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First off, waking up two hours early to get to uni, because the train is cheaper out of peak hour.
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Telling your parents to give up all hope of being empty nesters.
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Picking out the perfect phone plan because that's the one commodity you're not willing to live without.
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Learning to enjoy the taste of instant coffee, because you can't afford a $7 skim, iced mocha every day.
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Feeling like a chef in the kitchen when you add some extra veggies to your staple, instant noodle dinner.
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Going to bed instead of going out, because you don't get paid until next week.
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But then saying, "stuff it!" and going out anyway, because hey — you're here to have fun.
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Picking up any extra work on campus in the hope that it'll help with living expenses.
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Fighting the other students in your class to borrow the one course textbook from the library.
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Lugging absolutely everything to university that you may ~possibly~ need.
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And finally, learning to makeshift anything instead of spending money unnecessarily.
Scraping coins and saving is a way of life for your student years.
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