Happiness is Homemade

I don’t think you realize that you’ve moved out of your childhood home before you sleep the first night alone in your new place. Then it suddenly gets real. Probably because of the new sounds. The new smells. The new everything. Most of it from IKEA.

Which is place built like a maze you’ll never find your way out of. 

In Norway we have this system where students can apply for a bedroom in a tiny appartment. The bathroom and kitchen are shared with other students. I’m going to share with one girl and a guy I haven’t met yet. By the looks of it all of their things are from IKEA too. I might spend the next three years with them, so I pray we’ll get along.

I wonder if they had an equally hard time setting up their furniture, because seriously, even with help it took me hours.

Moving out for the first time is scary, but oh so exiting. I finally feel at peace with my decision to start my studies this year. I’ll make a home out of my new room, I’ll make it a place where I feel safe and happy. In Norwegian we have a saying “Enhver er sin egen lykkes smed”, which basically means: “Everyone is the architect of his own fortune” Attitude is key!

Home, sweet home! And yes, that is a double bed. Sometimes happiness can be a great night’s sleep too!