By Leibe North
Living on your own has it’s pro’s and cons. Everyone thinks it’s so great and no problems; others think no way, that’s too hard. But, I’ve done it.
PROS:
Just think–you sit on the couch as close to the TV as you want, you eat as much as you want, stay up until you want, watch the show you want. It would be the life. You can have as many of your friends over, when you want, to do what you want. You learn responsibilities and ways to save money. You can feel like an adult, take care of yourself. But it’s not that easy.
CONS:
When you get brought back to the real world, you see there are bills, responsibilities, and setbacks. Your free time slowly diminishes as your work load increases. You start to notice that the costs of household items as well as luxury items suck away all your cash seconds after you receive it.
There is no mother to take care of you when you are sick. No one tells you when to do something, so often it never gets done. You suddenly notice that you seem to go to your job, come home and clean and sleep, then back to work. You can’t take a day off too often because bills pile up. Often, roommates become hassles with property fights, personal issues, and messy rooms.
Basically, living on your own is a lot of work but, if you put in a lot of your time and effort, it can pay off with freedom and the realm of new responsibilities. You’ve got to be ready though.