Moving out of your parents’ house and living on your own may sound fun — but it’s actually a lot of hard work. If possible, you shouldn’t do it on a whim.

A lot of planning should go into this life-changing move.

Here are the eight most important steps in living solo:

Whether it’s a rainy day and you’re stuck at home, or you just don’t have anything else to do with your life for the time being, these tips are sure to get your brain fired up and your body busy…until they both get a “eureka” moment, and find what it is they need to do.

Teachers actually consider boredom as a way of stimulating one’s brain to think creatively. The dullness, they say, indirectly irritates students, who in turn unconsciously find ways of “correcting this feeling”.

That of course has a good and a bad side.