Hostel life is probably the most exciting part of anyone’s youth. This is more so in India, because of the fact that we spend most of our childhood at home under the shelter and security our parents provide us. Staying in a hostel during our college education brings with itself responsibility, challenges, mess food, and most importantly for all of us, independence. It has been 5 months since I moved to this hostel. The life I am spending here is totally different from what it was earlier. I have to do almost all my work by myself. I have to wake up early, go to the mess to eat on time, if I am late, I'll not get food. There's a proper routine that I have to follow here. But I am getting ready to face the challenges that I'll have to face later on in my life.