It’s official! More people are living alone today than at any other time in history. The rise of solo living implies the greatest social change since the baby boom. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in 2022, 8.3 million people in the UK were living alone in […]
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With more people living alone today, is the cost of living higher for solo households compared to shared households and are brands paying enough attention to the importance of the solo pound? For many of us, however, the financial costs of living alone can sometimes contribute additional pressure to a
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The lines defining different generations are blurring and there’s a name for the ‘ageless’ generation. To be a Perennial, you defy expectations previously associated with age and have a more ‘enduring’ mindset. Coupled with living solo, we think adopting an enduring mindset means there are opportunities to lead a fulfilled, active
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Since the 2008 recession, birth rates have been falling in Western countries. The birth rate dropping with the decline of the economy was no surprise or cause for concern to experts. However, they may have expected the birth rate would follow the economy’s lead when things picked up again in 2016. Yet
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The popularity of taking a solo holiday has surged over recent years, and it isn’t just among people looking to ‘find’ themselves by trekking across exotic and remote locations as once you may remember, solo travel used to be regularly associated. Travelling solo has become popular with all age groups,
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Living alone, whether it be through choice or circumstance means there’s a very good chance of spending more time on our own. For those of us who enjoy solitude and the opportunity to find some ‘quiet’ in our busy and charged lives, it will be easier, while for others it
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5 Of The Best Online Go-Tos To Help Tackle Loneliness: There a lot of misconceptions about what it means to be lonely. If you live alone, it does not follow that you will naturally be lonely as was written in our recent article on this topic. Kira Asatryan, the author of Stop
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We all need people. Even the most introvert amongst us, if we are honest, might agree. However, while we are genetically social animals, the connection thing doesn’t mean we always do the communication and commitment stuff that enables growth, love and wisdom to foster in our relationships with each other.
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In the second of Kathy’s articles, she poignantly tells us how she managed change in her life and now lives solo after a complicated divorce. Wayne Dyer suggests that “if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at, change.” While looking at things differently is key
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A quick google search on the subject provides a brief insight into what I might expect going solo following my divorce. ’Divorced and terrified’, ‘coping alone’, ‘getting yourself back out there…’ was pretty much what I found. Not very encouraging to this aspiring Diva. Neither was it reflective or encouraging
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