Next stop: adulthood

Steph Compton
Aug 23, 2017 · 2 min read

A week today, I move out. Maybe you didn’t catch that. This time next week I am moving out and living away from my family home for the first time in my life. That’s a pretty huge deal for me.

I am excited. Can you tell?

Now I know what you’re thinking; twenty-one year olds move out all the time. In fact, people a hell of a lot younger than that move out all the time. No big deal, right? But they’re not me. I’ve always lacked that little extra bit of confidence that allows you to make changes like these. Ever since I was a kid I’ve had a problem with change. When I swapped schools at age seven I didn’t want to start at the new one. I didn’t want to transition to secondary school, the same with sixth form, and then again with university. I never liked moving on to the next stage; I guess it was always a fear of the unknown. I have opted to do a fourth year at university, but after that, oh look. I’m all out of stages. After this it’s just… life.

So moving out is a big change, don’t like change, blah blah blah, you get that now. This time, however, I’m not looking at it as a bad change. Not even a little bit.

I’m so ready to test myself and see how I get on without a safety net for the first time ever. I’ll be so close to my friends and that’s going to make the year even more amazing. It’ll be nice to not always be an hour away.

I know I’m a bit late to the party; a lot of students move out in their first year, and I’m heading into my fourth, but that’s okay. I’m a completely different person than I was three years ago and that person wasn’t ready. This one is.

I’ve been packing to move for about two weeks now. Not because it needs to be done yet, but because it’s getting me all excited. Although deciding which shoes to take and which to leave behind is undoubtedly one of my life’s biggest conundrums to date.

Truth be told, I have always felt like I missed out on some things because I lived at home, separate from all things ‘uni’. This is my chance to rectify that. I only have twelve months, so you can bet your ass I’m going to make the most of it.

Look out Derby, I’m comin' for ya. Well, next Wednesday I am.

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