Closer wrote:Maybe you can go back home for the weekend if the distance is doable, at least in the beginning. That is what people here (the Netherlands) often do that move out to study somewhere else. They spend the weekends at home to see their family and friends, (and to let mom do the laundry) and if you are very homesick during the week, knowing that you're going to be at home in the weekend might make it easier. Good luck with your study.
Students here (in U.S.) who go away to school do that, too -- go back to visit parents on the weekend for company, free meals and free laundry!
When I moved into my first apartment without roommates, I found the first two months to be the hardest. I felt lonely a lot because I was in a city far from my hometown. My friendships in the new city were still making the transition from acquaintances to true friends. But after the first two months, things got easier. I began to relish my chosen periods of solitude.
The best part was the realization that I now made all the house rules. I could arrange everything to suit myself. That was fun. There was some chore I didn't want to do one evening (just feeling lazy) and suddenly I thought, "I don't have to do that tonight if I don't want to, because I'm a grown-up and nobody can tell me what to do." Sounds silly now, but it felt like an important revelation at the time.
Things I appreciated right away were making my own rules about guests, stereo volume (within reason, of course, to keep neighbors from calling the police), smoking, bedtime, morning alarms, and reading with full lights until the wee hours of the morning.
Mystic Spiral has some great suggestions for you about making your new place feel like home.
Oh, but definitely unpack all your favorite things first, like books and music and artwork, to make the new place feel homey right away. Don't let the good stuff sit around in boxes.
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