What can I do with my free time if I don’t have any friends in my uni city?
I’m finishing up my first year of uni and I’ve realised I don’t actually have many friends. I get along well with my current flatmates but I don’t think we’ll see that much of each other in the next two years, and I’m only living with one of them next year (who I don’t see that much of at the moment anyway as she’s often out). First semester was filled with a lot of partying and drinking, which I understand is normal for freshers, but it made me feel awful so I’ve not been doing it as much in second semester. Since I’ve stopped going out as much I’ve been in much less contact with a lot of the people I thought were my friends, but I’m now realising might’ve only been situational ones if that makes sense. I go to uni about three and a half hours away from my home and my friends are scattered across the country, some living in different countries all together. They try to visit but it doesn’t happen often, my boyfriend also tries to visit once a month. I guess I’m just worried about how to spend my free time next year now I’m living further away from the city centre, and I don’t want to be going out partying that much. I don’t mind having my evenings to myself - in fact I almost prefer a cosy night in, and I’m hoping to get a part time job in second year so hopefully that will give me something to do on the weekends, but I don’t want to waste my free time just on my phone sat in my room like I do at the moment. So I guess I’m just asking if anyone else has had this experience and what things they would get up to by themselves at uni?