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Printable living alone checklist
One line per skill with a box to tick. Skills you have marked learned in this browser print with a tick. The full guides are on the living alone page; every skill is also in the master list, and the guides pull them together.
Living alone and your first home
Tick each skill once you can do it without the guide.
- Work through the first-week living alone checklist
- Add a door wedge, track bars and window stops
- Use an initial and last name on my mailbox
- Verify any unexpected visitor through the door and by phone
- Photograph and email a move-in inspection before unpacking
- Test every smoke and carbon monoxide alarm monthly
- Get renters insurance and record a home inventory video
- Swap numbers with one neighbor and agree small favors
- Request repairs in writing with dated photos and follow up
- Write a six week moving timeline and an open-first box list
- Space heater: wall outlet, three feet clear, off when you sleep
- Outage: flashlight not candles, fridge shut, report it, no indoor generator
EveryWomanSkills, general information for learning. Full steps for each line are on the skill's page.