Life Starter Kit

Practical starter kits for parts of everyday life: what to buy, in what order, what it costs, and what tends to go wrong. Each kit is written from real experience, generalized so anyone can use it, and checked against dated sources.

Not professional advice. Read DISCLAIMER.md before acting on anything here, especially the health and safety modules.

How to use it

1. Pick a module below and open its README. It says who the kit is for and where to start.
2. Follow guide.md. It starts with "Who are you?": pick the reader type that fits you and follow its path through the steps, with budget, mid and upgrade tiers.
3. Read lessons.md for what tends to work and what does not.
4. Want it tailored to you? Paste the module's ai-context.md into any AI assistant and use the prompts at the end of it.
5. Using Claude? Load the module's SKILL.md as a skill instead; its README says how.
6. Check sources.md before buying. Prices and models change; every fact there has a "last verified" date.

Each module is a starter kit for first-time users. Booster Packs, in each module's booster-packs/ folder, take you further once the starter is solid.

Modules

Module	What it covers	Status
Home	Choosing products and services that improve a home without overspending: fragrance-free soap dispensers, hot tub upkeep	Draft
Supplements	How to evaluate supplements: evidence, quality seals, label auditing, interaction checking. No dose advice.	Draft

Hobbies: skills that lead to flow state

Module	What it covers	Status
Drone	Getting into FPV flying: what to buy, in what order, and the rules for recreational pilots	Draft
Motorsports	A map of the ways to ride and drive for fun	Planned
Snowboarding	Gear, style and the first days on snow	Planned
Skateboarding	Gear, style and learning the basics	Planned
Photography	Gear and a way of seeing	Planned
Fishing and boating	Getting started on the water	Planned

Growing

Module	What it covers	Status
Growing	Starter kit: beginner houseplants	Planned
Cannabis	Booster Pack: a small legal home grow, for California adults 21 and over. Starts with a legal notice.	Planned

Statuses: Planned (scope only), Draft (usable, still being tested), Usable (tested by at least one person end to end), Verified (every fact re-checked against sources within the last year).

For AI assistants

llms.txt lists each module's ai-context.md, a compact version written to be pasted into a chat. Each module also has a SKILL.md for loading into Claude as a skill.

Other languages

English is the canonical version. To read a module in another language, see TRANSLATE.md for a prompt that translates it with any AI, or check translations/ for reviewed translations. Contributing one? The rules are in TRANSLATE.md.

Contributing

New modules start from _template/. The content rules, including no personal data and dated sources for anything that changes, are in CONTRIBUTING.md. Planned work is in ROADMAP.md.

License

Content: CC BY 4.0. Code, if any is added: MIT.