Learn it as you go

I have recently learned the following important life lessons. I may provide illustrations as needed.

1- Moving to another city and expecting to find an apartment in 4 days is unrealistic. This may cause mild anxiety and discouragement.
2- One of the best ways to get to know a city is to spend each day walking several thousand miles through different zones, arguing with your party about which street you should turn right on.
3- When you go to view an apartment, remember which street it´s on. That way if you know there´s no way on earth you´re living in that sketchy place, you´ll know to turn down offers in the same neighborhood. (When we asked the realtor about the neighborhood, she said there were a lot of young people and families. She didn´t focus on what substances we suspected those young people were on.)
4- Appreciate the little things. Like the kind old guy who helps you figure out that the 5 digit number in the address you´re looking for is a zip code, not a house number. Be really glad about this when you´re on house number 42. Appreciate the random lady at the hostel who gives you a free back massage and tells you you´ll have plenty of homework in your program and that she hopes you like grammar.
5- Get off the public computer just because you´re too lazy to go upstairs and get your laptop.