University

I have officially started University Studying Food Marketing and Business Economics! Even typing that sentence felt slightly odd even though I've now been living in Reading for over a month now. 

I have finally settled into my new home at university and can definitely say these first few weeks have been the best time I've had for a while. Luckily I have been placed in halls with the best group of people, we all get on so well which makes it more like living with my best friends than people that were complete strangers till a month ago! Already we've made so many good memories, and invented many a corridor games to play to pass the time. 

Before I came to university I was fairly quiet, and didn't really enjoy the night-life scene that many of my friends loved, which at times made it quite hard to fit in with my group of friends. However, I came to university with an open mind and surprisingly I now actually really enjoy going on a night out with everyone that I have met, which I thought I'd never really do.

 As someone who went to an all girls school I obviously have a large group of friend that are girls which is amazing because I always know that I have that great support system however, growing up with brothers and male cousins I have always found it much easier to have a mixed group of friends, just due to the fact that sometimes a large group of girls can cause a lot of unwanted drama. This is probably partly the reason I am now starting to enjoy going out of a night because I've now gained this great mixed friendship group. 

Since starting university in September I can honestly say I have learnt so much and have tackled so many irrational fears just through living on my own and having to fend for myself. I've always relied on my parents quite heavily, so the opportunity to become more independent has been a great way for me to learn more about myself and has actually greatly helped my confidence. 

Although, at times I have felt homesick and a bit lonely, being able to have touch base with home through a quick call or face time with my parents has really made settling in much easier than I thought it would be.

My advice to anyone who is moving away from home would be to try and stay at university for as long as you can before taking a trip home, because although I haven't been here long I think that if I had visited home within these first few weeks it may have been slightly harder to leave again. My parents have visited me twice to make it a little easier but in all honesty I have been so busy it has been hard to notice that I am actually not living at home any more, which I guess is a good thing.

Thank you for reading! I'm hoping to post more regularly now :)