It takes some getting used to--the responsibilities of living away from home, that is--but it's worth it to be free of parental oversight, if you ask me! You can deal with bills if you're able to budget money and make it last, and housework is a lot easier than you'd think. It only takes a little work to make a place liveable. The part that was hard for me was when I had problems like car trouble or got sick or things like that. That's when I missed my parents the most. Mine weren't so far away, though, that they were ever out of reach.