The Hardship and the Preciousness in Your Independent Life

Don’t you think that you can enjoy every day if you live alone? People may envy someone who lives alone. Actually, it is tougher to live by yourself than you expect because there are many things you have to do. However, you will realize the important thing through trouble.

If you live with your family, you may be eager to live alone. You can make meals you want to eat, arrange your room as you like, and come back home late without being scolded by your parents. Since such a completely free life attracts you very much, it might be one of the reasons for some students that they could have endured hard studying for the entrance examination.

Imagine, living alone and starting new life. First of all, you go to supermarket to buy foods, such as vegetables, fruit and meat, to cook dinner, which will taste so good. That is the thing that you have wanted to do for a long time. However, there is no one who gives you comments, such as “It is really good. You are a good chef,” or “It is good, but I think it will be better if you add more…” Then, at night, nobody will say to you, “Good night.” In the morning, you wake up, but nobody will say “Good morning” to you.

Moreover, after starting your school life, you will become busier. Even if you come back home late at night and do not feel like moving anymore, no dinner is prepared. Then you reluctantly decide to make something to eat, but when you find that there is nothing to eat in a refrigerator, you will be disappointed and feel danger of your life. In addition, although you have to finish your report by next day, you could devote less time to do that because you also have to do the laundry. Your parents had done your housework before, but now, you have to do all by yourself.

Although you may wonder that there are only hardships of living alone, there are also the merit. You will realize the important thing: family’s love. They always worry about you and sometimes they call you saying, “Hi, are you doing well?” It will give you energy. Also, nothing makes you happier than receiving a shiokuri-box in which vegetables, fruits and so on are with a letter from your mother. Your father and your mother really love you. If you come to be interested in living alone, why don’t you try it and it must be a good experience for you.

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一人暮らしで気づくこと

勝　寛子

一人暮らしっていいと思いませんか？でも実際、あなたが想像している以上に大変なのです。やらなければいけないことがたくさんある。けれども、とても大切なことにも気づくことができるのです。

　現在家族と住んでいる人は、一人暮らしに憧れているかもしれません。好きなご飯を作り、家具も自分で決め、夜遅く帰ってもだれにも怒られない。一人暮らしするために、受験をがんばった人もいるはずです。

　一人暮らしの生活を想像してみてください。買い物へ行って、ご飯を作り、とてもおいしくできた。でも、「これおいしいね。料理うまいね。」とほめてくれたり、「確かにおいしいけれど、もう少し何か入れたほうがおいしくなるよ。」とアドバイスをくれる人がいないのです。それから、「おやすみ」や「おはよう」を言ってくれる人がいないのです。

　これだけではありません。学校が始まって、忙しくなったとき、あなたがどんなに夜遅く帰ってきて、動くのさえいやでも、夜ご飯はありません。しぶしぶ何か作ろうと思って冷蔵庫を開けた時、何もないと絶望します。さらに、明日までに終わらせなければいけない課題があるとしても、洗濯などいろいろしなければいけないことがあって、十分な時間を割くことができません。これまでは両親がやってくれていましたが、今は、自分自身でやらなくてはいけないのです。

ここまでだと一人暮らしにはデメリットばかりあると思ってしまいますが、いいこともあります。それは、家族の愛情に気付くということです。両親はいつもあなたのことを心配してくれて、ときどき、「どう？元気？」と電話をかけてくれたりします。声を聞くだけで、パワーをもらえるのです。また、野菜や果物と一緒に手紙の入った仕送りが送られて来たときは、この上なく幸せです。家族は本当にあなたを愛してくれています。この記事で一人暮らしに興味をもってくれたなら、やってみるのもいいかもしれません。いい経験になりますよ。

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