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How to Tell When Your New Place is Home

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Georgia Southern chapter.

So here it is, you’re on your own for the first time, you have your own place, but the transition has yet to sink in. How do you know when your new place is home? Here are some helpful checkpoints from transfer students like myself.

When You Spill Something

It’s a matter of time before you’re mindlessly browsing the Internet when Bam! That water bottle cannot be shaken up without a lid on it.

You Cuss Out Loud

Some of us just keep it in our heads, but it goes out the window when you feel at home in your new space. 

You Sing While Doing Stuff

“Try to leave a light on when I’m gone…” (David Cook). But really, who likes coming back to a dark apartment?

You Buy Something New for your Place

Seriously, who needs all these candles?! Who’s gonna be here to enjoy those salt and pepper shakers shaped like turkeys? We aren’t even here for Thanksgiving! :0

Look who brought back another candle! (featuring Missglamorazzi in picture below)

You Can ‘comfortably’ Take a Poo

It’s sad but true. You don’t know how many people I’ve heard this from. 

You Pick Your First Booger

Everyone does it. Where you put yours is your business, okay? Don’t be gross.

You always put back the _______. It’s in the drawer with the _______.

For me, it’s scissors. You know how it is: the utensils go in the right drawer, that book goes on top of the 2nd shelf, your headphones are on your bedside table….etc. You’ll keep it up for about a month.

 You have your chair/ your spot at the table.

We’re creatures of habit don’t you know? 

When you leave, you tell your parents you’re going “Home”.

To which they respond, “Which one? You mean college?”

 

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Amelia Beckworth

Georgia Southern

My name is Amelia Beckworth. I am a Junior at Georgia Southern University studying Fashion Design, but I am much more than that and I am sure you are too. Typically, I’m the kind of person who’d imagine their life with a soundtrack and a reality TV show. I have a broad imagination, a short attention span, and a big heart. As I write, you may see I have an immense love for God, captivating art, and mind-blowing music while delighting in channeling that negative energy into improving the lack thereof. I have trust issues with people who don’t add salt to their food and say they don’t sing in the shower. Easily won over by Nutella or Twizzlers, I have a habit of being both swayed and opinionated. For the most part, I enjoy helping people relate to and inspire one another through the expression of writing.
Jordan Wheeler

Georgia Southern '22

Jordan Wheeler is a Junior Pre-Law Philosophy major who attends Georgia Southern. Jordan loves writing, singing, and hanging out with friends.