Is living on your own scary?

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Living on your own is AWESOME. The only downside are the bills, but other then that you have free reign to do what you want. I loved it...and I miss it. I had to move back in with my parents due to a rough patch I was going through a year ago, but I'd jump right back into the independant life in a heartbeat if given the chance. It takes some getting used to. I had a hard time the first couple weeks because it was the first time I'd ever lived away from my parents but I got over it when I figured out that I could drink beer and play videogames in the living room with no fear of being yelled at

I pay bills immediately, on the same day I get them (either physical, i.e. bills printed with a printer on paper and then sent to me, or as an e-mail). I use Internet-banking for transferring the required money. And then I store the bill or throw it away, because it is paid.

I have full control about my money and finances; i.e. I don't have restrictions like some of my autistic friends have. This means that I can do what I want, but it is my full responsibility to avoid debt, because that costs extra money, since it is comparable with borrowing money from a bank to buy something very expensive.

I don't like the idea of living completely on my own. I stay at University during the primary two semesters and commute on the off one. I can deal with that and I like it a lot. My roommates, though, find me hard to deal with...though they're fairly nice about it (I have a few odd quirks that I didn't realize were atypical until coming to college).

Next year I'm considering getting an apartment with another person and it scares me a bit. I will be staying at my mothers house on the off semester still, I think, though. So I'm not completely fleeing the nest just yet.

I don't think I'd be able to handle living completely on my own until I have to -- which will be Graduate School in a couple years. Then I really have no choice.