How did you get your first job? Apartment/house? Dating?
I ask because I really only did so after years of bouncing around from colleges, summer abroad programs, living with friends, and really just use Zillow or StreetEasy to look.
(I also ask because I want a distraction from the world that isn’t entertainment or documentary/non-fiction and often daydream about what things I could have done different had I known things - real life skills - earlier.)
Make a list of priorities for when you arrive in a new city/apartment. Useful if you move often and even if not since you’ll be out of practice when you do
Mine is something like:
Take photos of every inch of apartment and backup to reduce chances of landlord fucking me over
Buy necessities (toiletries, stocked food, cleaning supplies, medicine, skincare, etc)
Update phone plan
Update renters insurance
Update documents (addresses, backing up new legal forms like rental lease, etc.)
Figure out the best transit routes to common necessities like bank, groceries, restaurants, pharmacy, exercise spot, etc.
Figure out 3rd places to regularly meet new people, make new friends, date, etc.
Find doctor/dentist/optometrist/etc when I get my health insurance stuff