McKay
Happy September first! Yesterday we completed the series we ran every day last month: Heading Out on Your Own: 31 Basic Life Skills in 31 Days. The goal of the series was simple: to help young men heading out on their own for the first time learn some of the very basic life skills they would need to succeed at living independently. To this end, each day last month we published one article on a variety of basic life skills from personal finance to home-ec know-how. While we couldn’t have possibly covered every single skill a young man will need to know to successfully live on his own, I really believe we covered nearly all of the important essentials. If you’re a man who’s been living on his own for a long time now, I hope the articles provided an interesting and helpful refresher on skills that we truly use our whole lives through (and all need reminders on from time to time), and maybe even imparted some tips you had never learned before. If you’re a young man heading out on his own right now, our sincere wish is that the series has given you a sense of direction, competence, and confidence about this new and exciting season in your life. Knowing, as GI Joe has taught us, is half the battle. The other half will be won by honing your skills in the only way they can be: through practical experience — trial and error. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes — just commit yourself to always learning from them. We wish you the very best as you embark on whatever new adventure awaits you, and wherever it leads, we hope you enjoy the ride!
If you missed any of the days during the series, or would like to go back and revisit them, here are links to all 31 articles: Day 1: Develop a Self-Reliant Mentality Day 3: How to Open and Manage a Checking Account Day 4: Keep a Regular Grooming and Hygiene Routine Day 5: Create a Weekly Attack Plan Day 6: How to Ace a Job Interview Day 9: Managing Your Online Reputation
Day 10: How to Tie the Half-Windsor Necktie Knot Day 12: What to Do If You Get in a Car Accident Day 14: Establish a Simple Cleaning Routine and Stick to It Day 15: How to Change a Flat Tire Day 17: Essential Etiquette for Young Men Day 18: Renting Your First Apartment Day 21: Know Your Way Around a Kitchen
Day 22: How to Make Small Talk Day 23: How to Iron a Dress Shirt Day 24: How to Be a Savvy Consumer Day 25: Establish an Exercise Routine Day 26: 15 Maxims for Being a Reliable Man Day 27: How to Shop for Groceries Day 28: How to Jump Start a Car Day 29: How to Iron Your Trousers Day 31: A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place Will There Be an Ebook?Throughout the series, we’ve gotten a ton of requests to turn the articles into an ebook. We definitely plan to do so. It may take awhile to put together, but once it’s done, we’ll put up a post announcing that it is available.
September 12, 2012
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