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My place is actually attached to a couple’s penthouse, who decided to cordon off a room of their house and turn it into a separate entrance flatlet.
So it's basically a room with a separate entrance. It's flipping awesome nonetheless, and I'd be lying if I said that I miss living with other people.
That said, it’s not always moonshine and roses. So if you're looking to live on your own, here are the pros and cons.
Pros:
- Clothes are optional
Bye, bra.
Bye, pants.
Bye, all clothes.
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- Your place, your rules
If you don’t feel like doing dishes immediately after eating. You don’t have to.
Want to dance in your underwear to Taylor Swift’s new CD? Do it
Feel like finishing a box of Easter eggs on your own and lying on your bed for 4 hours doing nothing? Okay, maybe that last one is just me.
But the point is: You can do whatever you want, whenever you want. You don’t have to explain yourself to anyone.
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- You can go out to see people
Having a flatmate means having someone around you all the time. Even if that person is really rad, you’re bound to feel crowded sometimes.
When you live on your own you get to choose when you see people. This is pretty much any introvert’s wetdream.
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- Your food and only your food
You never have to share food with anyone, ever.
So you don't have to wait until your flatmate leaves the country to eat that packet of biltong your mom bought you.
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- Silence, beautiful silence
I wish I could bottle this silence and listen to it forever.
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- You can poo in peace
That’s right. I went there.
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- You only have to deal with your own bad habits
I cannot give less of a fuck about putting the lid back on anything – especially in the bathroom. My shower cream hasn’t had a lid since 2000 and my toothpaste’s lid is MIA 90% of the time.
All humans have bad habits, and it’s really liberating to only have to deal with your own.
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Cons:
- There’s no one to ask for fashion advice
Some mornings I wake up and I genuinely just don’t know how to dress myself. It’s on mornings like this that I need someone to just be like: Anja. Those dungarees make you look like you’re auditioning for The Hills Have Eyes.
- Making food is a bitch
Making food for one is an art I wasn’t blessed with. The other night I bought a microwave meal from Woolies that was fit for 2 people, but I was so ravenous that I ate three quarters of it.
Then I felt disgusting, but I didn’t want to waste the rest – SO I ATE IT TOO.
I also had to take all my fruit to the office for my colleagues to finish, because I’d overdone it at the supermarket and didn’t want it to go to waste while I visited my parents in Paarl.
HELP ME I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS SCIENCE
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- You have no one to help you with tricky clothing
I have nobody to zip up my dresses and it’s a legitimate problem in my life.
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- You have to pay for everything
Electricity, Internet, life. It’s all on you.
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- You have no one to blame for the state of your place
Jis, I love shifting the blame. It’s distressing to me that I have no one else to blame for my dishes or the amount of shit that’s lying around.
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- It can be scary
I haven’t been scared once since living on my own, because I live on the top floor and my landlords are so close by.
But safety is a concern when living on your own, and if you’re considering it you should make sure you are 1000% safe.
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- You get lonely sometimes
HAHA JK
You’ll never get lonely, because
A. Your own company’s awesome
B. You have Twitter
C. You can go out/invite anyone over anytime
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