The number one thing I've learned since being out on my own, living the bachelor life, is that resourcefulness is KEY! You have to be smart here people! If you don't have something you might need, you have to find some way to make due. For example, my roommate and I don't own a microwave. This makes warming up leftovers a little tricky sometimes. I recently wanted to warm up some leftover honey garlic chicken and rice, and was stumped. Then it came to me, "why don't I just stick it in a frying pan with a little bit of oil?" When you're a bachelor, you gotta try stuff, right? Can't be afraid, just gotta throw caution to the wind and dare! So I did. It turned out just fine, delicious re-friend goodness. It's either be resourceful, or starve. Sometimes we don't have the money to just go out and buy something right away, so we have to come up with creative ways of making due with what we have.
Let me tell you one of the absolute best resources for you as a bachelor. You ready?
It's people.
People are awesome. Having a roommate that you get along with and are able to share with and balance the weight of living with, is awesome. If I'm out of something, I borrow from my roommate and vice versa. It's not about I owe you this and you owe me that, it's "Hey, we're living together. We gotta have each others' backs!"
On top of roommates, close-by friends are an incredible asset! I recently was at a big community pizza making party some of my friends had. They invited about 20 or so people to come by and all bring an ingredient to have enough to make a few pizzas with, and we all made homemade pizzas and pigged out and had an AMAZING time! Instead of having to prepare a whole meal, and use up more groceries, I only needed to prepare a little spicy turkey sausage (so good) for a few pizzas, and the rest was provided by others! Very cheap, easy, and super fun.
On top of cheaper meals, community is excellent for the soul. It can be a scary and crazy experience, moving out of the house and starting life as a young adult. But that's why we have each other. Friends have been the biggest thing for me over these past four months of independence, and I can't be thankful enough for them. I chose to move into a neighbourhood where a large group of my friends lived either in walking or short bus trip distance from me. It makes it so easy to get together and hang out.
Now, I totally encourage the same kind of thing with neighbours. I'm constantly trying to reach out, little bit by little bit, to my neighbours. I live in an apartment building, so I bump into them a lot. I even know a couple by name! As time goes by, I'm meeting more and more people and finding more familiar faces. I think that neighbours are awesome, and making friends with your neighbours is something that's definitely a great resource.
Anyway, all this to say, be resourceful. Create, invent, recycle, find ideas on the internet, books, and this blog! I hope to make this blog a continually growing resource to bachelors everywhere, so check back regularly!
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