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The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
Donald Williams Jr.
25 episodes
1 week ago
An adulting podcast and blog for GenZ and young Millennials. Adulting Starts Here aims to shed light on the hardest parts about transitioning into adulthood and setting ourselves up to make the most of the opportunities coming our way. Hosted by Donald Williams Jr. Check out the new website at https://www.adultingstartshere.com/. Subscribe or Follow for immediate alerts about new episodes!
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An adulting podcast and blog for GenZ and young Millennials. Adulting Starts Here aims to shed light on the hardest parts about transitioning into adulthood and setting ourselves up to make the most of the opportunities coming our way. Hosted by Donald Williams Jr. Check out the new website at https://www.adultingstartshere.com/. Subscribe or Follow for immediate alerts about new episodes!
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The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_024: The Good, The Bad, The Growth of My 1st Year of Grad School

COVID, Full-time job, and full-time graduate student. Hear about the good, the bad, and the growth that Donald experienced during his 1st year of graduate school.


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4 years ago
27 minutes 41 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_023: Life Update

The first semester of graduate school is finished and more!

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4 years ago
4 minutes 17 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_022: Studying Smarter Not Harder
Since the semester is winding down for a lot people, here are some tips to help us study more efficiently and effectively.  -- Subscribe to and Follow the Podcast! Be sure to check out the Life v Lifestyle website! Link to the website: https://www.lifevlifestyle.com/ Link to Life v Lifestyle Blog: https://www.lifevlifestyle.com/blog
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4 years ago
17 minutes 38 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_021: Systems over Goals: Sustainable Habit Building

Systems are instrumental in developing those things important to changing and progressing in our lives. If we want to develop better habits, improve our consistency, and have more diligence in what we do and strive for, maybe think about how we can create systems to help keep on the right track.

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4 years ago
15 minutes 8 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_020: Dealing W/ Burnout and Academic Motivation Loss

Burnout and motivation loss are things that eventually hit us all. It's only become harder to manage and avoid in this COVID era. Donald talks about his experience going through it and offers some steps that help manage burnout and motivation loss.


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4 years ago
14 minutes 2 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_019: Seeking More Failure in 2021

As a young adult and as a full-fledged adult, it can be difficult to step out of our comfort zones. It can be even more difficult, if not downright scary, to openly try things that we have a high risk of failure at. Donald, speaks on his fear and realization in this area and shares his hopes for 2021.

Be sure to check out the new Life v Lifestyle website!

Link to the NEW WEBSITE: https://www.lifevlifestyle.com/

Link to Life v Lifestyle Blog: https://www.lifevlifestyle.com/blog

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4 years ago
10 minutes 20 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_018: Saving Money and Spending Effectively in 2021

In 2020 we were reminded of how important it is to manage our money well. Now, in 2021 it is even more important to take action from that lesson. In the first episode of Season 2, Donald will be talking about his game plan for saving money and spending more effectively in 2021.


Be sure to check out the new Life v Lifestyle website! 

Link to NEW WEBSITE: https://www.lifevlifestyle.com/ 

YNAB link: https://www.youneedabudget.com/college/ 

Google Fi link: Here's a referral code to get a $20 credit when you join Google Fi! Redeem it at https://g.co/fi/r/AU29Y6 

Pinterest link: https://www.pinterest.com/lifevlifestyle/_saved/

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4 years ago
17 minutes 34 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_017: 6 Steps You Can Take Right Now To Find A Mentor

In the last, episode of Season 1, Donald talks about 6 things you can do to start your search for a mentor off right. Mentors can be defining people in our career, especially the early career years. 

Interested in learning more about SUCCESSTEAM? Check out their website: https://successteam.us/

Want to refresh your resume, but don't know where to start? Check out a mentor of mine's professional resume writing business. He is certified and excellent at his craft! https://www.nyaresume.com/

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4 years ago
9 minutes 22 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_016: The Importance of Mentors and Sponsors in Career and Life w/ Tim Behling

Have you tried to find a mentor or heard that you should? Well, this is the episode to hear more about it! Donald talks with Tim Behling, founder of SUCCESSTEAM about the importance of finding a mentor and sponsor early on.


Interested in learning more about SUCCESSTEAM? Check out their website: https://successteam.us/

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4 years ago
32 minutes 8 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_015: 23 Things I Learned by 23

It's birthday episode time! I am now 23, so in the spirit of this number I am sharing 23 things that I have learned over the years.

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5 years ago
16 minutes 25 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_014: Short Monologue: Don't fear change. It isn't holding you back

A talk about the importance of change and it's unique offering to the young and advantageous.

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5 years ago
5 minutes 31 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_013: Lessons That Have Changed My Life

Donald discusses the lessons that has changed his life and helped him navigate this transition into adulthood.

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5 years ago
22 minutes 4 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_012: A Talk About Career and Life As A Young Person w/ Hugh Hunter

On today's episode, Donald talks with Hugh Hunter about career philosophy, knowing when to leave, and finding your why.

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5 years ago
50 minutes 55 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_011: 15 Tips for Studying Abroad from a Study Abroad Advisor

What are the most important things to remember when studying abroad? Hear from a special guest and myself on what we believe everyone should know about going abroad.

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5 years ago
36 minutes 51 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_010: How to Study Abroad for Little to No Cost to You

Studying abroad can be very expensive, but that does not mean you have to pay for it all yourself. This episode dives into how you can find funding to help you go abroad for little to no cost to you.


https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/

https://fundforeducationabroad.org/

https://www.borenawards.org/

https://us.fulbrightonline.org/

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5 years ago
37 minutes 53 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_009: How Study Abroad Changed My Life

Studying abroad really changed the trajectory of my life. Find out how. A special thanks to the Gilman Scholar program and the Fund for Education Abroad program. Without your support, none of this would have been possible.


https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/

https://fundforeducationabroad.org/


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5 years ago
9 minutes 19 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_008: Tips to Stop Impulse Buying

In this episode, I will give a few tips on controlling impulse buying that I have found success with. This topic is particularly important, because the area of personal finance and how we manage our budget is a key factor in building our prime balanced Life and Lifestyle. Without the discipline and determination to live within our means we are putting our future selves in further monetary chains, because our future self must quite literally pay for that lack of discipline and determination. Let me say that again. Our lack of financial discipline today literally costs us disposable income in the future. Impulse buying is one such act that can destroy your budget and have future you bleeding money.

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5 years ago
14 minutes 18 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_007: Overall Productivity Hacks to Boost Your Day

This is the follow-up episode to Morning Productivity Hacks to Boost your day. If you haven't yet listened to that one be sure to check it out as well. In that episode I talk about some great steps that you can begin to implement in your life to boost your morning productivity in an effort to take more control of your time so you better focus your energy on the things most important to you. Now, in this episode, I will be discussing overall productivity hacks that have helped me do more in the same amount of time.

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5 years ago
12 minutes 9 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_006: Morning Productivity Hacks to Boost Your Day

I've been getting a lot of questions about productivity and potential ways to get yourself going. So I've decided to create two separate episodes, one focused on morning productivity and the other just on productivity overall. In this episode, you will hear me focus on Morning productivity hacks to boost your day. Improved productivity can give us our time back and give us a better return on our investment by completing more things in the same timeframe. Morning productivity is especially important because it sets the tone for the rest of the day. If you get up ready to go, you are going to have a different mentality and probably success rate than if you wake up in a more reactive state and less intentional.

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5 years ago
10 minutes 26 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
EP_005: Active v Passive Income

Understanding this difference and how to make both work for you is a definite game-changer for how you are going to build your life and lifestyle.

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5 years ago
7 minutes 48 seconds

The Adulting Starts Here Podcast
An adulting podcast and blog for GenZ and young Millennials. Adulting Starts Here aims to shed light on the hardest parts about transitioning into adulthood and setting ourselves up to make the most of the opportunities coming our way. Hosted by Donald Williams Jr. Check out the new website at https://www.adultingstartshere.com/. Subscribe or Follow for immediate alerts about new episodes!