So I moved into my first apartment in February, and now it’s May! In these past few months, I’ve been incredibly busy, very happy, and somehow still getting settled.
Anyway, I wanted to share the best things I got for my first apartment. I feel like so many lists I found while researching before my move were kinda useless or super obvious and vague.
These are the best things I got for my first apartment based on my very real experience as a 20-something moving out for the first time!
Hello! Long time no see. So much has happened! I’m moving!
Just last week I signed the lease on my first-ever actual apartment. I lived away for four years while I was in college, but that was on-campus housing…so this is my first apartment with a lease and landlord and all.
I’m moving with my boyfriend (it’s his first official apartment as well) and from finalizing the choice to live together to signing the lease, it took us less than 30 days, which was a lot quicker than we anticipated!
I think part of the reason the process went so quickly is that we kept a spreadsheet and, once we figured out the area we were interested in, became very determined to take advantage of the lower rent prices happening right now amid the ongoing pandemic.
Still, there are plenty of things I’m glad I did before fully diving into the apartment hunt.
Here are the best things to do before looking for an apartment, based on my experience.
Here are things I’m glad I did before 24 / things to do in your 20s
I’m turning 24 in just two weeks. First of all, 2020 has both flown and dragged by. I can’t believe it’s almost over (but the pandemic and everything will still be dragging into 2021, I’m not in denial about that).
It’s wild to see how much the world has changed and I’ve changed in these past few months and years. Have you ever looked through your old computers and phones? I was just looking through my laptop from 2014 to 2016 or so and I couldn’t believe all of the writings and thoughts and photos I’d completely forgotten about.
I think sometimes we change so gradually and grow so subtly that it’s easy to forget how far we’ve come. Anyway, as another birthday approaches, I’ve started thinking about a few things I’m glad I’ve done. Maybe it’ll inspire you or make you reflect.
Here are things I’m glad I did before 24:
I’ve written about post-grad essentials and items to toss, but I’ve never really examined my own wardrobe. Now that I’ve been out of college for more than two years, I think I have a sense of which items I wear often and which I really don’t.
Read on for things everyone should have in their post-grad wardrobe, which is basically the best things in my post-grad wardrobe that I wear all of the time.
