The Thought I Keep Having About Strangers Since Living Alone | English Podcast 💌

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]I finally moved out of my parents' house and this is my new home office, guys. I am so excited. I mean, this is not the best, but this is the best-looking corner in this house so far, but I don't love it yet because of the lighting in the back. I mean, I used to have a blackout curtain in my old room in my parents' house, so I didn't have to worry about filming during the day, but right now it's just so bad. I mean, in real life, it's all right, but I might have to do something about that in the future. And I'm almost like blind to this lighting here cuz it's coming directly to my face. So, yeah, I still think there's a lot of room for improvement, but for now, I feel like um it's good enough for me to start filming again, so here we go. Thank you so much for waiting, by the way. It has taken me so long to come back. Um I don't know, like weirdly enough, I'm kind of readjusting myself to this whole shooting, filming thing all over again.

[00:00:58]Yeah, that's so weird to say. Um so, the moral of the story is don't take a long break.

[00:01:04]Yeah, uh but anyway, I wanted to talk about the reasons behind why I decided to move out. First of all, there's this unspoken rule in my family.

[00:01:14]I mean, it's mostly just me and my mom.

[00:01:16]She kind of hopes us, like me and my sister, to move out like before we turn 30. My sister is still in her mid-teens and I am in my late 20s. I'm pushing 30.

[00:01:26]It is time for me to move out, right?

[00:01:29]And also, both of my parents had retired and I feel like they want to take it easy from now on, but for me, it's my peak time to work hard. I have to like start taking things seriously. I have to like go go go go go, but like for them, it's time to relax. So, I felt like, yeah, it's it's the right time to move out. Of course, the money.

[00:01:52]The rent will bleed me dry, but this is something that I need to learn how to deal with anyway, so I'm okay with it now. This is part of the process. Oh, yeah. I am very excited. It has been less than a month yet, but so far I like it very much. And I'm curious about what you guys have to say about this whole living alone thing, you know, any tips and hacks for the newbie here?

[00:02:14]Yeah.

[00:02:15]Very welcome. Today, I want to talk about what I've realized while I was dealing with this whole moving thing, and we can start off by talking about the good purchases that I made. So, first of all, I want to talk about this motion desk. We call it a motion desk, right? But maybe standing desk. This is a life changer, guys. If you don't have it, if you work from home a lot, and if you don't have a standing desk, go get it, please. Like it's so good. I hate that it doesn't have a drawer under like attached under the desk board, but you can always get a separate drawer, so it's just minor problem. And this one is really good because if I get tired, I used to just go lie down on the bed. But now I can I don't have an excuse to be lazy, and if I get tired, if I even if I had coffee, if I feel like if you press this one button, this desk would go up to the level where I sat for my standing position, perfect height, and then you can work for a while there, and when your legs get tired, you can press another button next to it, and it would come all the way down here. So, it's perfect for um working while sitting at a desk. So, yeah, go get a standing desk. And then this chair is also really nice. It's so comfy.

[00:03:31]It's like I don't like the color, to be honest. It's too beige. This is something my sister got for me as a moving out gift moving in gift, not moving out gift. I mean, it can be a moving out gift because she's now taking over my my old room cuz it's bigger. But anyway, um yeah, she got this for me, and it's the comfiest thing ever. I can just like lie down and chill. And I think chair is something that you need to spend a lot of money on cuz you're going to sit a lot that could affect your health. So, those are the good purchases so far. I can talk more about it later on. But now I want to talk about what I had realized while I was moving in here, moving out and moving in. So, first of all, I was going through I was sorting through the things that I own my parents' house because I was deciding what to bring and what not to. And I was surprised. I was almost shocked at the fact that I had so much stuff. Like seriously, it was crazy because I am just one person living on this planet and I have this much stuff. Just imagine how much stuff we all have on this planet collectively. Like it's wild. It was crazy to think like that. And like watching people walking by and thinking like oh, when they're moving out, they're going to have shitloads of stuff. And yeah, that's this is crazy. I was shocked at that. This whole moving was just is it was more than just moving if that makes sense because as I said, I was sorting through the things that I own like clothes, furniture, books, items and everything. And I had to decide what to take here and what not to. And it was so difficult. I it was it was like rechecking my priorities in life almost. I know it sounds a bit over the top, but it almost felt like that.

[00:05:29]And yeah, because this house is smaller than my parents' house, I cannot obviously take everything here.

[00:05:35]Otherwise, this whole room is going to be packed with items only. Like I wouldn't have any space for myself. So, I had to be mindful in what I take and I had to constantly I had to kept asking myself like do I really need this? Do I really use this? It's not even like do I like it? Do I want it?

[00:05:55]I mean of course I took some things that I like and want, but most of the time it would be like do I need this? Do I use this? That was the standard. And one more dramatic over the top statement >> [clears throat] >> is that it almost felt like letting your old friend go.

[00:06:14]Cuz people come and go in your life and not everyone deserves to come with you into the new chapter of your life, right? Some people you who you used to click so well with you have to let them go at one point. I have this one friend from middle school. She and I were the best friends. Like everyone agreed on that. We were the best friends, but now we barely talk and it's kind of wild to think about that, but yeah it was it's it's almost like that. You have to decide oh this item you come with me and this one you go to the bin. Like I don't know because I've watched Toy Story so much. I feel like oh I'm so sorry they're going to be like oh Jenny Jenny ditched me. Like Yeah.

[00:06:57]I'm an N person. What can I say?

[00:07:00]That was one thing that I realized and one more thing that I realized is that I am way fussier way precier than I thought I was. You know in my parents' house my mom and I are the precy ones.

[00:07:11]My dad and my sister aren't that much, but I feel like I am I was nowhere near my mom, but I am like my mom.

[00:07:21]I'm not complaining. I I love being this way, but sometimes it can be tiring and it can tire other people, but good thing that I'm just living alone.

[00:07:30]Yeah, because I it like everything should go back to where it belongs. The bed should be made before I leave my flat. And in my closet in my wardrobe every like my clothes should be color-coded. In the bathroom, everything should be in line and everything has their own places and I find joy by doing this.

[00:07:53]I'm like Bree Van de Kamp from Desperate Housewives and I'm I like it, but sometimes I feel like I'm a control freak and this is not always positive, right?

[00:08:05]I have to learn how to let things just be that way for my own sake. Yeah. So, those are the things that I realized so far. I'm sure there will be more things, but I just cannot come up with them right now. So, I'll probably talk more about this in my future videos and yeah, this is very exciting, but to be honest with you guys, I am kind of rushing making this video thinking that I've taken such a long break from my YouTube. So, if it's too, I don't know, rambly rambly, is that is that a word? Yeah, if I'm rambling too much, please be understanding. So, that's going to be it about this video.

[00:08:44]Please leave a comment down below if you have any tips and tricks about this whole living alone thing if you're living alone. You know, something that a newbie like me should know in advance to not screw things up.

[00:08:56]Um yeah, I'll be looking forward to seeing your comments and we'll see in my next video. Bye.