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    Experience,  How to be alone,  Solo Living

    Learning to Live Alone In My 30s: How I Travel Is In My Hands (Most Of The Time)

    December 10, 2021 /

    When you live solo in your mid to late thirties, the experience is significantly different to your twenties. Twenties are a period of trial and error. In and out of relationships, perhaps, a time of flatmates and house parties, and the fact that you now have a paycheck (however questionably…

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    Hannah
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    Community,  Covid19,  Experience

    Starting Again At 62: A Solo Rollercoaster Ride!

    October 8, 2021 /

    Until just over a year ago, up to the age of 62, I had never lived alone. From leaving home at 16 to sharing a flat with a friend. To marrying at 19. Having a child, divorcing, marrying again, three more children. Ending up a single parent again...until I married…

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    Hannah
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    Covid19,  Experience

    Why I headed for the Highlands just after Covid restrictions were lifted

    September 2, 2021 /

    I realised my entire system was overloaded. I’ve always had a busy social diary – before Covid I was out more than I was at home. But Covid forced a lifestyle shift. A change of pace, a slowing down. An appreciation of the smaller, gentler moments.

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    Hannah
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    Health and Wellbeing,  Lifestyle

    5 Ways To Maintain A Drug-Free Lifestyle While Living Alone

    August 12, 2021 /

    If you are in recovery from a substance use problem, you definitely know how much work it took to start being drug-free. Maintaining a healthy, drug-free routine after experiencing addiction is not easy - but it IS achieveable. The right routines, regular exercise, and trigger management are all important components…

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    Hannah
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    Community,  Covid19,  Experience,  Opinion,  Solo Living

    Looking Back: A Year Living Alone During A Global Pandemic

    April 1, 2021 /

    I remember the start of the UK lockdown vividly. I was in California visiting friends when the US shut its borders. I rushed home on a nearly empty flight, wearing a respirator mask from my friend’s earthquake preparedness kit the whole way. We’re only just starting to understand the full…

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    Hannah
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    How to Feel Good About Cooking for One: Five Tips for Getting Started

    March 19, 2021 /

    Perhaps you’ve been cooking for most of your life, but aren’t used to cooking for one. Perhaps you’re new to cooking and don’t really know where to start. Whatever your circumstances, getting used to feeding just yourself can be a challenge!

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    Hannah
  • How to be alone,  Solo Living

    5 Problems You Face Only When You Live Alone

    March 4, 2021 /

    I’m such an advocate for solo living that I don’t like admitting it can have its downsides! But as with any way of life, it has good points and not-so-good. To get better at solo living, we need to get honest about the problems you face only when you live…

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    Hannah
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    Dating and Relationships,  How to be alone,  Lifestyle,  Self Awareness

    Feeling alone this Valentine’s Day? Here are 4 ways to comfort your inner Bridget Jones

    February 10, 2021 /

    You know that scene in a romantic comedy where ‘the single person’ is sitting on their couch alone drinking wine, and feeling like garbage because they wish they had someone to sweep them off their feet? It turns out that lots of people who live alone and are single have…

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    Hannah
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    Health and Wellbeing,  Lifestyle

    10 Ways to Make Outdoor Exercise More Fun When You’re By Yourself

    February 5, 2021 /

    It’s very important for our physical and mental wellbeing that we take the opportunity to exercise while coronavirus restrictions are in place. We’ve put together a list of 10 ideas that could make a walk, run or cycle around your neighbourhood more interesting, to encourage you to get your daily…

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    Hannah
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    Connection and friendship,  Research

    Connection & the key to a happy life: two TED talks that could change the way you think forever

    January 23, 2021 /

    In his phenomenal 2015 TED talk (viewed more than 36 million times), Robert Waldinger asked, ‘What keeps us healthy and happy as we go through life? If you were going to invest now in your future best self, where would you put your time and your energy?’

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    Hannah
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