moved into first apartment

Bruh, teach yourself to cook. Start simple, with recipes from the backs of soup cans and stuff like that. 4, 5 ingredient-type recipes. When you're comfortable, expand to online recipes, invest in a crockpot, teach yourself and learn at your own pace. When you're comfortable with that, expand to baking, as baking is a bit more difficult than cooking.

Also: second hand furniture. Save up for a down payment on a house, because as long as you rent, all you're doing is paying someone else's mortgage. Might as well pay your own as soon as you can afford it.

And cherish those nights by yourself. You'll miss them when they're gone. I know I do.

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hard times, isn't it?

my tip would be: if you're not into cooking, choose healthy ready made stuff (not the cheapest way, but your body needs quality stuff, "similar" to what you've received 'till you moved).
if you moved cause you're starting your independent life, you'll have plenty of time to learn to cook (it will be fun, don't worry)... but, imo, these weeks, months, are very "delicate".
treat yourself well, whenever you can. your mom will appreciate!

Hey, congrats on the move! Like icaio was saying, don't fall into the "cheap and quick" trap, it just hurts you more in the long run. Learning to cook is essential (it can also be a nice form of meditation) and will help you fill those quiet times by yourself.
Invest time into making the place your own, be familiar with every nook and cranny and try to clean / spruce things up when you can. Settling into a routine where you clean / maintain your surroundings at set days can be very fulfilling!
Like mombeater prime said, learn to love the solitude!

Glad it's going well.

And icaio's advice is spot on. Are you eating at dining halls or foraging for yourself?

congrats. Eat healthy and treat yourself well.

Did you checked the wall's of the apartment before hand? Cockroaches and mouse aside, thin wall gonna make your life miserable as everything you do gonna be heard everywhere making you paranoid to even sneeze. I had that problem when I first moved and it drove me crazy.
I could say the healthy eating like the others but noone doing that as far as I know, I lived on frozen pizza and scrap the restaurant sold for 75% off at night. You not gonna die from it, go for quantity, not quality, and you have money for more important things

Bump

Oh, the Agony I feel when me as self-identifying BOT cant enter.

Good luck on your next step in life, AloofPanda. :)

Yay congratulations!