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My Life At Home Essay

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Many students that go away to college have to live on campus that first year. I so happen got lucky and was able to live at home with my parents. I thought that it would be easier to live on my own though with some friends, so I decided to move out and give it a try. This happens to have its ups and downs in both living at home and out on my own with a friend. Living at home with my parents was not always the easiest for me. My parents were always stern on me. My curfew on weeknights would be 10:00 pm and on weekends it was no later than 12:00 am. My parents always called me maybe at the least of six times if I was out with a friend at the movies or somewhere. I would always have to have my phone by my side if I went out somewhere. Having …show more content…

I never worked so much when I lived with my parents. I would maybe work 4 days and I could still make some plans to go out with my friends or my boyfriend as well. My family always has dinner on Sunday evenings, so I could always go to the dinner with them. We would always tell stories and just talk about what kind of previous we had. I determined during the summer that I wanted to take a new step in my life because I could not live with my overly strict parents. So my friend and I got our own place and moved out on our own into the world. At first, all that freedom I had was overwhelming. My first night in my own place was so unrealistic to me. I never had anyone calling me every hour checking on me and seeing when I was going to be home. My parents called me maybe once or twice a day, it would be during the day and sometimes at night. Having all of that freedom was more than I bargained for. Everything financially drastically changed for me. I had much more than just a few bills to pay. I suddenly had to pay rent, water, electricity or I would be kicked out of my own home. I never had money that I could use to go out with. I was constantly saving it for my upcoming bills. The bills that we did have were separated weekly which was much harder on me. This was hard for me because I got paid weekly so all of my check would go to one

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