Settling in DU: Tips for Moving and Thriving in Your New PG

So you studied hard, faced the competition, and are finally a DU student? Congratulations! You have cleared one of your challenges leading to becoming a DU graduate!

Wait, you mean there are more challenges ahead? Of course, there are and some of them are even harder than the one you have faced just now!

The challenge you will most probably now face is the challenge of moving into your new apartment or PG. Since most of the students come to study in a Delhi college from different states, moving into a new place and adjusting to a new environment can be a bit tricky for them.

But don't worry for today you shall be given a few tips on how to move into your new place and adjust to it as quickly as possible so that you can focus on your studies and also explore the lovely campus of your college!

Choosing A Suitable Place

Before deciding how to move perfectly into your new place, you must find the perfect place to move in. Multiple factors are deciding the suitability of a place:

The distance it has from the place of work, which in your case is the college.

Food quality in the area. It is quite important to maintain your health now that you are a student living away from home.

Rent of the place you are moving into. You should be concerned about saving money at this stage of life only.

Means of transport available nearby if the living place is far from the place of work.

The level of hygiene maintained in that place.

Prioritizing Important Items

Generally, when you are shifting into an apartment or PG, you are going to face the common problem of limited space as you are mostly going to live in a single room. To make sure that the limited space doesn't affect your lifestyle, you have to make sure that all your important items take up space first and the remaining space can be covered by other items not included in the priority list.

Items are prioritized based on their importance and their importance can be measured through the following points:

Their usage in your day-to-day life.

Amount of space taken by them.

Is the item's importance worth the space it takes?

Monetary value of the item. If there is nowhere else to keep an expensive item, then you might have to keep it in the room only.

Life cycle of the item. If the item has a short lifespan, then it can be quickly replaced.

Gather Information

This point is to be kept in mind when you are selecting a place to shift to. Instead of deciding on a place in a rush, you must take time and gather information about the different places near your college.

The information can be collected via online means or by personally contacting people who have lived in those places. You can also gather information from the locals of the city, which would probably bring out the most accurate answers to your questions. The questions that you can ask regarding the places are:

Monthly rent of the apartment or PG room.

Availability of hostel rooms.

Security level of the place in question.

Quality of air in that city part.

Will the answerer personally recommend that place?

Time Of Shifting

Time of shifting won't really affect the end result of your shifting process but when it comes to convenience, daytime is the preferred time for that.

It is because the place would be more active in daytime which would mean more potential help from the locals. Shifting in daytime will also ensure that you are not disturbing others in this process. If you shift in nighttime and you have an important work tomorrow then you might not get enough rest after shifting.

Also, nighttime isn't a very convenient time for shifting and most of your friends might deny helping you during that time.

Along with the time of the day, the day of shifting itself is really important. Normally, Sunday would be the best for shifting but Saturday is also a great day since you and others can rest next day after some heavy work.

Taking Help

To make sure you don't get physically overwhelmed with all the shifting work, make sure you bring some help with you. You can seek help from your family members, friends, movers, or even locals if they are free and kind enough to help you out. Use lifts instead of stairs when carrying items into your room if you will be living on a higher floor and a lift is available. Also, make sure to carry an item that is within your lifting capacity.

Getting Comfy!

Do not just sit inside your room and spend the rest of your time there after completing your shift. Instead, socialize with the people around you and learn more about them.

Explore the new environment around you and see how others are living in that environment. Ask others about their hobbies, origins, routines, and other stuff.

You need to remember that you don't just have to move to that place but also to live there for quite some time so make sure that you adapt to that place as soon as possible and the only way of doing so is by familiarizing yourself with the people and environment of that place.

Conclusion

Becoming an adult is a thing that we all await excitedly as kids but are never ready for that. In truth, no one can ever be ready for the responsibility and need for self-dependence adulthood brings unless they experience it for the first time.

Going out to study in college is your first step to becoming an adult. You have to make sure that this step is smooth so that you can walk ahead comfortably. You will be going to many beautiful places in the future when more opportunities will embrace you so make sure that you become ready for that from this very moment.

"Do not just turn it into a room; make it a home. Do not just exist there; truly live."

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