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Ready to Leave Home: printed guide and worksheet, the Notion companion on a laptop, planning tools on a tablet and the offline reader on a phone.
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Ready to Leave Home

Practise one useful step toward living independently.

$29 Proposed price · USD

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Document-location index, basic home-task cards, appointment scripts, emergency-contact plan and packing checklist.

  • Notion companion · Template to duplicate
  • Illustrated guide · 35-page PDF
  • Reusable planning workbook · 56-page fillable PDF · 308 fields
  • Editable workbook · Word document
  • Fictional worked examples · 57-page PDF + Word document
  • Home task cards · 13-page PDF
  • Quick cards · 7-page PDF
  • Reading companion · Offline HTML
  • Start Here handout · 4-page PDF + text instructions

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For the first home away.

Parents and teens preparing to move out for college or work.

A useful time to begin: first independent living arrangement.

Choose one ordinary task that will matter soon, open its tool and use the short route. The young person leads and owns their records. Someone helping offers support by invitation, and buying the kit gives them no access to those records.

An organizational starting point. Use current official sources for legal, medical and financial decisions.

One place to start each task.

The Notion companion brings the five tools and two optional aids into a private copy you can make your own.

Start at the home page. Find a record, do a home task, arrange a service, find help where you live, or decide what travels.

Actual Notion home page of Ready to Leave Home: the title, the Start Here callout and the first illustrated cardsEnlarge the dashboard
The actual Notion companion · Five tool cards
Actual Notion Pack for this place (fictional examples database, inside Complete fictional examples) page in its Fictional records — read story first view with fictional examplesEnlarge the packing records
Fictional examples included, so you can see how to begin. Soren's invented packing records, with item and packing state columns shown.

Choose one tool

Five tool pages open from the home cards: Where my documents are, My ordinary task card, Ask and confirm, Find help where I live, and Pack for this place.

See a finished record

Complete fictional examples holds Soren's records for every tool, including a first attempt that stopped and questions left open.

Come back later

My first week choices helps you pick a first task. After arrival change one thing helps when the place or your needs change.

Included with the complete kit, not a separate purchase. Requires your own Notion account; PDF and Word work without it. Your duplicate is your own copy. It creates no reminders, scores or automatic assignments, and a buyer or helper gets no automatic access to your records.

Also in your kit.

Real pages from each included file, alongside the Notion companion. Open a preview to see the detail.

Guide page 'When the first attempt does not work': an illustration of Soren reading a note beside a washing machine, five numbered steps for choosing the next route, and two shaded callouts
Illustrated guidePDFPage 26 of the 35-page guide. What to do when a first try stops, with a fictional example.
Blank 'Ask and confirm' workbook page with four answer boxes and a row of booking state choices, from practice only to closed
Reusable planning workbookFillable PDFPage 30 of the 56-page fillable workbook. Type in a form-capable PDF reader, or print a copy.
The 'Ask and confirm' tool in the editable Word workbook, with its prompts in Word tables
Editable workbookWord · .docxRendered from the actual editable Word file. Fonts and pagination may vary by editor.
The same 'Ask and confirm' page filled in for the fictional Soren Vale, marked practice only, with charges and terms left unconfirmed
Fictional worked examplesPDF + WordA fictional role play, not a real booking. Soren Vale is invented; these are not customer results.
Start here page with a table of the kit files and what each is for, and a short 'Your first action' panel beside an illustration of Soren and his aunt Dalia
Start Here handoutPDFPage 1 of the 3-page Start Here. A file map and one first action.
Ask and confirm script card with three tinted panels: practise with fictional details, first booking, and access or language support
Quick cardsPDFShort scripts to print and cut out. Change the words to suit how you communicate.
Opening page of the home task cards: short starting instructions and a contents table of six ordinary tasks, from laundry to reporting a housing problem
Home task cardsPDFSix ready-written cards for ordinary home tasks. U.S. reference; follow the actual labels and local instructions.
The offline HTML reading companion for Ready to Leave Home at a narrow phone width
Offline reading companionHTMLThe actual offline HTML file at a narrow browser width. This companion is for reading; it does not save answers.

Ready to Leave Home · Kit preview

Actual Notion home page of Ready to Leave Home: the title, the Start Here callout and the first illustrated cards

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One kit. Your way to use it.

Start with one useful task, then choose the format that fits. You don’t need to use every tool.

These formats exist in the current review edition. Customer delivery and release checks are still in progress.

  • Notion companion

    Five tool pages, two optional aids, Soren's fictional records and a reference shelf in your own Notion account.

    Template to duplicate

  • Illustrated guide

    How each tool works, with local checks, privacy notes and what to do when a first attempt does not work.

    35-page PDF

  • Reusable planning workbook

    Documents, home tasks, ask and confirm, contacts, a phone backup and packing, plus two optional aids. Leave any tool you don't need blank.

    56-page fillable PDF · 308 fields

  • Editable workbook

    The same reusable tools in editable Word tables. Answer cells expand.

    Word document

  • Fictional worked examples

    All 28 fictional records for Soren Vale, in the workbook layouts. These are not customer results.

    57-page PDF + Word document

  • Home task cards

    Six ready-written cards for ordinary home tasks, each with checks first and a point to stop and get help.

    13-page PDF

  • Quick cards

    Ask and confirm scripts, record and next-route cards, a first-night packing card and a card for a supporter.

    7-page PDF

  • Reading companion

    Read the guide, cards, blank prompts and fictional examples in your browser. This file does not save answers.

    Offline HTML

  • Start Here handout

    A file map, your first action and how to make a private working copy.

    4-page PDF + text instructions

Four things for a first try.

  1. 01. The taskSomething ordinary you expect to do soon
  2. 02. When it will come upIts next ordinary occasion
  3. 03. The support you wantOr a different method; a spoken answer is fine
  4. 04. Your next stepOne low-risk action, or arrange the next chance

You do not need to finish the kit before moving, and this kit cannot decide whether you are ready to move.

Before you begin.

Who is this guide for?

Parents and teens preparing to move out for college or work.

Can I buy this guide yet?

This edition is available to preview while review and delivery checks are completed. Purchases are not open yet; the proposed price may change before release.

What is outside its scope?

An organizational starting point. Use current official sources for legal, medical and financial decisions.

Which formats can I use?

Use the fillable PDF in a compatible reader, print it, or use the editable Word files. Save, close and reopen a copy to check your answers. The offline HTML companion is for reading and does not save answers. Notion is optional and requires your own account; its customer-copy route is still being checked. Keep private preparation and records private. Buying the kit or helping someone gives no automatic access to their answers. Share only chosen information with agreed people.

A place to start, and start again.

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