[00:00.09]Entering the New Room of Your Life [00:07.72]It must be one of the most frequently asked questions [00:12.77]in the English language— [00:14.32]“What do you want to be when you grow up?” [00:16.45]And for most of us the answer is simple— [00:18.95]“I don't know.” And that's just fine. [00:21.56]For teenagers all over the world it is difficult to imagine [00:25.72]life outside the familiar school grounds [00:28.28]and comfortable family home. [00:29.89]But when the university entrance exams finish [00:32.97]and high-school graduation wraps up, [00:35.18]it is time to move on to a whole new stage [00:38.18]in one's life—adulthood. [00:40.25]One day when you are 40, you may look back on your life [00:44.53]and wonder exactly how you became an adult. [00:47.60]When did you change? Quite often the answer will lie [00:52.10]between your first day of university [00:54.15]and the first day of your professional career. [00:56.45]While you cannot pinpoint an exact time, [00:59.01]somewhere in the “roommate days” or “dorm days” [01:02.87]you learnt things far more valuable than anything [01:05.69]you could learn in a classroom. [01:08.24]For it is in this time we learn independence- [01:10.85]Mum and Dad can't take care of you anymore; [01:14.06]responsibility—you have to clean your own bedroom [01:17.91]and make your own meals; maturity— [01:20.63]suddenly joking about “girl's germs” doesn't seem so funny [01:24.87]when you actually have a girlfriend or boyfriend; [01:27.55]respect—you should take care of John's computer, [01:30.91]he spent a lot of money on it; and budgeting— [01:33.82]should you spend your last $50 on new shoes or pizza? [01:38.24]And a big part of the living-away-from-home process [01:41.99]is communication. High-class celebrities and [01:45.14]highly paid psychologists are always telling us, [01:48.18]to fix our relationship problems, [01:50.22]“the key is communication.” [01:52.13]And nothing can provide better training in [01:54.87]developing communication than living with other people. [01:57.77]“Whose dirty socks are these?” [01:59.82]“Where is your share of the rent money?” [02:02.02]“Let's have a party on Friday night!” [02:04.27]“I think I'm going to break-up with my boyfriend.” [02:06.99]This special period of time is guaranteed to [02:10.47]make you feel every emotion possible, [02:12.75]but at the same time it will provide you [02:15.90]with the best memories you could ever dream of. [02:18.28]When the “dorm days” come to an end, [02:20.92]we finally know where we belong in the world. [02:23.66]And finally, we know exactly what we want to be when we grow up.