Sign in Get started LIVING STUDYING WORKING NEIGHBOURING TRAVELING UNIPLACES Things no one tells you about moving out Uniplaces team Follow Aug 23, 2018 · 2 min read Photo by Jane Duursma on Unsplash Moving out of your parents’ home is a big decision and a huge life-changing moment, but even with all the expectations and stigmas involved, you’ll probably still be surprised by the challenges and hard-truths you’ll have to face in this new major step. Here are some things that you will most likely encounter in your new adventure and life phase. You’ll become super adaptable You’ll learn to live with different people, with different habits, but it will also give you the opportunity to find some common ground and learn about their culture. Not only that, but you’ll also become a master at small talk and making friends. Home won’t feel like home anymore They say you can never go home twice, and it’s true. Your old home will always be a sort of home, but you will have changed, and your old home will have stayed the same. The people there will go about their same routines and have the same conversations. It will feel as if you’d never left, but at the same time, your childhood place will not feel fully home anymore. If you moved to a new city and/or country, your new town and place will, little by little, become your own home. This, however, does not mean that you won’t love spending time at your childhood place; you will love to go back. You’ll miss things you’d never thought you’d miss Moving away is strange, especially moving abroad. It might be a particular food from your home country, a particular smell, a holiday, or even just a feeling. You’ll be having the time of your life, but you’ll also find yourself missing the most random little things. Your new friends will be your new family Your new friends and/or flatmates will see you at your best and at your worst. They’ll be there for it all. They’ll become your cooking partners, Netflix buddies, caretakers, and friends — basically family. You’ll also never really be alone; even staying home watching a movie will be a social activity, because you’ll always have your new friends and/or flatmates there. Final tip: Remember why you moved You are excited by the thought of your new life, so remind yourself of the reasons you decided to make this move in the first place. Think back to what motivated you to move out and keep a list if it helps you stay connected to that purpose. And remember: if you need accommodation, your next home is waiting for you on Uniplaces. Living 2 WRITTEN BY Uniplaces team Follow Rent a home in unique places and make your new city feel like home. uniplaces.com Uniplaces Stories Follow Rent a home in unique places. More From Medium LEJOG 2.5 & 2.6: Welcome to Scotland Stephen Kennedy Fly Fishing at Rocky Ford Creek Steve B Howard NOVELIST in The Partnered Pen Wind of Sanitago #37: thermal source of water Mihovil Frater 5 Survival Essentials That Double as Quarantine Supplies Michael LaNasa Happiest Place on Earth : Update Main Street Economist Why I don’t drink Rose; A blog about getting arrested in Calais Lydia Hirst Ahmedabad, A Culinary Destination Ano Patel Life after Mei Mei. Six months on… Jen Tiang Learn more. Medium is an open platform where 170 million readers come to find insightful and dynamic thinking. Here, expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface. Learn more Make Medium yours. Follow the writers, publications, and topics that matter to you, and you’ll see them on your homepage and in your inbox. Explore Write a story on Medium. If you have a story to tell, knowledge to share, or a perspective to offer — welcome home. It’s easy and free to post your thinking on any topic. Start a blog About Write Help Legal To make Medium work, we log user data. By using Medium, you agree to our Privacy Policy, including cookie policy.