Preparing for life ?

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Ok, long story short, my parents are not going to understand me even if it hit them right in the face, im not moving out, im a male 15, however i need to start early or im F'ed, i know there is no book on how to live on your own however, i know alot of members on here are older than me and are living on there own, i figure maybe some of you could give me some tips/hints advice, i am bring this up with my therapist, but other than her this community is the only people i trust in my life right now. So advanced thanks to anyone who replies.

I moved out of my mother's house soon after turning 18 last year. I'm not completely on my own though, I've got a roommate. We live in a small house. We don't have any problems now. We don't have any money issues. Our bills are never high and we always have extra spending money.

My BIGGEST piece of advice for starting out on your own, and I cannot stress it enough, is to be very careful with money. In the house we lived in before, we were a bit careless with some bill money and our electricity got shut off. We also had some toxic neighbors around that place. The cops were always patrolling the area - not to mention they stole from us... so yeah. Learn the neighborhood if possible.

I would have avoided a lot of obstacles when I first started out if I had taken the advice my mother was trying to give me. I was so set on doing everything completely on my own that I ignored a lot of it, and I learned the hard way that I should have listened.