Living on My Own

Well after months and months of looking for a place to live other than my parent’s house I am living on my own. I moved everything in last Saturday and I love my new place! Decorating was my favorite part of moving, but I still am not done. I have been living on my own now for a week and I already have some advice for other young people wanting to move out. Number one it is EXPENSIVE! There are so many things you take for granted when you live with your parents, like toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and other random things. Food is so expensive especially when I prefer healthy food over junk food. My first grocery bill was almost two hundred dollars! Number two you are always busy. Now I know why my mom would complain about dinner, laundry, and a dirty house because there is always something that needs to be done. I have never been this tired; forty hours a week of work, school three says a week, and household duties leave little time for sleep. I like for things to be neat, clean, and organized so when something is messy I cannot just leave it alone so picking up some clothes can turn into an hour of scrubbing floors because I saw they needed done. Number three don’t take TV for granted. With the grocery bill, utilities bill, and rent on top of other expenses like gas there is not a whole lot of money left over so we have decided to wait on getting cable. Thank God we have a ton of movies because that is the only thing we can watch. I realize now in just a week how many things I took for granted living with my parents and how hard it is to have nice things. For everyone wanting to get out of their parents’ house as soon as they can here is some advice really think about the costs involved with living on your own because you will be on a tight budget, appreciate your parents, and learn how to cook because it is way cheaper to cook meals than buy frozen dinners or go out to eat.