A Full 360°

September 2011: The first chapter of my new life at university. Freedom and independence were embraced, high school was behind me, and most importantly, I was now Parent-Free.

But lets fast-forward….

April 16, 2015: The day my home in Guelph was sold to someone else and no longer belonged to me. Where was my future home? It was my brand no-so-new childhood address. So after four years of leaps and bounds forward, I had just been sent right back to jail, with no jail-free card in sight.

Rest assured for me though, Pew Research Center claimed that I was not alone in my new found circumstances. A report showed that ¼ young adults in North America between the ages of 18-24 had returned to live with their parents after being independent. So if so many of us graduates were moving home, it clearly couldn’t be as bad as I thought it would be right?

Wrong.

I was forced back to the routine I felt I had outgrown in high school, in a room that I had outgrown even earlier. Nine months have passed since I entered the land of my haunting past, and I am here to tell you that it doesn’t always get easier. Through accepting the facts, I provide follow-up survival tips to get through something that can seem equivalent to hours of labour in childbirth. So lets kick things off with a simple fact and tip upon beginning your new adventure.

Fact #1: This is happening, there is no going back.

You’re moving back home, get over it. The first step to rehab is admitting that you have an addiction. This rule easily applies to moving home.

Survival Tip: Breathe 
Take a deep breath (and let it out). State out loud to yourself with confidence that you will be living in your childhood abode. This step may be repeated as many times as necessary until the statement no longer makes your stomach turn in knots. 

(And watch the most relevant movie..Post Grad!)