The reality of living alone as a gay 28 year old in Sydney / How to live alone in a big city

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25 күн бұрын

Hey guys, welcome to the video. I will be showing you a little slice of my life living alone in Sydney.
Being alone definitely can be lonely at times, but it also has taught me, and continue to teach me many things about myself. I have time to get to know me and do things that I really want. Thank you for joining me in this journey.
I am a 28-year old guy living in Sydney who have just started my KZfaq channel in the hopes to share my journey and inspire people to living a more fulfilling life. If you enjoy what I create, I would greatly appreciate a donation to fund my creativity and create more KZfaq content. Otherwise, a like, comment or subscribe goes a long way. Thank you so much.
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@jm7804 22 күн бұрын

I love how you plate that dinner like it came from a restaurant. It makes the eating experience more enjoyable. People forget that step so often. That soft boiled egg is perfection. What a nice lifestyle you have cultivated for yourself. I'm sure there are lots of guys who would love to change your single status to coupled, but it looks like you're living your best life right now.

@joeyroey 22 күн бұрын

@@jm7804 I always try to make myself nicely plated meals. It’s a way of showing love to yourself :) Thanks for your comment! Appreciate it 🙌🏼

@TenOrbital 3 күн бұрын

No other way to live. Spent most of my adult life in live-together relationships and now I'm happy to have (and keep) my own space and freedom.

@johnbrooksjr3255 20 күн бұрын

Hi, I was alone for 43 years before I found the love of my life. You do not have to settle, keep your standards. Enjoy your life

@lukeronan8842 16 күн бұрын

Best advice ever

@kossttamojaan Күн бұрын

30+ years living alone, felt lonely for a long time but now I wouldn't have it any other way. the drama I see people go through no thank you. peace quiet and solitude are absolute heaven.

@Alexander-re7zr 12 күн бұрын

Recently your channel appeared in my recommendations, becoming addicted to it lol, loving the selection of music and the aesthetic editing

@joeyroey 11 күн бұрын

@@Alexander-re7zr welcome and thank you :) keep an eye out for the next vid

@bennyboost 22 күн бұрын

Your meals look so delicious, and your apartment just has such a wonderful homely vibe about it.

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

@@bennyboost plants really do help making a place cozy 😌

@user-me6fi3eb7c 17 күн бұрын

I’m 66-years-old and have lived alone for a total of 40 years. No roommate, thank you. And with lovers, I keep my space and he keeps his. When you eat alone, do you read (books, magazines, etc.), view television, or something on your cell phone 📱? It eases the loneliness. Listening to music 🎶 helps set the mood. Cleaning up after yourself right away helps. But if cleaning 🧹 up after cooking and eating, plus doing laundry 🧺 and cleaning your restroom and bedroom gets to be more time than you want to spend, hire a cleaning 🧼 person twice a month helps if you can afford it. I do not bring strangers to my home.

@babyme1180 15 күн бұрын

Have whataapp ?

@KJ-mf3lz Күн бұрын

We can learn so much from your approach to life. Thank you for sharing. Stay true.

@joeyroey Күн бұрын

Always 👍🏽 thank you

@stevenmorris4011 4 күн бұрын

Awesome Joey I just subscribed to your channel I definitely be watching more thanks bro ❤

@girlrock555 18 күн бұрын

loving your super aesthetic vlogs! Your apartment is goals.

@desmondgallagher5648 17 күн бұрын

You live a good life Bro. Peace and quiet

@shawnwert4277 8 күн бұрын

Wow your food looks delicious. Live your best life. My husband and I are visiting Australia in November for the first time. Can’t wait!

@travisszolkowski594 20 күн бұрын

Love your video and jazz tunes too. Also inspired me to check out the scrambled tofu omelette 😊

@joeyroey 18 күн бұрын

It’s delish!

@sylvaniaboi 19 күн бұрын

Finding and making friends in Sydney is extremely hard. Sydney born and bred - I got out and used to go out with some friends on Friday nights to Bears @ the Beresford. That was 1999 to 2023 - and then my friends all coupled up. That was it - over all. At 59 - I got out of Sydney 4 yrs ago - own place out Central West - but trying to find anyone new here is close to impossible. Best of luck living in Sydney : expensive and it's about meeting on apps (with the bars closed / gone).

@BpGregor 19 күн бұрын

At least they were still around. I lived through the 70's & 80's. I knew at least 100 people. Something was always happening and then we got hit with a huge "truck" - AID's. In less than one year the number of people I knew were about 4 or maybe 5. Many died and some moved "back home" and some just seemed to disappear. Everywhere was unsafe - not just sexually. People got beat up just for being gay; some even killed. And that was San Francisco!

@Phoenix-uv2ok 14 күн бұрын

The problem is more pronounced in the Western world unfortunately.

@ItsJonsizzle 21 күн бұрын

Great vloggg mate!!!!🙌🏼def learned some of your angles here. Keep it up!!🫶🏼

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

@@ItsJonsizzle ayyy thanks man! I actually took inspiration from you in regards to story telling. Your stories are so good 🙌🏼

@travisp224 22 сағат бұрын

love your video Joey, just subscribed, and watching from Ca, have a great day and keep up the cool videos!

@charlesmichaelpaiz135 15 күн бұрын

Your video was in my feed...WOW. very entertaining, interesting, and good looking. Thanks for sharing your a piece of your life. Subscribed. Two videos in, so far

@paulwaters753 20 күн бұрын

Just came across your channel great video 🙂 I live alone aswell and love it

@joeyroey 18 күн бұрын

Living alone is great! Definitely learning a lot more about myself

@user-xq2rh2ih8t 18 күн бұрын

You're a great cook, some guy will be lucky to have you in his life!

@simonsmatthew 2 сағат бұрын

I lived a lot like you did in London. But I always wanted to live with someone. I wish I could have just enjoyed living alone and being young. You do that and you know how great it can be.

@sweetseeker6437 17 күн бұрын

I’m a new subscriber…i’m living alone for 15 years now…there are times that you really feel lonely or when your happy hormones are down, so i eat chocolates, drink milk, have a good cup of coffee, pure chocolate drinks, play my all time sport, watch movies, and read books. Hanging out with friends also helps. Stay fit, watch your health and watch your soul.

@coach_sambarnes 23 күн бұрын

Hey man! Just subscribed. I love this kind of calm, relaxing content 👌

@joeyroey 23 күн бұрын

hey there, thanks so much! im glad my little piece of life reached you

@Sadude13 23 күн бұрын

@@joeyroey and the youtube algorithm strikes again.

@joeyroey 22 күн бұрын

@@Sadude13 haha glad it showed up in your algorithm ;)

@AussieDJRemixes 21 күн бұрын

That's a real contrast of my life, not so relaxing. My days are chopping wood, mowing lawns using a ride on mower, building sheds, knocking walls out in the house to open it up, dogging kangaroos and wombats while driving into town. I had my time in Sydney. I Deejayed in the clubs and pubs of Oxford St in the 80s, a visit to Sydney these days is short, too many people. You seem to like it and that's ok, enjoy it, all the best.

@Holdfast 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for this glimpse into your life!

@miguellehman6951 11 күн бұрын

Welcome to u tube..nice vlog thanks.... a lot of us.live alone.. nice to see Sydney..lol❤❤❤❤

@dennisstoddard2008 21 күн бұрын

Unless there is something left unsaid, I seriously cannot see why you are alone

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

Appreciate your comment! I have amazing friends and family ❤ also I’ve learnt so much about myself from spending time alone. Solitude > loneliness

@desmondgallagher5648 17 күн бұрын

Why? Would being with someone put him in a better position? I was unaware that compromise and brain damage was a benefit.

@queerfusion 14 күн бұрын

He wants to be alone, there’s only 2 reasons for being alone. 1. Want 2. Too fussy

@1900trent 19 күн бұрын

thanks for your sharing of life there in sydney….much appreciated…..take good care and keep smiling always inside and out 👍👍👍👍👍🐝🐝

@joeyroey 18 күн бұрын

@@1900trent will do, thanks 🫶🏼

@gumdokim 11 күн бұрын

I'm a 53 yo half Korean American woman and enjoy being alone, I have 2 cats and live with my mom. I've been divorced for 17 years now. By the way, I love the shoes you wore to the gym and subbed your channel.

@jonmerlino 21 күн бұрын

love this so much! subscribed!

@joeyroey 20 күн бұрын

Thank you :) I also watched your bf’s bday vlog. Keep doing what you’re doing 💙

@Hawk-kz4mn 11 күн бұрын

love this!

@jazze63 18 күн бұрын

I am so glad i´m not young anymore because being gay now must be exhausting with all the high standards every one have with looks and physique..

@jamesoldman3021 10 күн бұрын

I think you have hit the most important thing about living by yourself. Make yourself proper meals and prepare as if you have a person coming you want to impress. I have been doing it for decades.

@simonsmatthew 2 сағат бұрын

Yes it works. Soon my cooking got so good I was not happy with restaurant food.

@jonblock1871 16 күн бұрын

Hey bud. Check out the writing of Bella DePaul. She's an advocate of "single at heart". I came to San Francisco in 1983 right out of college, and have lived the single life here since 1988. It's been absolutely fantastic and wouldn't trade it for anything.

@humlocker 18 күн бұрын

I can relate to you, I thought I was the only gay person living like this way, thanks for posting, I am trying to break away from being single gay, So I start to sign up to date guys online but its like throwing a fishing rod in polluted pond if you know what I mean, almost gay men are looking for sex or hookup. So who ever is reading this and live in the San Antonio / Austin area and wants to date. Hit me up guys, just be athletic type like me and anywhere between 21-40yo btw the Spurs jersey you try on was a good fit for you!

@frederickhongfat5961 21 күн бұрын

new subscriber...love your vids..so relaxing and beautiful..you also make the perfect boiled eggs! wow man!!!

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

Right? I struggled for so long boiling eggs wrong. I’ve cracked the code 😈

@kevinwilliams-ub7uy 21 күн бұрын

Pt trainers are the best for smashing the physique /iv had different ones over 10 years now 👌

@joeyroey 18 күн бұрын

I agree. It’s money worth spending.

@thr33wisemonks78 6 күн бұрын

I've been living alone for 25+ years and I intend to keep it that way. I'm not a relationship person I'm a mateship person because I've always falling out of love because I'm stubborn and I like to do things my way. I've worked full time for about the same time I've held my employment and payed my taxes. When I travel the world, I buy campervans and sleep in them then when I leave that country, I sell it and use the money to buy another vehicle at the next country destination and so on. I dine myself out to cafe's and whatever restaurant's tickle my fancy. So yeah, I'm happy with just me and my mates.

@enchiladacat8786 14 күн бұрын

Love your house plant! What’s the bendy one in the white pot?

@joeyroey 14 күн бұрын

@@enchiladacat8786 frangipani :)

@enchiladacat8786 14 күн бұрын

@@joeyroey love it! I also just stumbled across your houseplant video. Thanks for creating such soothing content. Good night!💤

@jameswalker68 21 күн бұрын

Love the chill background music - so soooothing!! My jaw dropped to the floor when you said your rent is $520 per week!! That's insane for 1 person!! I hope you don't mind me asking, what do you do to be able to afford that?

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

My rent is $500/week, $520 is the one I was inspecting. But yes it’s still expensive. Can you believe that’s actually lower end price for a 1 bedroom in Sydney? It’s usually $700-800/ week. Crazy! I work as a registered nurse

@jameswalker68 21 күн бұрын

@@joeyroey WOW!! That’s almost criminal really. I’m really glad you are able to afford it - ur place is so lovely and cosy 🙂 I live in Melbourne - just wonder where it’s all going to end sometimes, just to keep a roof over our heads. Thanks so much for getting back to me. Hope ur doing well Joe

@Searat7 19 күн бұрын

Great place and you seem to have a good life there. What do you do for a living ? I live in Bangkok (Silom) in 1 bedroom condo for 28,000 baht ($765 USD). Paying for rent by the week seems crazy but I know that is how it is done there.

@rafmadrigal 20 күн бұрын

Your vids are so high quality. What camera/ device are you using?

@joeyroey 18 күн бұрын

Thanks! I use DJI osmo pocket 3 creator combo

@user-ix4wn1th5m 22 күн бұрын

Im a New Zealander. I once lived and worked in Sydney. From 1991 - 2001. I went out alot , on the nightlife scene back then. I like living back in New Zealand now. Its my country of birth. Its where my roots are. From Carl.

@joeyroey 22 күн бұрын

@@user-ix4wn1th5m New Zealand is amazing. I went to Queenstown last year. Thanks for your comment !

@radhwanedib8741 18 күн бұрын

you're amazing!!!!

@MaisonHilario 15 күн бұрын

02:05 hello David Guison! :)

@steveinpalmspringsca 16 күн бұрын

What a nice day. Happy Fourth of July.! 🎇👍

@leosheppard8517 19 күн бұрын

Heya matey. Hoping your overnight parking wasn’t expensive

@beauy1980 17 күн бұрын

What a lovely guy! Keep living your best life 😊

@markbaxter8748 3 күн бұрын

Nice job

@7728abbott 22 күн бұрын

Great song @ the gym.

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

@@7728abbott which scene? music is from epidemic sounds :)

@7728abbott 21 күн бұрын

@@joeyroey 1st gym scene. Awesome!

@biggooseadventures 13 күн бұрын

Nice video

@86breakfastclub 17 күн бұрын

I prefer my own company

@decepticons_destroy 13 күн бұрын

42 and have never lived with a partner or roommate. Now I’m living in a van with my furbaby

@jamessayers4046 22 күн бұрын

Hey there, new to your channel, enjoying laid back and relaxed vlogs! Lefties noticed other lefties😂May I ask your ethnicity, Filipino (my husband is Filipino)?

@joeyroey 22 күн бұрын

@@jamessayers4046 hey! Yes I’m Filipino. How did you notice I was a lefty? 😂

@jamessayers4046 22 күн бұрын

@@joeyroey as I said both my husband and I are both lefties, we notice other lefties👍 salamat po!

@Traveltheme706 20 күн бұрын

Im a lefty too and my hubby is filo aswell

@Traveltheme706 20 күн бұрын

Gread editing and nice looking apartment

@joeyroey 20 күн бұрын

Glad you like it 🙌🏼

@musicon3 18 күн бұрын

your food looks so gooooddddd

@kaffir76 21 күн бұрын

So true. I cook my meals in my shorts too. 😂😂

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

When I’m at home honestly less clothing the better 😂

@jjmac83 20 күн бұрын

What suburb and how much is rent?

@hazeldc 20 күн бұрын

New subscriber here 😂

@buddhabowlcafe3515 20 күн бұрын

Thanks for visiting us at the cafe in Newtown. Hope to welcome you back again soon. 🙏

@joeyroey 16 күн бұрын

Will be back soon ❤

@jasonberkowitz4754 17 күн бұрын

Cool video! You eat a lot of burrito, guess it’s your favorite food

@joeyroey 16 күн бұрын

It’s that obvious huh 😂

@Haggiedc2 16 күн бұрын

You should not be alone. You are a gorgeous man.

@stevenmorris4011 4 күн бұрын

You seem very fit I want to loose some body fat then tone gain muscle I have no idea were to start

@joeyroey 4 күн бұрын

@@stevenmorris4011 might make a video about that 🙌🏼

@fadzilfadzil6001 19 күн бұрын

You dnt need a fitness instructor. U can build your bod on your own, Carry HEAVY , EAT MORE … u will GROW

@EA00000 21 күн бұрын

Haw much is rent $800 a week ? Sydney is crazy city ?

@joeyroey 18 күн бұрын

It’s the second most expensive city to live in

@idxart1509 21 күн бұрын

@akabucy2456 19 күн бұрын

you are adorable!!

@sinyochannel82 5 күн бұрын

hello, greeting from Indonesia

@stevenaranastv 12 күн бұрын

Is that David Guison’s vlog?

@joeyroey 12 күн бұрын

@@stevenaranastv yes hahaa

20 күн бұрын

Better to have a long, healthy life, alone, than catching diseases. This is not the 70's!

@simonsmatthew Сағат бұрын

Yes there is so much promiscuity again, it worries me where this may go.

@kevinkunzmann8782 20 күн бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@kendallbr9166 18 күн бұрын

You are so cute I’m 28 single af since I born lol 😢😂

@MeMyselfandmyAI 19 күн бұрын

Hello from Brazil. You are so handsome. Kisses from David (47 y.o.)🥰😍😘

@vaukah8949 22 күн бұрын

What a nice lifestyle you have cultivated for yourself.

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

@@vaukah8949 I like to think so too, thanks!

@CamMcGinn1981 4 күн бұрын

I can't tell you how much I envy you.

@moodyga40 19 күн бұрын

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@burnhardleeyow 3 күн бұрын

Hello! New subscriber here. Can you recommend a foreign friendly gay bar in Sydney?

@joeyroey 3 күн бұрын

@@burnhardleeyow palms, stonewall both on Oxford st

@tinayang3845 18 күн бұрын

What are you living off, just YT income? I couldn't afford Sydney house prices.

@joeyroey 16 күн бұрын

I have a full time job that’s not YT

@sfllouis2117 6 күн бұрын

You call that a small apartment, you should see mine its really small

@stantalentstanskz3662 19 күн бұрын

caught ure watching david and angelique on yt and confirmed ure filipino haha

@joeyroey 16 күн бұрын

Yessss 👏🏼

@9Crow 15 күн бұрын

most of us live alone it is not uncommon. i had roommates before i liked that too. both have there pros and cons i guess.

@1alexdude 17 күн бұрын

Man those eggs actually look perfect, what’s the secret?

@joeyroey 16 күн бұрын

@@1alexdude 6 mins to boil then cold bath. Works every time 👌🏼

@axr.2115 12 күн бұрын

that rly is the perfect boiled egg omg

@BobbyTanDowd 4 күн бұрын

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@curtpadgett40 22 күн бұрын

New here.enjoyed 😊your video ...your place looks great..

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

@@curtpadgett40 welcome to my channel! Great to have you on my journey

@lancemartin354 16 күн бұрын

You are living beautiful lol life in Sydney I guess ❤

@fieldsofgold775 19 күн бұрын

I would have loved being able to live by myself in Sydney at the same age. Instead I lived with a lot of idiots. & I always had a lover to make things busy. I was constantly distracted. Now I’m so much happier and focused single. For life😂.

@joeyroey 18 күн бұрын

@@fieldsofgold775 trust me, I’ve had my fair share of of living so the idiots. I should make a video about it 😂

@CanadianMonarchist 2 күн бұрын

You’re very handsome. ❤

@carriecharlottemirandasamantha 8 күн бұрын

😘😘😘😘🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰😻😻💖

@user-uw7yb6xf7d 21 күн бұрын

How can you afford more than 500 a week...unbelievable. i am paying Euro 750 month..and it is too much.!!! Like ur Video and remember me to wonderful time end of '90 in Australien. Greetx from Frankfurt. Kai

@sjb2471 21 күн бұрын

Boah, €750 pro Monat in Ffm ist extrem günstig - in welchem Wohngebiet? Das habe ich vor 8 Jahren in Bornheim zahlen müssen für 30m2, und die Wohnung war nichts besonders… Der Typ hier wohnt sehr zentral in Sydney in einem echt schönen Wohnbereich. 500 AUD ist etwa €1.200 pro Monat, und außerdem sind die Gehälter hier generell höher (außer Finanzbereich in Frankfurt, LOL) als in Deutschland. $500 ist schon vernünftig.

@joeyroey 21 күн бұрын

My current rent is $500/ week. I was inspecting a place for $520. But honestly, this is cheap for a 1 bedroom in Sydney. A decent, modern 1 bedroom apartment here is like $700-$800. It’s crazy.