Leaving home for college is scary. Especially when home is now an empty bedroom and your parents are more than a phone call away. Everything is new. A new town, new room, new friends, new weather changes, and of course, new knowledge. We learn so many things when we are out on our own in the real world, without our parent’s watchful eye. Being on our own forces us to finally pick up all the skills our parents have been pushing upon us for the past couple years. We all want our parents to be proud of us, more so than just getting good grades and making it to all our classes on time. Here are 25 real-life lessons learned being in a new home away from home:
1. How to properly cook noodles
2. The importance of taking out the trash
3. How to order pizza
4. How to make my own doctors appointments
5. Why to wash dishes right after a meal
6. Grocery shopping and the importance of going with a list
7. Paying bills
8. Making sure the heat/air isn't running when we aren't home
9. How to properly do laundry
10. Not putting anything red or pink in the whites
11. Everything gets dusty really quick
12. How to send out mail
13. How to hang things on the wall
14. Getting around on our own
15. Why vacuuming is important
16. Why I can't survive off goldfish and mac and cheese
17. But if i eat enough of them it does fill me up
18. How to properly cook meat
19. Fruit flies will come if the fruit isn't eaten quick enough
20. Reminding ourselves to take our vitamins
21. The satisfaction of a homemade meal
22. Keeping my head on a swivel is really important
23. Spilled milk really is an issue
24. How to be independent
25. I still need my parents' advice.
See Mom and Dad, I can survive on my own! Don't hesitate to send some a$$i$tance though- I won't ever be again$t that.
