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My Thoughts on Doll Collecting One of the things that fascinates me about doll collecting is the interplay between doll-loving and doll-collecting. What I mean is that most people who collect dolls today first started out as doll lovers. On the other hand, we could say that those who are doll lovers today will probably be the doll collectors of tomorrow. A love of doll... Read more
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When you are first moving out of your parents’ home and will be on your own for the first time, you may feel like you are on top of the world. It can be a euphoric feeling to finally be considered an adult. But adults have responsibilities and you may not realize just how many responsibilities there actually are. Money concerns, house-keeping and maintaining a schedule between work or school can be difficult to manage after having your parents constantly reminding you of your commitments.
Once you get a place to live, possibly an apartment, you may find it difficult to make ends meet. You have to pay the rent, utilities, buy groceries and pay for other services like telephone or cable. If you never had to pay bills or always relied on your parents to remind you of what needed paid and how much money you had to put aside for bills can make for a very frustrating time. It can quickly become a nightmare when all of your bills are due and you have no money to pay them because you “forgot” or did not realize that they would be due so soon. A roommate can ease the financial burden somewhat because they will be able to make half of the payments.
Cleaning can also take some getting used to. It can seem like a never-ending task—especially if you always relied on your mom or dad to do all the cleaning and you just had to straighten up your room once a week. Having your own apartment, you will find that you are suddenly in charge of all the cleaning and other chores that go with maintaining a household. A roommate can be a huge bonus in this area of roommate living because they will be able to help you with all the cleaning that needs to be done. You can split up the chores so that you share all the cleaning tasks, giving each of you more free time for other activities, whereas when you live by yourself you may find yourself cleaning or straightening things up every time you get a spare minute.
Keeping a schedule may also prove to be a difficult task to maintain. Living at your parents’ home, your parents more than likely reminded you of your commitments and made sure that you did what needed to be done. Living alone, you may come to the realization that you have unlimited freedom in choosing what to do. Having a roommate will help you to keep a schedule by reminding you of key things or commitments and vice versa.
Having a roommate can be a huge benefit when you are first living on your own. A roommate will help you by sharing the cost of living expenses, saving both of you money. A roommate can also be beneficial because you can share the house cleaning duties—no one likes to spend all of their spare time cleaning. And when it comes to keeping a schedule, roommates are good at reminding one another about commitments and engagements.
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Zack Fair currently writes for Rental Markets Inc. that manages a Roommate Finder community website Getaroomie.com that serves as a roommate search engine as well as a community for people finding a room or roommates.
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