I am 21 years young and living in my “prime” college years. I am a full time college student, working as much as I can: slinging coffee and also somehow in a sorority withholding a position… my head is constantly spinning. Is there ever any quiet time? Living alone might have been the best thing that has happened to me. Ever since I can remember, as a kid I was in love with the idea of living alone. This developed a fiercely independent little girl that turned know it all teen and to now grown woman. Now has finally come the day where it has happened, I am blessed with my own presence of living ALONE. In my short beginning stage of living alone I have noticed several things that provided the summary that living alone is not exactly molded up to what I had in my fantasies, but the same time has completely surpassed some my ideas of living alone.
1. Going all out on a grocery shopping spree with an adult size selection of fresh vegetables and baked goods might seem like a great idea at the time of purchase; however having them stay fresh and consumed within the proper period of time before they go bad is the biggest challenge…(usually challenge accepted.)
2. With that being said, no one will help you carry said grocery shopping spree from your car to your door.
3. Laundry loads are a pain. They are never large enough of the categories anything... you start hoarding your laundry and before you know it, your laundry is taking over.
4. You are always on high alert especially when there are unknown sounds that happen in the midst of the night.
5. You can never watch scary movies, or scary anything for that matter. And if you so happen to accidentally watch a scary episode of one of your favorite TV shows well then it’s just over.
6. If there is one thing that living alone has proven, is that- in terms of self-discovery, it has successfully clarified that I can sit in a quiet room and do absolutely NOTHING. Just sit.
7. You can be as crazy and emotional as you want to be without self-restraint.
8. Sound Check! You no longer have to lip synch to your favorite songs, you can actually jam it out with everything you have inside without the fear of the judges being around.
9.The ability of living alone happily is actually something that is to be very proud of because a lot of people cannot do it, and that is okay.
10. There are no limitations of what you want to eat, what you want to cook and when/where you want to eat it.
11. When you do something embarrassing like spill food all over your shirt it is really not that shameful.
12. Usually when you say that you are living alone, people are generally impressed with your independence, which is good for your ego that clearly needs attention from being alone.
13.You can unashamedly indulge in guilty pleasures like showering with the bathroom doors open without people judging you.
14. It is very much true; distance makes the heart grow fonder. You miss the important ones in your life and it is special every time you see them.
15. YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WHENEVER YOU WANT. FREEDOM!!!!
