It's all mine

I lived with my parents the first 18 years of my life.  When I went away to college, I lived with roommates all four years.  Then I moved to NYC for graduate school and again had a roommate.  When school ended I got an apartment with a friend and we lived together for the next three years. Almost 75% of the third year we lived together we didn't speak to each other but we sucked it up until our lease ran out. I could not wait to find a new apartment. And I wanted to live alone. I would feel so grown up. I didn't know if I could afford an apartment by myself in NYC with my salary but I was going to try my hardest to do so. And through the miracle of Craigslist, I found an amazing studio in an elevator building with a laundry room in the basement (Do you know how rare it is in NYC to have an elevator and laundry in a non-doorman building??). I hit the jackpot and three years later I could not be happier in MY apartment. That's right, its all mine. I have lived alone for three years now and haven't looked back. Some people think living by yourself can be lonely. But I love spending time with myself so that's not really an issue. In fact, there are so many pros to living alone, that I don't know where to start. So below, I have listed my three favorite reasons for living alone.
 
1) You can go to the bathroom with the door open. Every. Single. Time. I don't think I have ever closed the bathroom door in my apartment since I have moved in, unless I have company over. But most of my friends are use to me going to the bathroom with the door open and don't mind. It's part of my charm. When you live alone, you can pee, poop, shower, wax, or do whatever needs to be done in the bathroom (or any room for that matter) and no one else will see. It's phenomenal.

2) You can walk around topless(or bottomless...or naked).  One of the first things I do when I get home is take off my pants. They are restricting. Then usually the bra comes off. And if I am really warm, I will lose the shirt. And guess what? It doesn't matter because no one is here to see me. Not a single person. It's great. Freedom at its finest.

3) You can eat what you want, whenever you want without judgment. If you want Trader Joes Spinach-Artichoke dip for breakfast (not that I have ever done this...wink, wink!) and cake and ice cream for dinner, no one can give you the side-eye. Even though I am a grown-up and should be use to such freedoms, I don't have to worry about being judged and enjoy every second of it.

Luckily I am a really neat person. Some might call me a little anal retentive. But even though I live alone, I still make my bed every morning and can't go to bed with dishes in sink. Things that most people probably don't or wouldn't do if they lived alone and knew no one else would see it. Now that I have lived alone for so long, I don't think I could ever have a roommate again. And if I did, it will be my future husband and you best believe he will be cool with me pooping with door open. He's gotta see what he's in for in the long haul after all. And I guarantee it will be well worth it.