Exactly one year back, I shifted to a hostel for college. 1st November, 2025 we reached this city at around 6:30am, and by 9pm my father had left after arranging everything including mattress, pillows, books, snacks etc. 2nd November, 2025 I was all alone in a new city, with no friends, no family and no idea about the city or my future. Clueless. 😂
It's been one whole year, I've given my first year final exams and now that I look back, this year was difficult. With College being 9-5, no breakfast, weird mess food, dirty common bathrooms, living in a 6 seater room and adjusting to the new lifestyle 😮💨, I coped up pretty well. For someone who barely had any friends in her life, I found some lovely people here!
Friends became family, hostel felt like home and we learnt to survive the mess food 😂. In this one year, I've learnt many things in life and wanted to share a few of them:
1. You do you
Choose yourself. Hear everyone's opinion but take your own decision. Most importantly, own your decision.
2. The 'No hate' hack
Bad food? Don't hate. Dirty bathrooms? Don't hate. No space to even breathe in the room? Don't hate. Accomodate and adjust yourself. Hate is a powerful emotion and can completely change the way you see this world. Same goes for the people around you. Try to maintain a healthy distance from people who criticize and speak negative almost immediately. I assure you, this significantly reduces stress 🙂↕️.
3. Be precautiously kind
Be kind but do not pay with your peace of mind. Be kind to yourself too. (I learnt this the hard way😭)
4. It's the teacher, not the subject
The teacher doesn't teach good and you lose all your interest in the subject. This gets worse in the long run. Get your hands on it and learn it yourself. Happened with me in Physiology, and realised it's actually interesting when it was too late .
5. Think before you express
Think of the consequences of your words and expressions before you express them.
6. Live your life!
Eat your favourite food, get that t-shirt, visit that café, go on that trip! Problems are a part of life and you shouldn't make them your entire life. A little risk here and there is fine 🙂↕️.
Thank you for reading!
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