What are some life hacks for living on your own?
07.06.2025 00:38
Slow music background music helps you to relieve exhaustion after a long day, beside it will make your house listen wonderful. Jazz, blues or whatever music you are into, always leave it slowly in your background. High volume music or high volume TVs gives the impression you are living among children or party people.
Consider getting a pet. If you are living by your own, you will be lonely. Pets, such as cats or dogs are great companies. They will boost your mood and you will not feel alone.
Learn about white noise. It is quite refreshing to sleep while listening to white noise, can be generated by any appliance you may have. The mostly common white noise while sleeping is generated by AC.
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Prioritize your eating and sleeping habits. Don’t be lazy asking for food or don’t be foolish depriving your sleep just because watching Netflix. This is as a well a life advice, not only to those who are living by their own. Be self conscious of what you eat and highly consider home cooking. Once in a while, go out for a dinner with your friends or family.
If you have a garden, consider investing on it. It doesn’t takes you too much to have a nice garden, no need to have a big Buddha or zen fountain. Look for Youtube ideas, it is quite amazing what you will be able to do with things you might already have in your home.
Hide any cable from your aerial TV or any equipment that spots connection. If you ask me, cables hanging from TV are not that good looking.
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Don’t brag to others. Never ever brag to others about how much your house cost or how much you are paying for rent. People doesn’t really cares but bragging about this will certainly make people talk about your lifestyle.
Get to know the place you are living in. This applies to routes, traffic, shortcuts and all of those places is preferably to avoid.
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Know your needs and hobbies. You already have your home, now it’s up to make it comfortable according to your interests, needs and hobbies. If you work from home, arrange yourself a good looking, comfortable and organized spot to work. If you are a gamer, do it as well. If you just like to come back after work and have a bottle of wine and snacks, you can consider purchasing a table for crackers, a nice set of glasses and a nice comfortable sheet. If you are into meditation, a comfortable sheet as well, a yoga mat, etc. Everything that goes accordingly to your interests that can create a good environment.
Consider purchasing appliances with the same color, at least the most needed ones: microwaves, a nice fridge, airfryer, slow cooker, laundry machine and a BBQ. It might be overwhelming at the beginning but it not only will look fancy, it will make you feel complete. You will not have to run to the neighbor just because you need to heat your meal.
Always have some cash hidden. Up to a thousand dollar or down to a couple of dollars, you never know whenever you might need cash. Don’t limit yourself thinking credit cards or Apple money will always save you. It does, but in some occasions we need cash, especially if you’re living by your own.
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Get to know people, not only to socialize but to have someone you can count on in case of any emergency. Having friends with vehicle, especially when you don’t have one, can be convenient in case of need.
Socialize. Even if you are living with a roomie or your partner, it is important to go out once you have finished working. It will be very common that fatigue, comfort and financial debts will drag you to your couch, watching TV and doing whatsoever at your own comfort. You need to go out, at least for a walk and catch up sun.
Get yourself a nice air freshener. There are even timed ones, they can release a scent without having yourself to move. Scents like lavender, sandal, eucalyptus, rosemary, lemon and sage goes wonderful in any home, providing comfort and relax.
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Bed sheets always have to smell good. If you have a second bedroom you are not using, consider leaving it clean and organized. You don’t have to wash bed sheets every week, but you can use atomizers filling them with softeners such as Downy and every once in a while you can spray them. As well in your couches.
Learn to recycle or reuse things. You’ll find that the hard plastic container from the Chinese restaurant you ordered last night might be useful for saving food or it can be useful for any guest who came to dinner and you would like him or her to take food without compromising them returning you the container. A stained or ripped towel can be perfect for cleaning hard surfaces. Orange slices can be kept in a bottle with apple cider vinegar and it’ll work perfectly as a cleaner. Coffee leftovers can be used in your garden to avoid your cats to poop outside their box. Garlic can be used in your garden to avoid unwanted tiny little guests. Dried and already used cinnamon sticks can work as a repellent for ants. A wine bottle can be utilized to keep that used olive oil that can still work or it can be utilized as a jar, especially if the wine bottle is bigger than 1L. Veggie leftovers can be dispatched all over your garden for soil fertilizer or if you have good luck, even harvest. Fragrance floor cleaners can have some water added keeping their aroma and you will extend their usage.
Your home, your rules. This applies to friends and families. Trust me, many people, including families, are not conscious of this and will try to do whatever they want to.
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Invest in your dining table. The biggest it is, the more fancy it looks. If not, keep your small dining table the most possible neat. Do not leave things unattended there, such as pills, bills, pens, food. It doesn’t looks nice.
Learn how to play with low light. Low yellow light is relaxing and it also makes your place look fancy. You can place a low light back an art painting, a couch, a mirror or a furniture.
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A bar looks nice. If you are a drinker or if you receive friends that drinks, consider creating a small bar where you can have a couple of bottles — it looks nice.
Get a medical kit. Having a medical kit is very important. Things happen, you might fall and have a bruise, or get a knife cut, a flu, a headache, etc.. All of those incidents that won’t demand you go to a hospital. It is important to at least have pills such as paracetamol, antihistamines, stomach and acid pain reliever — the most commonly used pills. I would even advise having benzodiazepines and herbal teas for punctual anxiety or insomnia episodes.
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Learn about home duties. You will not always have the financial freedom to have someone repair your fridge, your kitchen or even paint you a room. You will have to find ways to learn even the minimum duties, such as fixing.
Cushions everywhere. Monochromatic and big cushions in your coach and in your bed will make the environment look nice and comfortable.
Educate yourself about their healthcare system. You might not get too much benefits as a foreigner in public healthcare, but you might find some — depending on the country.
Educate yourself about their local holidays. You might get surprised during a local festivity having not to work but finding yourself blue and alone while others are having fun. I remember that once I ignored for the first year about Mother’s Day. I told myself — great! I will not work and stay home. However, listening to my neighbours having fun with their families while I was home alone watching TV was something blue to experience as I immediately missed my mother. I could have perfectly avoided this by knowledge and preparing myself in advance either by going out or finding friends to hangout with.
Meet your neighbors. This is extremely important especially if you live by yourself, as you never know what incidents you might encounter with and find yourself needed of assistance. Beside, it is nice to chit chat with someone even while you’re coming back from work and having someone asking how your day was.
Purchase a big Xmas tree. Unless you’re a grinch, then avoid this advise. But if you are a Xmas lover, a big tree will always make your home look nice, comfortable and cozy. Consider decorating it with one color light and one style only. Loud and extremely shiny Xmas trees look nice but in a theme park.
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Be cautious with people. This applies as a general advice in life. If you are living by your own and you are into dating apps, be aware that not everyone is safe to know and you might not only meet people with bad intentions such as criminals and robbers, but toxic, asphyxiating and childish ones. There are so many childish people out there that just because they see you as a householder they believe you will be flexible to do anything in your home. I remember once I had a friend who I mistakenly received in my home and the days after he convinced myself to bring people over so he could have sex, since he lack of a place. Be self conscious of your limits: is your home.
Limit yourself in things you might not need at the current time. In order to save, as mentioned before, you will have to sacrifice activities or things you immediately want to have. The nice T Shirt or the nice shoes you saw in the mall shop can wait. Don’t force yourself to buy things you might not need at the current time.
Save money. You never know when unpredictable expenses come. You will find yourself amused of things you didn’t have consider shopping before and now you do, tiny details such as running out of a tomato, a damaged TV or even an accident or illness.
Avoid drinking alcohol by your own. Alcohol and isolation will be your worst enemies and they can easily drag you to bad habits and even up to depression. Avoid the most drinking beers on your own just because you had nothing to do in a Saturday night. If you are craving a lot for alcohol, invite people to come over.
Embrace your privacy. It might be common, especially if you are in your 20s, that you will like everyone to come over. You will have to be self conscious of who you allow in your home and who you don’t. You don’t have to accept everyone coming over just because you have your place. You will learn that even though some friends or family will be friendly, you will get the chance to know those who aren’t. I remember I invited some family members to stay at for a couple of weeks, and shortly after they left, they started to talk between their friends about my personal space, habits and lifestyle. Be self aware your privacy matters.
Save money with your currency. You are by yourself in a foreign country, things happen. Every country outside the US will charge you for converting them into their currency or backwards. I remember I had an emergency where I had to get back to the US immediately. I had no dollars saved, which meant that when I had to purchase them I lost a LOT of money between. Around 100 bucks I remember, perhaps not that much to average people, but once you live by yourself and you earn your own money, you become jealous and self conscious of where you are wasting it.
Consider having a food storage. Things happen, as you might lose your job or get into a financial crisis, or just as minimum, you might run out of money at the end of the month. Developing habits such as purchasing two cans of tuna, instead of one, two bottles of olive oil instead of one, whenever you can do so, do it. It might go unnoticed that you might run out of food anytime.
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Consider elegance. You have done it so far by living on your own, why not making it to next step? Educate yourself about how to decor your home with elegance. Some tips of mine could be:
At least once per week or per month, make yourself a nice exotic dinner. Rosemary, garlic, aniseed, ginger, curry, or any other exotic condiment will smell amazing in your home, providing you comfort and even a classy feeling.
Consider placing carpets, plants and mirrors. The bigger they are, the more overwhelming and nicer it looks.
Invest in comfort. If you are not renting and you have finally purchased your own home, consider investing in it, specially in everything that provides you comfort. A good looking and comfortable couch, comfortable beds, whatever makes you feel at home. I say this because for so many years I normalized sleeping in a noisy and uncomfortable bed just because I was into spending my money in shallow things, when my home is supposed to provide me comfort and not discomfort.
Avoid placing too many photographs of your family, friends or yourself. Too much photographs and this goes as well with too many small decors, will not look nice. One or two to the most are enough.
Follow local news in social media, at least to know if you will run out of water, energy or network someday. If you are in Latin or South America, this will be common.
Always keep your local IDs and passport safe at your home.
Be organized. Shoes, towels and shirts everywhere doesn’t looks nice.
Be very observer with corners where dust can get swamped. If you’re living outside the city and in a one-floor home/apartment, dust will be common. Sometimes we clean and we are not aware of some small corners that can go unnoticed until the time you receive guests.
Get familiarized with their currency. Adopt the habit of not converting their local currency into yours, neither mentally or calculating when purchasing something. Currency conversion usually have gaps that makes you lose money, as minimum they can be in pennies, but can negatively impact your pocket if you are not aware. I remember once living in Costa Rica, within the first months I was purchasing the most expensive beer and making the grocery shop at the most expensive local market, just because I thought it was cheap in my mind by calculating the currency. When I finally adapted to the country, I found out how much money I lost as I could afford cheaper beers and cheaper markets — leaving the mental currency calculator behind.
Learn how to decor. Do not purchase anything compulsively just because you liked it. Be self conscious of your inner decoration and which style you want to create. Ain’t need to be like a magazine, you can make a house look stylish with cheap and simple things as long they don’t give the image of hoarding or unmatching. Think of your inner decoration as the way you dress yourself. If you have found a pink shirt that you liked but you have nothing to match it with, then there’s no need to purchase it. Usually, monochromatic colors are elegant, most precisely white, wood, grey and black. If you are into an aesthetic, art pop or vintage home, learn how to mix colors.
Make your bed every single day. This might sound cheesy but it helps you create a discipline and it also provides you a good mental health. I can assure you it doesn’t feels the same to come back to your bed and watch it unorganized as you left it earlier, than laying into a nice, comfortable bed.
Cautiously read every single sentence of your lease. You will find that lessors can be tricky as they will try to get advantage of anything. Make sure you are signing a lease you have been fully knowledgeable of and if you don’t understand something, always ask for assistance.
Remove plastic from equipments you have used, such as couches, TVs, fridges or microwaves. They are not really pretty and they make it look trashy.
Avoid hoarding. Hoarding will drain you significantly. Learn to get rid of those things you don’t need. Big spaces such in your dining or living room will look nice, beside you’ll have space for anything you would like to do.
Do not purchase artificial flowers or plants. They are not fancy. Instead, consider purchasing real plants and even placing them in interiors.
Learn that locals will not have your same mindset and that’s ok — you’re a guest in their country.
Learn how to serve a dining table. Details such as avoid plastic dishes. Instead, purchase a nice dish collection for your guests. Glasses look nice, even though you do not serve wine, having an orange or cranberry juice looks elegant in a cup of glass. Purchase fabric napkins, at least to place them while you receive guests. It will not only look fancy but you will avoid watching paper everywhere especially during meetings. You can place a big jar with flowers you can frequently change within seasons.
Prioritize cleaning. Living in a clean and organized environment boosts up your mental health. You will find that no one will be after you, such as your mother or father, having you clean your bedroom. Do not leave anything for the next day, especially dishes and pet poop if you have pets. If you have the chance to get a cleaning lady, always consider it. I found myself that even though I consider myself clean and organized, I do have habits of my own that eventually made my apartment look dirty and smell bad, either because I was not able to clean my fridge by my own, fully wash my bathroom or clean my patio. Always, always clean everything after you have used it. If you don’t, you’ll get swamped by dirty dishes, dirty coffee makers.
Consider purchasing table games. Your guests will love having something to spend time with while either drinking, eating or just chit chatting. UNO, Monopoly, Jenga, up to you.
Prioritize your safety. Many people, especially youngers, have this criteria that in order to save money, either in rent or house price, they go to anywhere it is cheaper. Trust me: the cheaper it gets, much more unsafe it is. If you are renting, always consider paying a little bit more but for your safety.
Have your closet organized. Not needed to have every single shirt organized by its color, but at least having them correctly hanging and organized, helps your room to look nice. Packed clothes and left everywhere will not only make it look bad but will frustrate you while looking for something in the rush you might want to use.