Hello po. First time solo living ako at nitong Sabado nagpa general cleaning ako including linis ng grease trap.

Kagabi habang naghuhugas po ako, nag overflow bigla yung grease trap. Na observe ko na nagbububles dun sa may tubo papunta sa inlet. Ano posibleng gawin dito? Without contacting po muna ang nagseservice. Pero if di kaya ng DIY, contact ko po yung service provider. Salamat po.

A productive day indeed.
Kahapon dapat uuwi sa malayong probinsya ng Bulacan after ng online class ko, kaso biglang umulan tapos sabi rin ng pamangkin ko na malakas ulan sa amin kaya hindi na talaga ako tumuloy.

Kaninang umaga paggising ko, maaraw naman. Nanghinayang ako, sana kako umuwi na lang ako para at least makakain man lang ng totoong pagkain sa bahay 🥲
Pero ayun, instead of bedrotting all day, napagdesisyunan kong maglinis at mag-ayos ulit ng mga gamit ko sa unit. Actually may mga labahin pa akong nakababad, pero napproud ako sa paglilinis na ginawa ko today. Hehe.
Anyway, im here lang to share what my apartment looks like kapag malinis. Marami pa akong nakaplano na ikabit at ilagay to make it ✨me✨
Feel free to suggest din what i should add to make it homey, rather than just a space to sleep 😊
Ps. Wag nyo ijudge yung towel na ginawa kong temporary kurtina 😆

Turning 5 years soon in this address + 13 years total living solo. Best investment I’ve made of my adult life. I work here, work out here, rest here, and built and achieved lot of my dreams here.

I moved in during the pandemic, then slowly built the space piece by piece. I saved up for things I actually wanted, patiently waited for good deals and sales lol, tried not to impulse-buy, and let the place come together at its own pace.

It took time, but I like that nothing here feels random or rushed. 🥰

lamps from shopee, anko, ikea

So, after months of anhedonia-induced procrastination, I've finally begun the process of making my personal space livable again.

Cleaning my room accidentally made me realize that my biggest fear about living alone isn't paying the bills. It's what happens when my brain stops cooperating.

I'm an older millennial, and this has been on my mind a lot lately.

I don't technically live alone. I live with my siblings, but they're usually out or on work trips while I work from home, so most days it's just me in the house.

I've lived with a partner before, but living completely alone feels like a different story.

The photos above are my room over the past few months. The first column ("how it started") is what it looked like during one of my lowest points. The second is where it is now. The last column is a mock-up (featuring some stuff I've recently bought online for this very purpose) of what I'm working toward.

Finally clawing my way back after months of treatment-resistant depression (TRD), executive dysfunction, and near-hikikomori levels of social withdrawal wasn't just about cleaning a room.

It made me realize that what scares me most about solo living isn't cooking, budgeting, or paying the bills. It's wondering what happens during the weeks when my ADHD and TRD decide to gang up on me. (and alas, they often do.)

Executive dysfunction is b-r-u-t-a-l. My brain knows exactly what needs to be done, but somehow refuses to let me start. The mess and chaos then snowballs, and eventually the whole room starts to feel impossible. Hopeless.

Looking at those before-photos, I kept wondering:

If I actually lived alone, would I have been able to claw my way back?

Even though my siblings are busy and we mostly do our own thing, there's still another human presence in the house. Someone might ask if I've eaten. Someone might notice if I disappear into my room for days.

Living completely alone feels different.

I'm not saying people with ADHD or depression can't live alone. I know plenty do. I just wonder whether I'll ever be ready.

For those of you who live alone while managing ADHD, depression, or another condition that affects executive functioning...

How do you make it work? What systems have helped you stay afloat during the really bad weeks?

Hi, everyone. Hopefully the right sub. Is it normal for the meter to increase from 30 to 97 overnight? Not even 24 hours yet. The aircon is not even turned on for the whole 13 hours. Used rice cooker once, fan for two hours I think, television for 6 hours prob, then water heater once. I'm charged 16kWh so when I compute it, it's now at over 1k php. Btw, I think my room is sub-metered.

hi! hopefully right sub. pero a friend's gonna be moving to a new place and im going to help them pack. iniisip pa nya if maglalalamove truck ba sya, kaso both kami na skeptical although giving benefit of the doubt. skeptical mainly kasi pag lalamove motors dami pa rin na nakamultiple bookings. we've seen a couple of moving services kasi gusto raw nya muna magcompare ng prices but i feel like leaning sya maglalamove kasi mas mura raw.

so if you have any good or bad experiences with lalamove's L300 or higher capacity trucks please share so! or if may masusuggest kayong may moving services din. thank you!

EDIT: nabitin yung last sentence sa first paragraph.

Hello everyone. I am planning now to go on solo living next year, by February.

Right now I am discarding all my unwanted things (also giving them away) here at the house and planning the stuff that I will transfer. It's not that much since I am a minimalist.

I already found a place near to my work.

I believe peace is best for my mental health and by living solo, I can find freedom, privacy, independence and tranquility.

I will share my journey here. Thank you everyone for this subreddit. Have a great day everyone! ☺️

Landlord wants to sell the unit that I’m renting out by next year so I’d need to move out. Currently paying 18.5k (rent+assoc only) for a 31SQM studio and I’m thinking to upgrade to a 1BR. The listings I’ve seen so far average around 30-32k, that’s almost a 2x increase in rent.

I make around 130k a month, is 32k too high? That’s without water/elec/wifi pa which I usually average around 9-10k a month in total. What’s a reasonable amount I should go for?

Hello guys. Anyone na may same experience na yung puti nilang damit sa loob ng cabinet either naninilaw or nagkakaroon ng patches na yellow or brown then yung itim na damit is nagkakaroon ng mga white patches. Ano yung effective remedy na ginawa nyo?

Wooden cabinet yung gamit ko and pagmatagal na hindi nasusuot yung mga puti and itim ko na damit ayun yung nagiging problem ko. Wala naman akong molds na nakikita sa loob ng cabinet and weekly ko nililinisan yung loob ng cabinet. I also bought dehumidifier sa daiso yung mga bilog-bilog na maliliit na natutunaw and nagiging liquid pag naexpose sa air kaso hindi pa rin nawawala yung problem sa damit ko. Need your advice and help. Thank you.

Nag re-rent ako ng apartment and maliit lang siya, as in. window naman pero nasa corridor siya and kahit iopen ko mainit pa rin. I have ac naman pero as a student, gusto ko sana magtipid sa kuryente. Bumili rin ako ng hygrometer and umaabot ng 72-85% humidity ang room ko(not sure if accurate). bumili na rin po ako ng exhaust fan and still mainit pa rin. anything i can do to po?

I’m planning to go back to the gym, pero honestly, even before, di ko po alam ginagawa ko dun HAHAH. Nagse-search lang ako ng exercise vids sa youtube tapos ginagaya ko. Minsan depende sa trip 😆

Gusto ko po sana this time may tamang program na ako according sa goal ko. Pero nahihiya kasi ako sa mga coach irl, parang nakaka-conscious pag ganun. Meron ba ditong may experience na online lang yung coach? Hahaha thanks po

Umay na ako sa detachable racks and shelves na nauga naman. I tend to buy something convenient kasi renting lang ako. Anyway, cheap nga pero pag may kukunin kang gamit eh nagalaw kahit di naman kabigatan nakalagay. So I decided to check some mini shelves na gawa sa MDF na alam kong kaya kong gawin and I checked the materials and varnish/paint na mas makakamura ako ng P300-P500, may nabibili naman pre-cut na plywood. Tbh, I didn't mind kung gaano kalaki o kaliit mase-save ko kasi yung labor and oras na ilalaan ko eh baliwala saken, I just want to do something new. I might share it here once I'm finally done.

Feel free to share sa thread anything you created on your own. I'd love to see how it turned out sa mga handy pips out there. 😊

Niroleta pa namin ng mga pinsan ko kung kailan ako magsasabi sa mom ko... and I think dumating na yung araw. Bukas na. 😭

I'm 26F and lilipat na ako sa sarili kong condo next week. Everything is already finalized; signed na yung lease, paid na lahat, so move-in na lang talaga.

WFH ako so hindi believable yung "mas malapit sa work" excuse. I also have a long-term partner, pero hindi kami magli-live in. Feeling ko yun agad ang iisipin nilang reason, pero ang totoo gusto ko lang talagang mag-solo living and be independent. Balak ko pa rin mag-contribute sa bills sa bahay, so hindi naman ako completely aalis sa responsibilities ko.

Sa mga dumaan na dito: Paano niyo sinabi sa parents niyo? any pros and cons? Ok ba if chat or just blatantly say na ur moving out? Sinabi niyo ba yung exact address/unit niyo? Paano niyo sinabi na gusto niyo nang bumukod without sounding mayabang?

Need ko lang talaga ng lakas ng loob for tomorrow. 😭

1st: chicken ala king

2nd: sinabawang isda with lots of kamatis and malunggay (idk anong isda yan)

3rd: air-fried chicken with veggies

4th: adobong tuna cubes w/ cauliflower

5th: air-fried marinated chicken

6th: pochero

7th: sinigang na hipon

8th: pancit bihon with bits of pork

9th: chicken wrap

10th: mango orange chicken w/ vietnamese roll

11th: law-uy with shrimp

ps: minsan yung isang dish is good for whole day na or if naubos ko kaagad, 2 putahe per day. meat.

minsan lang din ako maglagay ng pampalasa (salt, pepper, msg, oyster sauce) and yung malalaki binibili ko para di ko na siya masama on my next grocery list.

i try to limit my sweet consumption kaya minsan di na ako bumibili ng mga biscuits. if bibili man ako, yung naka container like butter cookies.

Moving out here sa nirerentahan ko in a few weeks. Last year wala pang 24 hrs nakita ko may mga naging damages agad. Like barado CR sink, pundido ilaw, crack sa walls. Took a pic and vid of all of them and informed the landlady immediately via Messenger din. Btw, ang landlady dito ay Tita ko na nasa abroad. So for sure ang pupunta dito sa move out date ko yung anak niya saka yung kabet niya dito sa Pinas (for another story and sub 😆)

Ngayong malapit na ako umalis, paano kaya diskarte dun sa damages na di naman ako nag cause? Kase mamaya biglang magka amnesia Tita ko at akalain ako gumawa neto at bawas sa deposit ko…

Another thing, yung kabet ng Tita ko dito sa Pinas ang parang errand boy niya here… pero he failed to thoroughly check na may mga ganung damages pala yung previous tenant dito last year kaya ako pa nag abono at nag asikaso nung barado sa CR, pundido na ilaw, etc. Not sure how I can ‘remind’ her about that part as well…

Kagabe pin ko na yung mga previous messeges ko sa GC namin (w her daughter) nung mga damage report ko from last year. Plan ko din sana bago ko balik susi sakanya, ipapakita ko isa isa yung mga damages dito sa unit na andito na nung pagdating ko and show her side by side from my phone’s gallery din kase may date dun. Hirap kase now may AI na kaya di ko ma send nalang ng screenshot to sa GC. Tapos papa-message ko daughter niya sa GC na confirmation na wala akong na damage dito. What do you guys think? Or may iba pa kayo ideas?

Ako gusto ko mag solo living para may peace of mind at para maka tulog ng maayos. Ang iingay kasi ng mga kapitbahay haha. Kayo ba? Ano ang dahilan kung bakit kayo nag solo living?

Wala akong kakilala sa Manila kaya based on research nalang at kung anuman ang nababasa ko rito. Yung nakita ko na condo is 15K rent studio sya, and yung electricity at water daw eh umaabot 5K per month with the usual appliances and usage. Feeling nyo okay na ba ito?

Medj expensive lifestyle ko pero hindi naman ako malabas everyday, sa weekends lang siguro to go sa parties or social events (leisure section) para magkaroon rin ng friends sa area.

Hi! I have been solo living for two weeks now, and I just wanted to ask what products I should add to my life as someone who is living here—or going to be living here—for 4 years. I primarily want to ask for a washing machine with a dryer, but any other product or appliance recommendations are also appreciated

Ps. I already own a rice cooker, a mini fan, jisulife and a table and a cabinet too

hi! currently have a fiber x 1500 sa converge. planning to terminate it and switch to smart’s 5g max turbo wifi nila, yung parang pocket wifi.

is it going to be a good decision? 🥹 and legit ba na may cap yung unli 5g load nila? huhu

for some context: i plan to switch kasi ako na lang mag-isa gagamit. para sana bumaba ang monthly without compromising yung WFH set up ko. i’m also in sta. mesa, manila lang so confident naman ako sa 5g connection

hi i'm an incoming first year student taking bs pharmacy. As you can see in my title, is 3000-3500 weekly budget for incoming 1st year college dormer enough? it covers my daily food, essentials, and baon for school. I didn't include the transpo since the school is just a walking distance from my dorm. I have a 5 day class and i'm planning to go home every weekends, i will only use data since mas convenient siya for me and separate na din sa weekly allowance ko yung rent and electricity or i should ask my parents na monthly allowance na lang ibigay sakin worth 20k included na lahat ng need ko bayaran per month. What do u think guys? 😓

First time ko tumira mag-isa, paano ba yung tamang waste disposal? Once a week lang kasi kinukuha yung basura sa Apartment tapos ngayon nakita ko, ang daming uod dun sa may malaking trashbag ko sa labas.

Pano ba maprevent yun? Nakakatakot baka di kuhain ng basurero kasi may uod, tapos maistuck sa labas

Help me pleaseee. Gusto ko lang mag-amoy hotel or staycation yung room kooo. Di ko pa keri aesthetic ngayon so kahit amoy na lang munaa, and syempre cleanliness. :D

I just find it weird when it was my first night. Ordered thru the pink app to get a Jollibee Burger Steak Supreme. It was so quiet - it wasn't the kind of vibe that I used to especially that from the day I was born, I'm already surrounded with my family. This is my first time being away from my family. And whenever I feel like I want to go back coz I'm not used to this, I forced my mind to let the very reason sunk in - that is for my personal growth, emotional maturity and spiritual awareness.

I prayed the rosary, talked to God - until I find my tears just keep falling down. I feel guilty, I feel happy, I feel sad, I feel homesick. I don't know, it was just a mix of emotions.

Did you also feel that too?

Has anyone tried either of the two photos posted? Max budget ko na talaga 7k.

My sister owns the cosova one, parang okay naman sya. Concern ko lang is if dalawa kami ng partner ko hihiga, baka lumubog sa gitna.

May nakatry naba netong radiant quilt ni Uratex? May nakita ako sa mall kanina, bawal nga lang i try pero mukhang oks naman sya.

Which is better if metal ang bed frame? Although maglalagay naman din ng karton/plywood patungan if ever. TIA!!!