In January I moved out of my childhood home and into a nice little two-bedroom apartment close to work with my good friend.
Having spent so long away from home, traveling and being totally independent, there was little chance I would be living at home for too long. Despite having a great relationship with my family, I had to lay my own foundations in my own place. And I wanted to be closer to work.
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| Our living room |
Five months (almost) on, living out of home is still great. It's novel having to pay rent each month and having to remember to pick up groceries as they don't just appear (as great as that would be). Being a bit of a neat freak, keeping the house clean and tidy isn't too bad either. The difficult part is the slow gathering of furniture. We still have no TV stand and are in desperate need of some art to brighten up the bare white walls. A rug might be a good idea, oh and a heater, because it's getting pretty cold as Winter nears.
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| The kitchen |
Despite all of that, there's something so rewarding about arriving home to a clean, airy apartment that we've built up with our own taste of furnishings, that we're paying for with our own salaries. Best of all, those jobs have been landed having slogged it out through 13 years of school and three years of uni.
But what's next? Unexpectedly, it's all about what happens now that I've got this place. For the first time there isn't a logical next step. It was; finish school, schoolies, go to uni, finish uni, go traveling, get a job, move out. And those goals have now all been achieved. So working out where to from here is a challenge.
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| My bedroom |
For the next 40 years, work is on the agenda, and luckily I love my field of work. But I need some splashes of colour that intertwine with being a responsible adult. Travel, definitely. And maybe some volunteering, some hobbies to learn (I'm thinking ceroc dancing, some cooking classes, maybe some art?). Exercise is a given and, having signed up to do Tough Mudder later in the year, training is an important part of life. But I want to know, how do you keep your life interesting outside of work?
