Now I don’t know about you, but I personally think that living on your own can be amazing. You have your own space, to watch what you want, cook what you want and generally just do what you want. Which is amazing! But living alone can also have it downsides. So here are the five things I’ve learnt living on my own.
LIVING IS EXPENSIVE
Paying your bills, mortgage, buying food it all adds up. And when you live on your own you have to pay for it all. But I have to say, the upside is that you normally become pretty good at making your money stretch a little further.
YOU’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING
And this is no big surprise, but when you live on your own, you’re the one responsible for replacing/fixing/buying what you need. Whether that be a new boiler, dishwasher or bed. It’s up to you to get it done. And it’s tough, and not to mention expensive.
YOU’LL FLIP FROM BEING A CLEAN FREAK AND A SLOB
Some weekends you won’t get dressed, go food shopping or leave the sofa unless you need to open the door for the next take away. And some weekends you’ll spend the entire weekend cleaning until your place looks like a show home. It’s called living a balanced lifestyle.
POST IS DULL
When I lived at home, post used to be letters, cards and sometimes money from relatives. Now, letters are bills, bills and more bills.
YOUR ESSENTIALLY AN ADULT NOW
And that’s pretty scary, but also pretty fun and exciting.
If you live on your own, what are the biggest things you’ve learnt from living on your own?
Hehe totally agree with these points!
Candice
I haven’t lived on my own for years but I loved that everything was tidy and where I wanted it!
Ha ha I can so imagine going from really messy to super clean! That would definitely be me!
I agree with this, I lived on my own in my flat for about 5 years and it was tough staying on top of all of the housework and paying for everything on your own x
You learn to shoulder all the responsibilities yourself when you live on your own, which can be a bit of a shock for young people when they move out for the first time
I definitely agree with all of these! When I’m busy I definitely go through phases of being a bit messy, then I suddenly snap out of it and clean everything!
Fab read. I agree you are deffo responsible for everything including the bills and cleaning, so mum and dads was a joy to be at haha xx
I definitely agree with these lessons, I am more a slob now that ever before in my life, like a massive one and don’t like post anymore
All of these points are 100% valid! haha!