LYFE Pillar Assignment 1: Life Skills

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LYFE Pillar Assignment #1: Life Skills I attended the Life Olympics program put on by Hosing and Residence Life on Sunday, October 22, 2017. I connected this to the Life Skills pillar because at this program I learned skills that are necessary for a person to live on one’s own. I played a couple of games with my friends; one of which we had to guess the price of household items, like Ramen noodles, which I was more than five dollars off, and various laundry detergents. It was very surprising how much I was willing to pay for cheap Ramen. In the other game, we sorted laundry, which is something that you should remember to do when washing clothes. We also made some cheap meals, like pizza in a cup. This experience will help me transition to

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