on their own…?
the whole entry level job, parents are far away, etc
any advice from personal mistakes and experience you might have? please share
at that stage the biggest fear is messing up everything and ending up homeless 
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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Plan your personal and household budget and spend wisely.
Other than that, just don't talk to strangers n stuff :p
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Rise and rise again until lambs become lions.
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Females find it almost impossible to live on their own for a long time. Sooner or later you'll have to find someone or you will be moving back to your parents house :)
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Females find it almost impossible to live on their own for a long time.
Definitly...afterall they need a man to live through this tough world .. :D
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^ thats because females are conditioned,by Allah SWT, to be looked after
but then there comes an age in every persons life wr they can look after themselves…:hinna:
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Am I missing something here??? Did she mention she wants to live her whole life alone? Why the heck do people here have to be party poopers?
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Am I missing something here??? Did she mention she wants to live her whole life alone? Why the heck do people here have to be party poopers?
Haha I was thinking WTF too. For the peeps who missed the point of this thread, read the OP again.
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Spend wisely is all I can say. Initially when the paycheck starts coming it's hard to resist spending it on all the stuff you've been looking at in malls.
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Am I missing something here??? Did she mention she wants to live her whole life alone? Why the heck do people here have to be party poopers?
You are right as women ultimately sink their tentacles into men (call it "love" ) like good and loyal leeches! :D
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not exactly the audience to be asking for advice on how young women can be independent.
anyway.. same as for guys in the situation - concentrate on making yourself irreplaceable at work. if your position isn't such, work on acquiring additional job-skills that will do it. the first couple of years as a newbie at work with not a lot of personal responsibilities towards others, or high pressure expectations at work can be a catapult for your career if you use it right.
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You are right as women ultimately sink their tentacles into men (call it "love" ) like good and loyal leeches! :D
That made no sense as a response.
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stay at home 
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my best advice wud be to choose friends WISELY!. bad company will ruin u in no time. bad friends go down themselves and they take u too with them. after all, u are known by the company u keep ... soHbat kaa asar to hotaa hii hai...aur...Kharbooze ko dekh kar Kharbooza rang pakaRtaa hai...yeh mashhoor kahaavat aise hii nahiiN ban gaii. :D
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on their own....?
first rent a small place so as not to botch up your mortgage options later on in life,it will help you to money manage too...
the whole entry level job, parents are far away, etc
entry level job requires you to be a dogsbody no matter what colour race creed you belong to,once you know the ropes and they know you are irreplaceable you will have made your place and will be moving up...or to another company
any advice from personal mistakes and experience you might have? please share my mistake or good intention I would say was,I spent too much money on siblings and friends in need.. but alhumdolilah I have done well in life(but I could have had a mortgage etc sooner had I not done that...no regrets tho'
at that stage the biggest fear is messing up everything and ending up homeless
Thats why I recommend renting at first you can always go home if you mess up..but a mortgage is not easy to leave etc
the first year is the hardest and then you get used to it....
good luck in all you do..
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Buy an investment plan for yourself !
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thanks most of you, i think it's just mostly common sense stuff, i'm just freaking myself out too much i think.
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Ignore most of the idiots posting here--like queer said..ull be hard pressed to get advice on being an independent woman here.
save your money. its tempting to shop but.....don't. better yet, after expenses such as rent/bills/groceries, put a %age into savings
when grocery shopping, look for deals at places
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1) Take chances, open yourself to possibilities..dont be tied down to a job or a city or a company or even a country..it becomes much harder as you buy a home, have kids etc, still doable and many people do it, but when you start out, stay open to all opportunities
2) Live it up, You will have an entire lifetime where all your decisions will have to factor in others needs, so focus on yourself for just a little bit
3) travel- really, get away as much as you can, road trips, short escapes
4) save..even if it is a miniscule amount in your point of view..both in your retirement accounts, investments or whatever..it will build over time
5) make sure others around you understand that while they are close, there are limits, do not let people interfere in your life.