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\nThinking back to last September when I was getting ready to come to BU, I felt so nervous. Not just because of the move but because I would be leaving both my family and friends and home and starting an adventure of my very own.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re here for us when we need them and can sometimes be hard to come by. The friendships you\u2019ve built up throughout the years are important and you may have the underlining thought that moving away, or having less time due to university may jeopardise the friendships you\u2019ve worked so hard to gain.<\/p>\n
From the perspective of a student currently studying in university, 3 hours away from my home town, I can tell you that it\u00a0 really shouldn’t be a worry! If you have friends staying at home starting an apprenticeship or resitting, they will be as anxious about you leaving as you are them staying. Other friends going to other universities will be feeling the same as you. In this day and age technology has your back, you can group call, Skype, FaceTime, video chat, call, voice chat, messenger, text, snapchat, Instagram, even write a postcard, letter or carrier Pidgeon if you really want.<\/p>\n\n
The 21st<\/sup> century is the time for communication and unlike your parents who may have studied away from home a while ago, communication methods are not issues you should be concerned about when it comes to staying in contact with friends. When it comes to friendships, if they are important, they will stick around. They shouldn\u2019t be things that you have to force or be afraid of losing. A good friend is someone who should be supportive and understanding of your decision to move away or go to university. There is absolutely nothing to stop a good friend from messaging, setting up times for weekly group calls, or even visiting! Yes they can come visit you in your halls of residence.<\/p>\n A friendship is valuable but also team work. It\u2019s a 50\/50 deal and if your putting in all the work, spending time trying to call when your away and they\u2019re not, using free time to message and they don\u2019t or you\u2019re the only one showing interest to visit. Top tips:<\/p>\n If you are still concerned, or the feelings come back after you\u2019ve moved, try talking about it. Confide in a close friend, family member or the university will always be open to helping you through any issue you come across.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don’t forget if you’re nervous about meeting new friends, the ResLifeBU programme offered in halls is there to support you. You can find out everything you need to know about this here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thinking back to last September when I was getting ready to come to BU, I felt so nervous. Not just because of the move but because I would be leaving both my family and friends and home and starting an adventure of my very own. Friends They\u2019re here for us when we need them and… Read more » about Moving away from home and leaving close friends<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2932,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,12,1638],"tags":[74,129,1105,809,1176,1316],"class_list":["post-10771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-student-blogs","category-undergraduate","tag-friends","tag-home","tag-home-from-home","tag-moving","tag-reslifebu","tag-transition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10771"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23082,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10771\/revisions\/23082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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