Moving out...

The past few weeks have been pretty exhausting, mostly because I've been trying to fit packing all of my things in at the weekends and after work, in preparation for moving in with one of my closest friends. I've moved out once before, when I went to university, but this time it feels a lot more permanent. I'm 25 now, and I feel like it's high time I had my own space away from home. I'll always love being at home because I'm most definitely a homebird, but it's nice to have more indepedence and just be able to do my own thing. Part of me feels like I'm waiting for my life to properly start, even though that's not really the case at all.

Living at home again for the past four years has been great. It's enabled me to save money and learn how to best manage my pennies and be nice and comfortable for a few years. Honestly, I'm thankful that my parents could stand having me around for so long! I'll miss not being around them all the time because I do get on with them (most of the time), but they're only a phone call/short walk away :)

This blog post is less about tips for moving out, and more about my own general experience. I'll be honest and say I really don't have any tips for moving. I find it so stressful and it drives me a little bit crazy. Maybe don't have as much stuff as I do? That's a top tip if there ever was one. I've had far too much crap to sort through, and have still left a whole load of it at home to go back and organise.

Also, it's sod's law that the weekend I've decided to move I've come down with a delightful cough/cold/sore throat combination, so I'm trying to nurse myself back to health as well as getting used to living in a new house. So far I'm still sniffling, but hopefully downing plenty of Lemsip will do the trick.

At the moment I'm on day 2 of my move, so I'm still getting used to everything. My room isn't exactly how I want it yet, and there are a few technical things that need fixing, but they're not major issues. As soon as I've managed to save up a little more money over the coming months I'm planning to get a few more things sorted. 

I know I'll settle in well, it'll just take a little bit of time getting used to living with someone else again, which is totally normal. It's definitely making me want to save for my own house as soon as I can! :) I can't wait to have my very own place.

~ C xxx