Catie said, “If I asked me to imagine myself at this age 10 years ago, I would have said that I would have a husband, children, and homes in the suburbs. Catie ‘S Manhattan Apartment (above) has gallery walls, favorite books, flowers, and no other people need to look great. CATIE and 11 others share what it is like to live alone.
A house full of Katie’s pattern
Leaning on your personality:
“It is an introverted soul night to rest peacefully at home with someone who doesn’t have anyone to witness.” -Katie, 34 years old, lived alone for 13 years, and California’s rural village
“It’s so fun to live alone! As soon as PJ and true crime returns home from work? Do you always know what’s in the refrigerator? Yes. Yes.” Natalie at the age of 34 lived alone for four years.
“After a destructive marriage and more deadly divorce, it was too hard to rebuild myself from the beginning. I didn’t know who I was or how I wanted to live in the world. When do you want to go to bed? Do I like the incense? What do you want to see? Free weekends were terrible. I just aimed at myself. So it was very important to live in my own space, to learn how to be decorated, cooking, and to be alone. It’s the most strict way to understand what I really want. ” Kaitlin at the age of 44 lived alone for eight years.
“I like to take off my clothes and walk naked on a hot day.” Claire (25 years old) lived alone for 1.5 years.
Inspired:
Katie’s farm
“I have to borrow a farmhouse in the 1870s, who is out of the grid on the nearest packaging road. Wildlife comes in the yard or day and night. The special thing is that my mother moved to a young woman before meeting my dad.
“I grew up seeing ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’. – SherylI lived alone for 69, 13 years, and Rod Island’s Little Compton
“I think of Diana Ross song”It’s my house‘When you describe your solo life. ” Catie, 40, lived alone for 11 years.
Challenge:
“Especially in large cities, it is difficult to deal with direct rent directly, so I don’t save as much as I want.” Catie, 40, lived alone for 11 years.
“I complained that it was difficult to cook for one person. Nowadays, I’m good at feeding myself. This means to satisfy any of the most food in my grocery storage room. ” ALLIE at the age of 40 lived alone for eight years, Mill Valley, California.
“I don’t like to live a solo when I get sick. It’s a pit that suffers alone in the middle of the night.” Clara (37) lived alone for four years, Cornwall, Ontario.
Allie and Toby
Social stay:
“Living with a pet feels like you have witnesses when you live your life. My dog Toby, go out of home four times a day, and what I like is hanging out with him on the couch in the evening.” ALLIE at the age of 40 lived alone for eight years, Mill Valley, California.
“I actually keep me socially because I have to make a plan to meet people. I will invite my friends for dinner once or twice a week. I will live for the weekend at least once a month. Clara (37) lived alone for four years, Cornwall, Ontario.
Clara lives alone… In the house next to the sister
When switching in a shared space:
“After divorce, I stayed with my ex -husband for 12 years. So I was bitter to change the transition. I changed art and replaced the bedroom furniture to make my own. -Cara, 41, lived alone for two years.
“I have lived solo since my husband died in 2008. It was difficult at first. When I returned home from work, the lack of human interactions felt like a huge hole in my life. But now I have been quietly and dating for several years, but I love it autonomously, so I don’t want to live with him or others. I lived alone for 16 years.
” #1 why I live alone: I will not return home. I will not find that roommates are trimming our boyfriend’s claws on the living room sofa.” January at the age of 45 lived alone for 23 years.
Design decision:
Sara’s living room
“Eight years ago, I bought a Fixer -Upper apartment. I had to check the ‘single single’ box several times in the document work! The remodeling work was a lot of work. But now the apartment has been mine. I lived.
“I just remodeled the bathroom, but I didn’t start to build a woman’s pink bathroom, but I ended up with a female pink bathroom anyway. I absolutely like it.” January at the age of 45 lived alone for 23 years.
Cheryl at home
Precious lessons:
“Husband Kenny and I lived together for 30 years. I lived alone since his death. My house is where we raise children. But the regular maintenance of the house is never over. I loved making a decision as a team, but I also became very confident in managing myself. 69 -year -old Cheryl lived alone for 13 years, and RHODE Island’s Little Compton
“Every time someone asks me, ‘How do you know what to do?’ I always laughed and said, ‘Who are you going to?’ Catie, 40, lived alone for 11 years.
“The house I lived after college was a hut in the size of a shoe in the forest. On the first night, I went down from the sleeping loft and looked at the mouse, and I had something about it, the next day, I bought a mouse trap, and I learned how to sand and renovate the floor while living there!” -Katie, 34 years old, lived alone for 13 years, and California’s rural village
Are you living alone, or do you have you in the past? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
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(Except for the portrait of Cheryl, the photos provided by the interview subject Sarah Petraca.))
