I live alone. How do I feel less isolated in my neighborhood"
Curbed?s advice columnist wants to help you solve even more of your biggest solo-dwelling dilemmas
Welcome to House Rules, Curbed?s advice column; today, our columnist answers questions about the psychological side of living alone. (The last column explored whether living alone is worth it.) Other house-related dilemmas" Send them to [email protected].
There are many mornings when I struggle to find the motivation to get out of bed and face the world. Living on my own, it?s far too easy to just turn the alarm off, roll over, and go back to sleep, or to lie there in bed thinking about how tired I am and how pointless existing is. There?s no one to hustle me out of bed or to put the kettle on for me, and likewise no one that I have to be out of bed to hustle or make tea for. This isn?t a cry for help?I?m getting good mental health treatment and medication has worked wonders for me?but I could use some practical suggestions of how to make getting up in the morning seem like a goshdarned good idea! ?Snoozing in Connecticut
When I?m emerging into consciousness, I sometimes miss being awakened by my mom, who angelically brought me coffee in bed every morning when I was in high school. But I?m also deeply thankful I?m no longer in danger of being awakened by my dad, who would start each day of our childhoods by snapping on our bedroom lights, pulling off our covers, bellowing ?Up and at ?em!? at us, and, if that didn?t do the trick, squeezing water from a cold wash...
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