Assignment 3: Time to be an Adult

A week-long plan across thirteen components of independent living, submitted in full and interviewed against within week 12

The plan#

Submit a single week-long plan covering thirteen components:

• Daily routine — an hour-by-hour schedule for the week, covering wake, sleep and meals, with a stated fallback for the night sleep slips.
• Hygiene routine — a written schedule naming a frequency for every routine task (shower, deodorant, haircut), not “when needed.”
• Sleep schedule — a target bedtime and a stated fallback for the night it slips, distinct from the daily routine’s hour-by-hour shape.
• Exercise — a stated frequency and a named activity for the week, not “more.”
• Laundry — a wash schedule stating a frequency and colour separation, not “as needed.”
• Meal plan — every meal for the week, each with a stated protein, starch, and vegetable per Week 10’s cooking method, and repetition kept within reason.
• Budget — every planned expense for the week against a stated income, itemised by category.
• Grocery logistics — a one-week grocery list against an explicit grocery budget in dollars, carved out of the week’s stated income and capped at 15% of it, plausible against real one-person grocery prices rather than padded or lowballed to make the list easier, with no meal repeated more than twice, plus a standing schedule for at least three household items showing when each is due to run out and a recurring order or trip timed to avoid a rush purchase.
• Cleaning schedule — a fixed day or interval for each recurring task (bins, floors, bathroom, surfaces), not “when it looks dirty.”
• Skincare — a stated routine (cleanse, moisturise, SPF) with a frequency for each step, not just a list of products owned.
• The date — an activity booked, at a stated time, with attire decided in advance, appropriate to the activity and the day’s forecast.
• The hangout — time negotiated with close friends outside the course, with the rest of the week’s workload cleared around it.
• The interview — correspondence confirming a time, a plan for attire and transit, and a 10-minute interview discussing the assignment, to double-check the submission, held at a stated time within week 12.

The interview time has not been specified: email the Convenor to confirm a slot within week 12, before the deadline. A plan submitted without a confirmed slot is treated as incomplete. The hangout, the interview, and the date must not clash with each other.

Submission#

The plan is submitted as a single paper document — see Policies for where to hand it in and the extenuating-circumstances exception. The email confirming your interview slot is separate correspondence with the Convenor, not the assessment submission itself, and still goes by email as described above.

How each band reads#

The bands describe the state of the submitted plan, not the person who wrote it:

• HD — every component is present, internally consistent, and would survive a week of actual use without an unplanned change.
• D — every component is present and mostly consistent; one or two would need an unplanned change mid-week.
• C — all thirteen components are present, but several show scheduling conflicts a real week would surface immediately.
• P — most components are present, but coverage is thin enough that the plan reads as an outline rather than something runnable.
• N — one or more components are missing, or the plan does not address the brief.

FAQ#

Can the hangout and the interview be on the same day if they’re at different times?#

Yes, as long as the times don’t actually overlap or crowd each other. The restriction is on the three components — the hangout, the interview, and the date — clashing with each other, not on which day of the week each one falls on.

My grocery budget is more than 15% of my income this week. Can I round down instead of cutting the list?#

No — the cap is on the grocery budget itself, not a target to round toward. Either your stated income needs to actually support the list, or the list needs to shrink until it fits inside 15%.