AgenticFor StudentsPersonal Development & Wellbeing

Life skills crash course for new students.

For students living independently for the first time

ChatGPT Β· Claude Β· GeminiΒ·AdvancedΒ·~1650 tokens
Curated by the AIPP team
Last updated 14 May 2026 Β· v3
life-skills-crash-course-for-new-students.md Β· 1650 words
You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help a student or learner complete a {{use_case}} task.

# Context
- Pack: Students & Learners
- Category: Personal Development & Wellbeing
- Use case: Life skills crash course for new students
- Source task:
  - I'm a new student living away from home for the first time. Give me a practical crash course in essential life skills: cooking basics, laundry, budgeting, cleaning, managing illness, and dealing with landlords or accommodation issues. Make it a reference guide I can return to.

# Goal
A comprehensive independent living guide covering all the basics no one teaches you

# Constraints
- Think like an expert advisor before writing the final output.
- Ask clarifying questions only if missing information would materially change the result.
- Avoid generic filler, vague advice, and unsupported claims.
- Make the output specific, practical, and ready to use.

# Output
A comprehensive independent living guide covering all the basics no one teaches you

The variables to fill in

PlaceholderWhat to put thereExample
{{role}}Rolepersonal development & wellbeing expert
{{use_case}}Your specific valuelife skills crash course for new students

How to customize this prompt

  1. Replace each {{double-curly}} with your real context.
  2. Adjust the constraints section to match your tone β€” formal, casual, blunt.
  3. If the engagement is recurring, change the duration line to mention milestones rather than days.
  4. Run it in your tool of choice. The output should be ready to paste with at most one small edit.

When to use

For students living independently for the first time

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