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We crank out a bachelor’s degree, to varying levels of success, only to wind up in our childhood bedrooms biting our nails to the bit. My tale isn’t groundbreaking or original, but meant to show what it truly feels like to return to a place—a lifestyle—you outgrew.

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As I drove back from the airport, as day turned into night, I thought of my life: it’s a great adventure now, but I’m bound to be disillusioned, because I know I’ll never achieve the things I’m setting out to do.

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Embrace all of the good things about living at home. Furniture that didn’t come from someone’s front yard. Appliances that work.

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Showing your appreciation can really set the tone for a happy home for both you and your parents.

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Fresh new unemployment numbers and an extremely crappy economy are causing all the new college grads to move back in with mom and dad. Time reported on Tuesday that according to a poll conducted by consulting firm Twentysomething Inc., some 85% of new college grads are going back home not long after their cap and gown ceremony.