It's a milestone in every youngster's life - the moment when you move out from your parents' house and start living on your own. There are days when you feel like sitting alone and crying, there are days when you feel like pulling your hair out in anger, there are moments when you feel like 'I just want to run back to my parents' but living alone is an experience that teaches you more about life than anything else. Life is about finding yourself and anyone who's lived on their own will know staying alone is the best way to get there. Here are 10 things living alone teaches you.

5. There's no greater character building exercise than living on your own.

6. A common cold or a flu will feel like the end of the world when you don't have your mom's care. But once you come out of it on your own, you'll always know how to take care of yourself.