I lived alone all through college and it was THE BEST! It was expensive, but having full control over my space was so good for the craziness of college life.

Honestly ur reaction to the bug, i felt that energy

I have lived alone longer than I have lived with someone, and I LOVE being alone! I do work on a college campus, so I get that constant interaction during the day with co-workers and students, so it is soooo very nice to come home at the end of the day to a nice, quiet house that is all mine. I can do whatever I want. I usually have the TV going, but I love being able to turn it off and just be silent whenever I want. You can't really get that time when you have roommates. I don't always love being single, but I do love my home being my own.

This video came at the perfect time, I’m heading into my third week of living on my own and I’ve been worrying about feeling too lonely, this was definitely a bit of closure for me about the good and bad things ❤️

Your reaction to the bug is priceless!!! I'm 35 (and probably the oldest follower you have lol) and I live alone since I was 21. I love it even when I share most of the cons you mentioned.

I still live at home always have, but since my dad passed that has been an lerning experence it self. the one thing was that he wasnt coming back and also lerning to do tasked that he would do like the garbage, changing the water filter any many more. I live with my mom and sister so I am not all alone.

i'm moving out of my parents house into my first apartment (alone) in 2 days.. Thank you for this video!!

I've lived with roommates in college where we shared the same room, I've lived with a suitemate in college where we shared the same bathroom/kitchen, I've lived in the same suite in college by myself after my suitemate graduated, and now I live with two roommates in my first apartment. And honestly, I kind of enjoyed living alone in my suite the most because I'm a very clean person which has made it hard to live with other people because everyone is messy to me.

Im 32 years old and I would say from age 24-26 I've saved for a down payment while living with parents. Since moving out I've always lived alone and really really enjoyed. -I have a balanced social life -I enjoy recharging after a long week/day at work -I love the feeling of freedom -I hate small talk -Sometime I feel like doing nothing all weekend(this is hard to do when you live with others judging you) -I find it easier to get stuff done

Been searching for videos on this topic and loved this one!

I am 20 and I have been living alone abroad for a couple months and I have been both loving and hating it My mental health as been the worst and the best, I love the freedom and independence of living alone but hat that sometimes I feel so lonely

I really think it’s important for women to live alone at least once in their life... so many people stay in unhealthy domestic situations because they’re afraid of having to deal with everything themselves, and I think that’s such a shame. Women, embrace the opportunity to be financially independent for a period of time, learn to budget on your own, have an emergency fund, learn to cook, learn to be resourceful. It’s so worth it to have that concrete experience to fall back on just in case you ever need to change your living situation suddenly at some point.

I’m super excited to watch!! ❤️ I’ll probably be living alone within a year or two and I’ve always wondered what it’s like

I still live with my parents but I really hope that when I’m out of college and got a stable job I can get the chance to live by myself for a while, I’m sure it’s gonna be stressful as hell but I think at least once in our life time we should experience it!

I ADORE LIVING ALONE. Best feeling ever!

Just moved out and am living alone for the first time. The silence can be too much sometimes but I’m really looking forward to this experience.

I relate so much to this! Since moving to Canada i’ve lived with a host family, a landlady, and a housemate. The last two they were mostly not at home and so I’ve unintentionally lived alone without meaning to. But now I’m thinking about getting my own place. I like how you mentioned having the freedom to create and film videos because those are also factors for me. I also appreciate how you mentioned that youre worried about isolating yourself too much as this is my concern too, so your advice of having intentional, scheduled social time helps!

I dont live alone, but my roommate and I use separate bathrooms. There was a spider in my shower in the far corner, too far for me to reach anyway. I don't like killing any creature unless they are a threat to me in my home, then it's just instinct. I made a deal with him: you stay in your corner and I'll stay in mine, and I won't kill you. Well he listened...for about a month. He got bigger, and one day he started coming closer and closer. I told him "we made a deal!" and I swear he looked at me before dropping down closer. That spider was dead in a matter of seconds LOL

The way you trapped that bug, my scared ass could neeeever 😭

I just discovered your channel a week ago and I watched soooo many of your videos - just bindge watched them. And when yesterday in school I saw a notification about a new video I got so excited. I haven't had this strong "I can't wait to go home and watch it" feeling about a youtube video for a while now! I seriously enjoy your videos soooo much! Especially the more vlogy/life style ones! Keep up the good work! And watch out for the bugs ;)

I love living alone.

This is such great timing! I'm about to move to my first truly 1-bedroom/living alone situation in a month and a half and I'm super excited but also trying to anticipate things about living alone that I might not be aware of. Thanks for a great video : )

Living alone has been such an amazing experience. Like you, I feel like it’s really taught me how to be comfortable with just myself and has increased my independence. I highly recommend it as well. Also, that bug reaction 😂

I love living solo! The peace & quiet, the control you have over the environment, all that stuff is amazing. One thing I do to make sure I don't go crazy is I keep a bunch of post-it notes with cute lil messages around. Btw, I loved your lipstick in this video 😱😱

I miss having my own apartment lol don't regret moving in with my bf and his friends but I do miss it sometimes

Could you do a video on how to make a cleaning/chores routine and how to stick to it? I’ve lived alone for 4 years but it’s still my biggest struggle 😭 Also my one tip in addition to what you said (especially the leave the house every day, that’s a really good one that I try to always do so I don’t go crazy and my mental health doesn’t plummet) is that you should have all the basic medicine you would need in case you get ill. I got the flu and was sick for a week last year and didn’t have a thermometer/ anything to lower the fever, I did not have a good time 😅😅

I’ve been a student living with roommates for around 5 years now (college & university) and I am dying for my own space! I think everyone reaches a point where you’re over the roommate experience lol

So excited to watch this😍 I love how much effort you put into your videos

I love living alone. I can’t imagine living with someone. This is my space. I live with three hamsters so I’m not really alone haha.

I'm currently in my final year of University (in England) and I live on my own. To start with, the loneliness was a bit of a challenge. However, as I've gotten used to it, I now totally love it. I really relate to what you were saying about it helping your centre in your relationships and connections with other people. It's also really nice to be able to decide when I want to socialise and when I want to get my head down and study. I'm actually a HUGE extrovert and so have a tendency to over-commit socially. Living on my own forces me to take time out so that that doesn't happen. I'd recommend at least trying it to everyone!

I'm considering moving out of my parents' house so this comes 100% at the right time.

Even I had been struggling about this, as I live alone too and had some of the similar situation as you and glad you ❤️ made the video and helped others out who were confused about this😁✌🏻

Thanks for your video! I also wondered about the bathroom stuff xD I've moved out of my parents' house for a month now and for the moment it's pretty tough. I miss the confort and the life that my home always had. The freedom and the need to take care of yourself are pretty exciting sometimes, but definitely not counterbalancing the cons.

Here in Italy we don't necessarily move out for college (there's really no dorms), so I've been living with my parents even in college and honestly I can't wait to move out❤️

Your folks must be so proud! Love all the practical ideas. I’m inspired by your ideas!

Wow Caitlin you're my guru's life. Im traying to move myself and this video was awsome. Also i did the personality test and I learned a lot of me. Thanks, thanks

Right now, I'm doing an exchange semester in Italy and I live in a room with four other people. It's crazy and what you talk about seems like heaven, but still I like the experience of sharing your space with so many other cultures and lifes

I kind of went the other way around - when I moved out of my parents house for university I started living on my own right away, which I loved at first but then found out I would feel lonely and sad very easily, so this year I started having roommates so that I would at least have people around the house and stuff. It is an adjustment, the opposite of yours with now being alone. I have to get used to other people things lying around, noise in the morning or at night when I want to sleep, sharing a bathroom etc. I haven't quite decided if I like it or not though

I'm in college right now and after a lot of highly stressful accommodation situations I now found a room+toilet with shared kitchen. That's GREAT. I can be alone whenever I like but always have someone to talk to at dinner :)

I love how this video is put together. Thank you so much!

It's hard to be an ambivert as I am also but it's an amazing experience.. ❤️ Vaccum cleaner has been a great great buddy for me as well and will be for the rest of my life. One tip : Always keep A spatula or jars or something to capture the bugs, spiders, etc in every place where you sit, especially your kitchen.

i’m currently in my first year of university, and i’ve stayed in a single room in my university’s dorm during my first semester. was initially a little bummed out i was gonna be living alone in a single room, but i actually really enjoyed having my own space and the freedom to do anything i wanted to do at any time (i study really late into the night and have occasional breakdowns from time to time HAHA). i’m continuing my stay in the same room for the rest of my first year, and moving forward i think i’ll continue staying in a single room (instead of a double room) if i choose to continue staying in dorm! also,, the bugs are definitely the WORST part of living alone... my own way of dealing with them is having some kind of book/paper/magazine that you can whack them with - the bigger the better, since you have a bigger chance of hitting them. i know it’s cruel and some people would rather not kill the bugs, but i’m sorry bud, we can’t live together. u-u

I actually just moved out by myself so this video had great timing!

I can never leave my appartement, without checking my electronic devices & the stove, I‘m so paranoid. Tipp: taking a photo of it, is the only that gives me peace of mind, cause I can ceck again that the stove really is not on. 😂

I'm currently living alone for the first time and it's great! My last roommate situation wasn't the greatest and my stress levels have definitely gone down since moving out 😂

I`m in college and living alone in China actually. Online shopping becomes your best friend in here! You need to find coupons and buy everything in bulk. When the stuff that you use daily runs out, and you go out to buy you actually start to feel like an adult. I was always cleaning and cooking when i was living with my parents, that didn`t change at all but eating alone feels weird some time to time. Also living alone makes you stay at home, so i try to go outside, run or ride my bicycle around the campus or sometimes i go out to eat. Every Friday there`s a language club that I go and it feels nice. My only advice is just to be careful and make local friends！ 加油！祝大家好运！

You finding that bug made my day! I hate to say I laughed out loud, but only because I would have reacted the same way! ☺️

I live with my brother and a roommate so luckily I still have someone familiar around and not just strangers. I am also a student and hang out with friends from school but last winter break when all my friends were gone I experienced what loneliness feels like. I am normally very independent and like my alone time however I felt a bit of depression for the first time in my life. I felt sad continuously and didn't have a real reason for it, but I was able to identify the root of my loneliness and make concrete efforts to pull myself back up and be happy again. So now I know more about my social needs and make sure to have more balance in my life!

love vacuuming bugs up and then I try to find lots of dust to suck up after to make sure they hopefully don't escape the vacuum. Also that was a stink bug, they are the worst and scary. I vacuumed a bunch of those at my last apartment. I liked living alone and being independent. Plus it's nice to not worry about someone else's schedule, because I am a morning person and like to be up and doing things early even on weekends.

I had been doing the roommate thing for years, but then in July 2019 finally moved into my own apartment. It was def a hard transition for me. A lot of sleepiness nights worrying if I can do this and huge feeling of lonely ness. What sucks is .... just when I starting coming around getting comfortable living a lone, Covid shutdown hit and social life paused. Made miss having a roommate just for someone to live with and bond with over this quarantine bullshit.

Living alone is worth every penny. Having your own space and true privacy is so important. Also, there's a security and satisfaction to be gained knowing that you can be self-sufficient and take care of yourself when the chips are down. That said as a woman I sleep with a baseball bat within reach. Never had to use it, but it feels good to know it's there :)

Leaving the bathroom door open every time is definitely one of the best things 🤣 I live alone for 5 years now but I only have 26sqm

I also loved living alone. People found it weird that I preferred living alone over living with others, but I loved having full control over the space and my life, I suppose.

I live with my brother and my dog in a small apartment. We both go to the same university so it made sense we lived together. The only thing I wish we could do was divide the chore, he always leaves them to me and I always say no but I can’t stand the apartment looking like a complete mess

this is so good - love the idea of leaving your apartment once a day!

To live alone you gotta know how to do alot of things like washing dishes cooking doing the laundry cleaning etc

great, informative, and amusing video! loved it! thank u and keep up the good work

I live with three roommates in a suite style dorm (two bedrooms, one shared living space). It is a little different, but for the most part it remains the same as my home life.

I've been living alone for 14 years. My tips are...1. Always have a baseball bat. You never know when you need it. 2. You get a chance to get to know yourself better. There's always self love and care, when you're home alone. 3. You get into a better routine. Scheduling is a lot easier. 4. You have a place to go to when you need to recharge. If you're not a people person, you at least have a place to call your own. 5. You can decorate your home the way you want.

i love the thumbnail!

Lol that bug had perfect timing 😂

I definitely miss living alone, but moving to a more expensive town meant I couldn't afford it anymore and I hate it. Unless you work from home you never have to worry about being lonely because you'll always be socialising with work or school

Congratulations on your "My Experience Living Alone" inspirational thanks for sharing. 💌

I love this corner 🙏🏼 new sub

I hate bugs so much! I'm 23 years old and I still ask my mom to squish bugs for me because I'm just too grossed out to do it!

I highly recommend a cat for the bugs xD My kitties kinda save me a LOT of hassle :D

I'm living abroad, I have room mates but they don't speak English so it feels like I live alone - just make the space your own and try to find something to look forward to every day/week :3

your videos are so informative!

Hi Caitlin! Found your channel because I **might** attend Rotman School of Management this fall! Do you have any tips for international students like maybe how much an average apartment near UofT costs, fave hangout spots, etc! Hope you're having a blast xoxo

I'm considering to move out of my parent's house and watching you made me think that it's time, but at the same time, I feel really scared to be alone all the time. A January I planned that I wanted to move out this month but then corona happened and I'm now I feel like I don't know if I should wait till coming back to the office and then move out or do it now.

Wow, I really want to be able to do things without people there! Great video 👍❤️

I love this video! I still love with my parents currently, but hoping to move out on my own by next August/September! As a follow up to this video, would you be interested in making a video listing things you might need when you're moving out for the first time, like what are the most important items to have right off the bat

Haha! I just had to take a stink bug out of my place the other day. Not fun...those suckers move fast! And it was loud! I had never heard them before. Not cool.

I'm Italian and now, in my area, this is the perfect time/season for that type of bugs (I think they're called "shield bugs" in English (sort of?)): it doesn't matter how we live, it doesn't matter that we have moquito nets on every windows...they're always find a way into the house XD We find at least a couple every day, while outside there are plenty of them D: But I live almost in the countryside, so I think it's a normal thing XD I've not fear of bugs but since we dry our laundry outside, on our balcony, it might happen to find a bug inside a sock or a tshirt and feel this little crawling on you ...

I've only ever lived with family (I live in California lol, it's hard to make enough to live on your own), mostly because I'm still in college and will be for another 6 years. But I recently moved out of my dads house because my grandma is closer and I can help take care of her, and my dad is. Not. Taking. It. Well. Everytime I visit him, he keeps asking if I need money, or if I need anything (like contacts or school books), and everytime he says hi/bye he's always kinda clingy and acting like we may never see each other again

Hello! I've just graduated out of high school actually, but I'm most likely gonna go abroad for studying and possibly for working & settling down too. My fear with living alone later is the safety and security since there won't be another person checking in on you, noticing you're gone, etc. Is my fear actually a significant part of living alone, or am I just overthinking things? 😅

Love you

I literally have the same reaction whenever there's a spider in my apartment 🤣

Prolly when i grow up enough I'll live alone alone in my own apartment or own.

omg your lipstick is GORGE - what is it? 😍😍😍

I think the cons are more than pros

Do you have any KZfaq tips? I started a new channel

What do u do to tackle sex urge?

Hi! Are you portuguese?

Omg you used my question. 😂👍🏼

That bug is called bärfis in Swedish, which if you do a direct translation to English means berryfart. Feeling the bug pain, though. Creepy crawlies are NOT funny. Specially spiders...

My big advice is get an animal. That would really help me

we have the same name

What's that lipstick???💄😍😍😍

It's so cool that you're vegetarian!

That's a bedbug!! In Italy they're everywhere these months and I spend my days throwing them out :(( Btw great video, do agree especially on buying stuff and keep it in a pantry! It saved my life when I lived abroad alone for almost a year :)

The Pros and the Cons? Well, I am a Pro and I stay away from the Cons!!!

What's your only fans?

Get a cat, that will fix the bug problem and also the problem of not having anyone to talk to 😂😂

You're vegetarian but your solution to encountering spiders is to vacuum them up? What kind of vegetarian are you? It's so disappointing you'd chose to kill a spider over having compassion. FYI, dangerous spiders to humans in Ontario are extremely rare, most of them are harmless. Especially house spiders