A quick google search defines the word home as "the place where one lives permanently." For most people, a certain house immediately comes to mind. For college students, it isn't so easy.

College students spend about 7 months of the year living in dorms or apartments on their college campus, and the rest of the 5 months are spent back at their parents' house.

There really is no "home" anymore. Living in a dorm room often feels cramped and unfamiliar, but returning back to your hometown feels distant and odd. Oftentimes it feels like there's nowhere you belong.

Once you are settled in your dorm, it's time to return back to your hometown. Once you've finally become comfortable back in your old house, it's time to return to college. Things are constantly changing, and it's hard to pinpoint a specific location as the place where you spend the majority of your time or a place that truly feels like it's "home" to you.

Though they may not be home, there are great things about living both at college and at your old house. Living on campus gives you a chance to build your own life, separate from both your parents and your past. Your friends become your family, and you're free to make your own decisions and finally become an adult.

On the other hand, however, there's always something comforting about returning to your old house. Though it may not be your home anymore, the memories and your family are still there. There's always some comfort in being back in your house with your family.

Though home is no longer a specific location, you can still find the same comfort by being with your friends and family, wherever that may be.