First time moving out

Biggest one of all:

Work out your household budget. Work out what your outgoings are going to be, on average, so you know not to overspend.

This may not appeal to everyone, but I've arranged to have all of my bills happen on the same day. So my gas, electric, rent, etc. is all due at the same day of each month. I find this a lot easier to deal with. I basically pay all my bills once a month on the same day.

Have one day a week that you keep aside for chores ie. laundry day, cleaning day.

Have spare keys cut and give a trusted neighbour/gf/parents/friends a set so that if you ever get locked out you know where to go.

Keep a book where you keep all your online account usernames, telephone numbers, etc . When I need to call the utility companies I have a book that contains all the numbers I need to call, and my account number, etc.

Almost never post (hardcore lurker) but as someone who moved out 4 years ago here is what I learned.

Dont move into black neighborhoods: Call me a /pol/ nazi if you want, but black neighborhoods are shit, you will hate every second of it and will get robbed. Just make sure you scope out the area your moving into, I made this mistake when I moved into my first apartment..... never again.

Plan your budget: For example my brother and I moved in together, for awhile I was the only one working and we spent $735 on a 2bed 2bath, around $300 for food, $100 for internet, and about $60-$70 on power, and $35 a month for the gym, anything after this was extra spending money.

GET RID OF YOUR SHIT NOW! You do not want boxes of crap in your apartment for years, we tried to save stuff we thought we might use (really old clothes, extra mattress, old school books, ect), lose literally all the shit you havnt touched in a year because odds are you wont touch it again, I cant stress this enough. (we ended up taking a full sized u-haul truck and making 2 trips to the dump to get rid of all the stuff we let sit around for 2 years)

Keep stuff clean: aka no fridgebro or you will get ants/fruit flies.

Honestly anon dont sweat it to much, its scary at first but after 1-2 months you will enjoy the freedom, wish you luck mate!