Claudia Rivera

Editor-in-Chief 

cmr6395@psu.edu 

Every person reaches a point in their life when they want to be independent and move into their own space. That can be alone or with a partner/ roommates, in theory this is an amazing experience that prepares you for the hardships of life and teaches one how to be responsible. 

This is all fun and games until you need to actually take the steps to move out. Everyone tends to give you advice that is incredibly helpful but there are a few things that they do not tell you, such as how sad packing up your childhood room is, how lonely you will feel as soon as you are settled in your new place, and how important your mental health is. 

As someone that has recently moved out, I can tell you that it has been a roller coaster of emotions these past few weeks. I have been excited to get my new apartment and I was excited to shop for my new place, but as my move in day was approaching, I instantly began to feel sad. I was confused as I was packing because I didn’t understand why I was feeling this way. Then it hit me, as much as I wanted to be on my own and wanted my own space, I was sad that I would be leaving the comfort of my family home and leaving all of my memories behind. This is something that nobody told me about, but I had to find out by myself.  Still havet adjusted fully to being out of my family home, but with time it has slowly gotten so much better. 

One of the biggest adjustments that I have faced while moving is that I am more alone than before. My partner and I are living together, but since we’re both on different schedules, I find myself to be alone for the majority of the day. This is something that I didn’t experience before, because in my family home I had my brother, my cats, my dogs and my parents. Depending on who you are this might not be a bad thing but It is certainly something that you need to be aware of before you move out. 

Lastly, these past couple weeks have been overwhelming to say the least and I found myself in such a weird place mentaly because I was excited but sad, prepared but not, and incredibly overwhelmed with everything that was going on around me. Unfortunately, I do not have any advice to give to you in order to help with these feelings because I am still struggling with them, but I was unaware of how hard and mentally draining leaving my family home would be. 

I know this article sounds a little sad, but moving out of my family home has been one of the best things I have ever done and I am so happy that I was able to do it with my partner, but if I was able to redo this whole experience, I would differently do it alot differently and I would be aware of these small details.