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living alone and finding comfort in solitude | PhD diaries

living alone and finding comfort in solitude | PhD diaries

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Hey friends welcome back! In today's video, I want to share my thoughts on living alone for the past year. It’s indeed a journey of freedom and challenges. I've realised that getting along with oneself is a lifelong learning process. Enjoy xx 分享一下独居这一年来的感受!总的来说是自由也有挑战的,越发觉得与自己相处是一件需要终身学习的事。希望看视频的你也可以享受独处自在的时光! ————————————————— About me Heyo! My name is Yahua, I am doing a PhD in media communications at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Thank you for tuning in and being a part of this adventure! 关于我 嗨!我是牙花,一个在澳大利亚生活的中国留学生,现在正在墨尔本大学读博。这个英语频道记录的是我的澳洲留学日常,读博见闻,同时会分享一些生活感想、学习干货内容,以及不同国家和城市的探索。感谢驻足! Follow me ‣ bilibili: https://space.bilibili.com/247534267 ‣ Weibo: https://www.weibo.com/mzysha ‣ Xiaohongshu (RED): 牙花的日常
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20.8s if you know this rather be right here with you nothing else I'm at Albert Park right now having an afterno didn't walk before the sun goes down even though it's so cold outside but I still wanted to take a walk because I have been sitting in front of my desk while sometimes
22.2s you nothing
25.5s else I'm at Albert Park right now having
29.2s an afterno didn't walk before the sun
31.3s goes down even though it's so cold
33.1s outside but I still wanted to take a
35.8s walk because I have been sitting in
38.4s front of my desk while sometimes
40.6s standing the whole day and I feel like my blood is not even flowing so having a walk outside is also good for my physical and mental health even though it's so windy and cold
43.4s my blood is not even flowing so having a
46.5s walk outside is also good for my
49.4s physical and mental health even though
52.1s it's so windy and cold
74.6s good morning everyone so while my coffee is brewing I thought we can chat together and I can also make my breakfast which is sandwich you know it's been a year since I moved in here so I thought I want to chat about this experience of living by myself so I will
77.1s is brewing I thought we can chat
79.7s together and I can also make my
81.5s breakfast which is sandwich you know
83.4s it's been a year since I moved in here
87.0s so I thought I want to chat about this
88.7s experience of living by myself so I will
91.7s say that leing Al is very it has a lot of freedom because you can basically do whatever you want in your own space if you want to be clean or you want to be messy you can just do whatever nobody's going to judge you and nobody cares about you because this is your own space
95.3s of freedom because you can basically do
98.8s whatever you want in your own space if
101.3s you want to be clean or you want to be
103.8s messy you can just do whatever nobody's
106.3s going to judge you and nobody cares
108.0s about you because this is your own space
111.0s Oh my coffee is coming
118.1s topic of living alone I think I do enjoy this kind of freedom of doing whatever I want and also decorating the whole place and using this whole place just for me without really thinking about other people which is fantastic and then I also realize that there's a price that you need to pay for this kind of
121.4s this kind of freedom of doing whatever I
123.7s want and also decorating the whole place
126.3s and using this whole place just for me
129.6s without really thinking about other
131.6s people which is fantastic and then I
134.0s also realize that there's a price that
136.1s you need to pay for this kind of
137.6s Lifestyle because living alone is definitely a very privileged thing to do because you don't have any other people to share the bu with so that's definitely a price and you need to pay definitely a price and you need to pay for living this kind of lifestyle and enjoying this kind of Freedom another
140.2s definitely a very privileged thing to do
143.6s because you don't have any other people
145.2s to share the bu with so that's
147.5s definitely a price and you need to pay
149.5s definitely a price and you need to pay for
150.4s living this kind of lifestyle and
152.8s enjoying this kind of Freedom another
155.3s thing that I found is that I think living alone it's not the problem but then when you are also working from home and living alone that's the problem with this combination because you are basically spending 24 hours a day staying in the same place just with you without any other social interactions
157.4s living alone it's not the problem but
160.2s then when you are also working from home
163.2s and living alone that's the problem with
166.1s this combination because you are
168.4s basically spending 24 hours a day
171.5s staying in the same place just with you
174.3s without any other social interactions
176.5s with other people or having the kind of like connction ction with the society it's very problematic at least for me you know like this year I didn't have a lot of work to do in terms of like the side jobs my side Geeks like teaching or doing research assistance because I just
179.3s like connction ction with the society
181.4s it's very problematic at least for me
183.7s you know like this year I didn't have a
185.5s lot of work to do in terms of like the
187.8s side jobs my side Geeks like teaching or
190.6s doing research assistance because I just
192.9s want to focus on writing which actually require a lot of a long time and solitude but then as time goes by like in the first half of this year I realize that I come just live in this kind of Lifestyle forever and it's also driving me crazy sometimes because I don't have
195.2s require a lot of a long time and
197.4s solitude but then as time goes by like
200.1s in the first half of this year I realize
203.1s that I come just live in this kind of
205.3s Lifestyle forever and it's also driving
208.2s me crazy sometimes because I don't have
210.8s other people to talk to even though I'm talking to you through the camera right now but if you think about it it's just me talking to the
212.6s talking to you through the camera right
214.3s now but if you think about it it's just
216.4s me talking to the
222.8s mean that you have to be alone the whole time for me I think I need to have more social interactions and social activities to balance being alone versus being around people and then how to spend time with yourself is really something that I need to keep learning and practicing but in general I very enjoy the time living
225.4s time for me I think I need to have more
228.1s social interactions and social
229.7s activities to balance being alone versus
232.6s being around people and then how to
235.3s spend time with yourself is really
237.4s something that I need to keep learning
240.6s and practicing but in general I very
243.3s enjoy the time living
245.5s enjoy the time living Music here all right I'm about to head to plaes right now to enjoy my weekly exercise and social exercise and social Music life hello how you going good hi you
248.2s here all right I'm about to head to
250.5s plaes right now to enjoy my weekly
253.1s exercise and social
255.3s exercise and social Music
260.6s life hello how you going good hi you
266.9s life hello how you going good hi you Music I am back with some tulip the flower shop the owner actually remembers me maybe because I went there for couple of times on my way back I was thinking about the importance of having certain kind of local networks you know
276.4s I am back with some
279.7s tulip the flower shop the owner actually
282.7s remembers me maybe because I went there
285.7s for couple of times on my way back I was
288.9s thinking about the importance of having
291.4s certain kind of local networks you know
294.6s like the bondings within this local community couple months ago I watched documentary I forgot the name of that documentary I'll put the poster somewhere on the screen the documentary is actually talking about how common it is for people to feel lonely especially when they are living in this kind of mod society and mod cities the main
297.1s community couple months ago I watched
299.9s documentary I forgot the name of that
302.5s documentary I'll put the poster
304.8s somewhere on the screen the documentary
306.8s is actually talking about how common it
309.3s is for people to feel lonely especially
312.1s when they are living in this kind of mod
314.5s society and mod cities the main
317.0s character he also felt lonely he actually offers some solutions for solving this issue of loneliness which is to to have some bondings with the loal community for example you can go to the same Cafe regularly so the Barista is going to know about you even though it seems like it's not really like a
320.0s actually offers some solutions for
321.7s solving this issue of loneliness which
324.2s is to to have some bondings with the
326.3s loal community for example you can go to
329.8s the same Cafe regularly so the Barista
333.9s is going to know about you even though
336.5s it seems like it's not really like a
338.5s really important kind of networks but then with this little kind of connections with the local community would make me feel better that I I belong here so after I watch that documentary I think I kind of know that it's because I moved to this very new place and then I know nobody in this
340.6s then with this little kind of
342.9s connections with the local community
345.2s would make me feel better that I I
347.9s belong here so after I watch that
350.0s documentary I think I kind of know that
353.2s it's because I moved to this very new
356.4s place and then I know nobody in this
359.4s area area and plus I'm also living by myself it means that it's very important I should start building my own network within this local community I guess maybe this is a thing we always have to deal with this issue with belongings and lunch and I also got my matcha about to
362.5s myself it means that it's very important
365.4s I should start building my own network
367.8s within this local community I guess
370.2s maybe this is a thing we always have to
372.6s deal with this issue with belongings and
381.5s lunch and I also got my matcha about to
384.7s come back to work actually I didn't do any work this morning here is um little apartment update as you can see my bed is in the living room it looks really weird I know but then I just cannot stand my neighbor's noisy sound because my bedroom that side of the wall is
387.2s any work this morning here is um little
390.4s apartment update as you can see my bed
393.4s is in the living room it looks really
395.5s weird I know but then I just cannot
398.1s stand my neighbor's noisy sound because
401.6s my bedroom that side of the wall is
404.0s terribly thin I feel like maybe the wall they are all equally thin but then that side of the neighbor they really like to make noise because the wall is too thin and then the problem cannot be solved that's why I moved to the living room to sleep I think at the beginning I find it
406.3s they are all equally thin but then that
409.0s side of the neighbor they really like to
411.2s make noise because the wall is too thin
414.1s and then the problem cannot be solved
416.1s that's why I moved to the living room to
419.0s sleep I think at the beginning I find it
421.2s so weird to see my bed in this living area but then I kind of get used to it right now and I also decorate it with some lights on the side so at night it looks like
424.2s area but then I kind of get used to it
427.6s right now and I also decorate it with
429.7s some lights on the side so at night it
431.9s looks like
448.2s used to be in my living room but now I move here that's why the bedroom just become a studio it's very spacious I don't have anything else in this room except for that big plant and some of the furniture that used to be my bath table but yeah here is my work area
450.6s move here that's why the bedroom just
452.9s become a studio it's very spacious I
455.5s don't have anything else in this room
457.6s except for that big plant and some of
459.6s the furniture that used to be my bath
461.4s table but yeah here is my work area
464.5s anyway just some apartment updates cuz I have no plans to move whatsoever that's why I move my bed to the living room in order to solve the problem it's funny because I told my parents about this like how I constant my noisiness neighbors and then that's why I moved back to the living room and they find it
467.3s have no plans to move whatsoever that's
469.9s why I move my bed to the living room in
472.3s order to solve the problem it's funny
474.6s because I told my parents about this
476.8s like how I constant my noisiness
479.5s neighbors and then that's why I moved
481.4s back to the living room and they find it
483.3s so interesting and my dad even commented this as a weight of like something a kind of Chinese idiot that I never heard of so it means that when you have a problem you would try to figure out a way to solve this all right I'm going to come back to my
486.0s this as a weight
488.8s of like something a kind of Chinese
491.9s idiot that I never heard of so it means
494.5s that when you have a problem you would
496.8s try to figure out a way to solve this
499.8s all right I'm going to come back to my
501.4s writing and drink my Mata so I will talk to you later to you later Music but over the weekend I went to my friend Amy's place she organized a workshop for making marks with a bunch of her artist
504.4s to you later
506.5s to you later Music
521.7s but over the weekend I went to my friend
524.1s Amy's place she organized a workshop for
526.9s making marks with a bunch of her artist
529.3s friends together I feel at ease when I'm alone but social interaction is still very important anyway learning how to spend time with yourself is an art that takes a lifetime to
532.1s alone but social interaction is still
534.8s very important anyway learning how to
538.2s spend time with yourself is an art that
540.3s takes a lifetime to
555.2s you enjoy I will see you in the next one you enjoy I will see you in the next one bye
557.9s you enjoy I will see you in the next one bye