10 Reasons Why Hostel Life Is Better Than Just Living At Home

If you ask your dad about the advantages of hostel life, he’s just gonna bring up a story from his own hostel days for the millionth time. No doubt about it. But we’re not your dad, bruh. We’re gonna list down proper reasons to prove the fact that hostel life is better than just living at home. And possibly convince you towards the kind of hostels you should think about moving in.

And NGL, we’re the best people you could possibly ever talk about something like this. Why, you ask? Well, it’s because we, at Stanza Living residences, are the leading and the largest managed housing network in the entire country. With over 450+ residences across 24+ cities. So you can be sure we’re 100 percent legit qualified for this. Now, read on. So when one day, a junior comes asking why you chose the hostel life, you don’t answer something as unhelpful as it’s just because your dad said so.

So which are the top 10 reasons why hostel life is just better than just living at home?

Here you go! These are the top 10 hostel advantages over simply living at home:

• New-found freedom
• Money management
• Becoming self-reliant
• A new circle of friends
• Seniors covering your backs
• Plenty more experiences
• Networking
• Convenience
• The art of sharing
• You leave with an extra bag. Of memories.

1. New-found freedom

Let’s start with the obvious reason here. We think the prime reason why anybody would even think about living in a rented place is that it offers a tad more freedom than your home. Like no offense to your folks, but it is what it is. Oh, and btw, we’re not just talking about the party-all-the-time kinda freedom. It’s got to do more with the kinda freedom that starts you on your journey to become responsible adults. Which, to be honest, is not as fun as you’d think, sowrie.

2. Money management

When have you ever had to manage finances? And no, we’re not talking about ordering one less burger today to buy a T-shirt tomorrow on your way back from tuition classes. More like getting a sum as allowance for the entire month and then figuring out how to do everything that you wanna do within that budget. And trust us, a lot of these times, you’ll go broke. But that’s the thing, right? Once you start earning monies, you’d be better off handling that then than now. So hostel life is like the free trial that comes before signing up to become a good money manager.

3. Becoming self-reliant

This might not always turn out to be a case, but hostel life does teach you to look out for yourself. And the only reason why we say it might not be so is if you just decide to become a parasite and get things done by your more-responsible-and-kinda-a-pushover roommate. If that’s the case, we don’t think you’re even ready to leave your folks back home yet. But that’s okay too. Though you gotta grow up at some point and realise you’re really just on your own, bruh.

4. A new circle of friends

Mostly hostel life is, well, ‘hostel life’ just because of the friends you make during the course of your stay. While some of them may just go their separate paths after, others may end up becoming your BFFs. On top of that, apart from getting you friends, hostel life also teaches you how to make new friends. Basically, by the time you leave your hostel, you’d know how to socialise, how to hold a conversation, and interact with different people. Or else, you can just be a dudebro and start listening to Raj Shamani, the only one who’s got hands on the networking bible. Apparently.

5. Seniors covering your backs

As much as seniors can be super annoying – and sometimes outright devils – to juniors, they do have a lot of value to offer. From the simple act of sharing notes to helping you go through your first heartbreak, they’re there to cover your back. Now, we don’t mean all seniors are little angels of God, but the ones who are, will definitely make you feel it was paradise when you look back at your hostel life after a few years

6. Plenty more experiences

Whether you live in a hostel in your college campus or a private one outside the campus, there’s surely a lot of things to experience. And that’s one of the dope benefits of staying in a hostel. Cuz let’s face it, you might have the coolest parents on earth, but you do need their nod of approval to go out and do that and do this. But when it comes to living away from home, there’s just more scope for spontaneity. And not to sound like Instagram lifestyle influencers, but spontaneity may just lead you to the awesomest experiences.

7. Networking

We’ve already talked about the pros of having your seniors covering your back. But what about the ones who’ve passed out a long, long time ago? Well, staying in a hostel also allows you to make those connections too. And trust us when we say this, these kinds of connections may lead you to your dream job too. Or simply, a mentor who may even change your life for the better. Ask Lord Himesh, Salmon bhai gave him his first break.

8. Convenience

Now, here’s one of the more important hostel life advantages. That is, you live near your college and get everything done for you by the hostel staff. Though, we’re not so sure about the quality of amenities or services at a local PG or even a make-do campus hostel. But consider a professionally managed co-living space like Stanza Living, and you can just focus on your academics – and college life – without batting an eye on your household tasks. No thanks needed.

9. The art of sharing

They say sharing is caring. Not always though. Because sometimes, sharing is just basic decency when you’re sharing a room or common areas with different folks. And speaking of living with different folks, sharing can also be a quid pro quo. Maybe to get your more academically sound hostel mate to help with your assignment. Or getting in the good books of seniors who’ve got something valuable to offer.

10. You leave with an extra bag. Of memories.

Ok, we hate admitting this, but your dad’s not wrong, you know. To summarise a whole hostel life experience, you basically have to describe it with the memories you make, not with something like that the common area you chilled in, was always kept spick and span by the staff. So basically, hostel life is wayyyyyyyyy better than living at home. And the extra Yes here are not just to increase our word count, but to emphasize on the feel-good feeling you get out of hostel life. Seriously.