Living Alone and Liking It. Sometimes.

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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During a time when a lot of us are feeling isolated, we revisit your stories about living alone—with all its perks and drawbacks. Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @deathsexmoney. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. And support our work at deathsexmoney.org/donate. And stay in touch with us! Sign up for our newsletter and we'll keep you up to date about what's happening behind the scenes at Death, Sex & Money. Plus, we'll send you audio recommendations, letters from our inbox and a note from Anna. Join the Death, Sex & Money community and subscribe today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Anna, I've got a new secret weapon for print.
0:02.2	Print?
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0:08.0	Business cards, stickers, t-shirt, signage, even photo books from your last holiday.
0:12.0	If you need it, we print it at vistoprint.co.uk.
0:15.5	When I moved into my place by myself, I probably spent the first few weeks in a tank top and underwear
0:25.4	until it got a little bit colder, and then I put socks on.
0:33.2	This is death, sex, and money.
0:38.0	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.
0:45.1	I'm Anna Sale.
0:53.5	Back in 2014, I asked for your stories about living alone.
0:59.1	For Jen Shelbo in Brooklyn, who was 36 at the time, living by herself meant not always wearing pants.
1:06.0	It is really awesome to sit around your own apartment in as little clothes as you like to wear.
1:12.6	That's just one of the perks that you told me about. Cooking the things I want to eat,
1:18.0	playing the music that only I enjoy listening to. Dancing around my living room to R-E-F-P-E-C-T.
1:24.3	Countless minutes of no interruptions. Books stacked in a certain way on my shelf.
1:29.4	It is definitely a freedom that I've not had ever.
1:33.5	More and more Americans are living alone.
1:36.9	The number has tripled since 1970.
1:39.6	More than a quarter of American households are home to just one person.
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