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- As people progress from mid-life through old age, those who stay single feel happier and happier with their lives. As I discussed previously, a study of 40- to 85-year-olds showed that lifelong single people became increasingly satisfied with their lives as they grew older.
- Staying single pays off with lesser loneliness in old age. The warning lobbed at single people most relentlessly is that if they stay single, they will end up hopelessly lonely.
- Lifelong single people are at much greater risk for financial insecurity in later life than married people. This is one clear disadvantage facing those who stay single.
- Older women who have been single all their lives are typically doing fine. They “have physical and mental health on par with their married counterparts, reflecting their tendency to seek out and create meaningful relationships and families by choice,” the authors explain, citing my work.
- Famous Quotes. “Strong women don’t have ‘attitudes’, we have standards.” — Marilyn Monroe. “I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.”
- Inspirational Quotes. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
- Strong, Confident Women Quotes. “Be confident, not certain.” — Eleanor Roosevelt. “We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational and so disciplined they can be free.”
- Stand Up For Yourself Quotes. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.” — Maya Angelou. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m not shutting up.
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The rise of living alone (especially as a preferred lifestyle choice) is a relatively new trend – so new, in fact, that there isn’t yet one commonly used word to describe us! As far as we’re aware, The Living Well Alone Projectis one of only a handful of groups globally thinking about and talking about people who live alone as a community, and the ...
Back in January, we thought we’d use our position as one of the largest online communities of solos to try to work out what people living alone would liketo be called. When we asked, the ideas flew in thick and fast, and they were absolutely brilliant. Favourites of mine included ‘mono-dwellers,’ ‘self sufficient superstars,’ ‘lone wolves,’ ‘selves...
The vast majority of people who live alone are also not in a relationship (around 80%, according to our own survey, although this was mostly completed by people younger than 70 – the real percentage is probably higher). In the news, and in blogs, research and podcasts you’ll often hear ‘singles’ used in a way which overlaps with ‘people who live al...
We’re increasingly hearing Living Alone Together (or LAT) used to describe people who live in their own places, and have partners (usually longer term partners) who live elsewhere. They might spend a couple of nights a week together, but they don’t live together in the traditional sense. It’s great to see this increasingly common way of living reco...
More and more often, we’re starting to hear variations on the word ‘solo’ to describe people who live alone (solo, solos, soloist). It can also be used descriptively – for example, ‘solo living,’ ‘solo adventure.’ When polled, this was the word people in our community said they most resonated with, and would most like as a description. Some people ...
Jan 21, 2021 · Buy yourself flowers, take yourself out, and focus on you. "Take the time to figure out what you really want in life," Spinelli says. "It's a wonderful opportunity to 'date' and get to know yourself." (Here are some ways to practice self-love, for inspo.) 3. Join groups, take classes, or start a side hustle.
Oct 20, 2021 · People who are single are used to experiencing stereotyping, stigmatization, and condescension. One way that they are reclaiming their power is by choosing more empowering terms to describe their ...
Dec 10, 2022 · All those things are true. And yet, the appeal of living alone can run much deeper than that. People feel more authentic when they are alone than when they are with other people. Those who are ...
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Sep 11, 2020 · Solitaries, Fenton Johnson tells us, are those “ who are choosing to live alone or who deliberately carve out periods of solitude from otherwise conventionally coupled lives.” “It is possible to be a solitary within a couple,” Johnson allows, but not a conventional one. Peruse shelves filled with classic works of literature, he suggests ...
