A year away from home!

Many bands in the world have one thing in common, most of them, right from American Authors to One Direction and even singers like Passenger, Michael Buble, etc have composed at least one song named 'Home'. I never really understood the obsession of musicians with the word 'Home'.

It was after one long year of living in hostel and listening to all these songs with the same name over a thousand times was when I realized what 'Home' actually meant. Most of us understand it only after living away from it for a while. There are many emotions linked to it and no matter wherever you go, you do miss it.

At a particular point of our life, we have to go away from our home. Freedom is the most appealing thing of leaving home. Its worth to try new experiences and you do enjoy when there is no one to stop you from spending an entire night outside roaming anywhere you want. You learn a lot of things after leaving home. You meet new people, learn a few new things, make a few poor life decisions and most important of all you learn to embrace change. 

But there is a stage, when nostalgia strikes, all you want is to go back. 

Here are few things which I realized after spending a year away from home:

1) You are free and that's why you are lost. 

You follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly and sometimes you find yourself lost in the path. There are no restrictions and you have all the freedom you need. It might be a good thing. But with no restrictions comes carelessness. You might reach your goal but in the process, you leave and lose behind so many things that can't be recovered in the future.  

2) No place in the world can give you the comfort that you get in your bedroom.

3) No one in the world can replace your mother. You will never find anyone who will care about you like she does.

4) No matter how much money you have at the beginning of the month, you will never have enough to spend in the last week.

5) You will rarely reach anywhere on time. Between managing all the things, you will suck at time-management every time.

6) Rolling a joint is an art. Just because your friends know how to do it, doesn't mean you have to learn it too! There's no need to try new things out of peer pressure. 

7) You can't just make assumptions about people living with you.

The people who live with you, they aren't just your friends or room-mates, but they are more than that. They are your temporary family members. There might be differences. But adjustment is the key. After all, when you are away from your home, these are the people who you can rely upon when you are lost. :)