There are a few things every adult wishes they had been taught before they entered the world alone.
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Justin Day's peers had about 10 things they'd like to have known.
So, to save others the trouble of learning the hard way, the 25-year-old helped to create 10 informative videos on all the things that hindered their smooth passage into adulthood.
"We were all about uni age and there were a lot of things we didn't know how to do," Mr Day said.
"I did the moving out of home [video], you know, what you have to know to move out and not be messed around by real estate agents."
The topic for the video came through Mr Day's experience assisting friends as they met the challenges of stepping out on their own for the first time.
"I was helping a lot of people move out," Mr Day said.
"Friends I expected would know these sorts of things, I realised, didn't know much about their rights and maybe they should."
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The videos had been commissioned by Headspace Wagga under its 'Adulting in 2020: the hindsight project' with Mr Day's peers becoming known as the youth reference group.
The team was successful in obtaining a grant through Wagga City Council's youth-focused funding program, but the COVID-19 pandemic threw out the project's face-to-face launch by a year.
"Being videos, it did work for the pandemic though because everything was going online at the time," said Headspace community engagement and awareness officer, Cassie Maye.
On Friday, the Headspace team finally launched their face-to-face program with an 'adulting' workshop at Wagga City Library.
A group of six young people - aged 16 to 25 - attended the session run by Ms Maye, and covering a range of topics including budgeting, superannuation, physical health, job interviews and election preparedness.
"The youth reference group felt they had not been taught these things, not from schools or parents," Ms Maye said.
"Some of it is getting into the [school] curriculum, but still a lot of young people are saying they don't know these things."
With pandemic restrictions now easing, the Headspace team hopes to host the face-to-face workshops more regularly.
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