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.
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.
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!)
As a person that still live with their parents, I feel your pain. This blog and the advice from it will be useful when I do eventually move out.
ReplyDeleteHi Lauren! I loved this post. Like you, I recently moved back in with my parents after living away while at University. I feel your pain. I am anxious to read more about your survival tips!
ReplyDeletePS: I like the Seinfeld picture!
Thanks Steph! It's the little things that can make this adventure just a little bit easier!
Deleteps. Seinfeld forever <3
Hey Lauren, it's so fascinated for me to read your blog because in my country a lot of people (even after 30!)continue to live with their parents, and they don't think that it's a big problem. On the contrary, they are trying to find some advantages...but I lived away from parents since my 16)) Good choice of topic!
ReplyDeleteThat's very interesting Liliia! In my research I did see that it is very common for Europeans to live at home for a much longer time than North Americans! Maybe you even have some advice from friends back home about how they cope! I'd love to hear it!
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ReplyDeleteIn my country it is very common for children to live with their parents for a long time.It will be interesting to read your blog and learn more about it.
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