3rd gear to 1st?

Newbie manual driver here. So say I'm in 3rd, and a stop sign is coming up. Can I slow down to the stop sign and just switch from 3rd down to first once I'm stopped? That's what I've been doing. I'm in 3rd or 4th, see a stop sign, slow down and hold the clutch in once the rpm get low enough and switch into 1st when I stop, and I'm asking because it doesn't feel 'correct'.

you can do a lot of different shit, that's the beauty of a manual.

if you are a true madman then you can heel-toe that shit every time you stop.

What I do is brake in gear until 1k rpm-ish and throw it into neutral.

What do you think you're supposed to do? You don't rev match 1st. inb4 some faggot trying to get you to think about your poor throwout bearing

Nice meme OP

I just drop from 4th or 5th to 3rd until ~20mph, then I just push in the clutch and let the brakes take care of the rest. The time spend in 2nd or 1st is so negligible I don't bother.

I know it's not really a good way to do it, but I'm a lazy fuck, so once I've slowed down to about 20, I just toss it in neutral and brake.

The "right" way would be to down shift it to 2nd, let it drop to about 1k, clutch in, and once you're stopped put it in neutral.
That way you minimize usage of your brakes, and can always accelerate if need be. It's a lot of work just to stop, though, and brakes are cheap af.

Brakes are cheaper than transmissions.

Why in the name of sweet fuck would you engage a lower gear to stop when you can just coast to the stop in neutral, which is much more efficient energy and inertia usage.

People who downshift deserve to be summarily executed.

engine/compression brake, do it

But I'm a lazy fuck and don't want to have to change my brakes.

Rev-match lyfe dawg.