Since we're comparing stories, I spent 16 months living in backpacker hostels, including 12 months in the same one. People always ask me how I managed to live

Since we're comparing stories, I spent 16 months living in backpacker hostels, including 12 months in the same one. People always ask me how I managed to live like that, but they don't realise that you tend to adapt to your living conditions fairly quickly. If you can manage a couple of months, you can manage a year. It's actually weird for me to live in a house with only a couple of other people now. I got so used to having people to hang out with practically on tap. There's always somebody to drink with, or watch a movie with, or snuggle up next to. It's strange for me to come home from work to an empty house.