Essential Life Skills for a Functioning Adult

Life is funny. Isn't it !

No one gets a handbook upon turning 18, complete with all the rules they'll need to memorize and competencies they'll need to acquire.

Somehow you're just supposed to know that you should have more money coming in than going out and you shouldn't wear a fuzzy orange sweater to a job interview.

Put together your own handbook of sorts, which lists many of the skills you'll need to survive as an adult in the modern world.

Listed are the life skills as under, expand it into a composition.

1. Accepting feedback gracefully
2. Apologizing sincerely
3. Managing your time wisely
4. Using keyboard shortcuts
5. Saying 'no' respectfully
6. Empathizing with others
7. Communicating through body language
8. Making friends in any environment 
9.  Mending your clothes
10. Speaking a second language
11. Sticking to a budget
12. Using basic Photoshop
13. Spending time alone
14. Public speaking
15.  Negotiating
16. Cooking Basic Meals
17. Making small task
18. Backing up your electronics
19. Asking for help
20. Picking up a date 
21. Dressing appropriately for a job interview
22. Waking up on time
23. Giving a good handshake
24. Power napping