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Summer is coming (no, not winter this time, sorry Game of Thrones) and I'm sure that most of us are more than willing to end with the torture that we call exams and selectivitat. Not to annoy anyone, but I'd like to talk about what comes next, after two months of procastrination and sunny beaches with transparent water. As Green Day said, we'll all be asking our parents: "wake me up when september ends". 

But not everything about starting again is bad, right? Independence? Now that is what I'm talking about. The real question here is: are we going to take a step forward and leave to live on our own  or are we going to stay home while we are at university or studying something else? Now that we're becoming adults with 18 years of experience, we can decide on this matter.

First of all, technically, living in an apartment with your friends at your first day let's just say, for example, at university is not "complete independence". The majority of us will still depend on our parents for economic support and, in some cases (not mine, though), one tupper of food or two every once in a while. However, learning to manage housekeeping and taking responsability on your schedules is a part to develop of your new-found freedom. But one thing that some people consider good about leaving home is that you learn more about yourself. That's because you find yourself in situations that you are not familiar with and, if you live with friends, then you learn how to get along better with the person you live with.

When you keep going back home even

when you're not supposed to

On the whole, I think that it's better to live on your own (I mean without your parents, not completely alone). Sure living at home with your parents has a lot of advantages, but fleeing the nest will allow you to experience more of life than if you don't. So when September comes I'll leave home, but knowing how homesick I always get, my parents won't have to worry so much about me disappearing from their lives, because I'm sure that I'll visit every weekend (we'll see, though).

First day alone in an apartment and

your parents decide to visit.