Life Tips: How to take good care of yourself if you live alone?
China has entered the era of living alone. According to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs: in 2018, the single adult population in China is up to 240 million, of which 77 million live alone. According to other statistics, the second number, by this year, the second number will rise to 92 million. How will you care for yourself as part of the huge number of people living alone?The age composition of those living alone is becoming increasingly complex. The elderly living alone have been the subject of concern. Most elderly people who live alone do not want to go to a nursing home when they can still take care of themselves. Being a child in the awkward middle age of having an older person at the top and a younger person at the bottom. If they are in the same city as their parents, they can go and spend time with them on their days off. However, there have been tragic cases of parents living alone in the same neighborhood as their children who died unnoticed at home.
We may blame the children for being indifferent to their parents, and the distance between them is only one neighborhood away. But so many reports of elderly people living alone and dying at home unnoticed have brought more and more attention to the current situation of elderly people living alone. Many children away from home will be installed in their parents’ homes to facilitate the monitoring of parents at any time to observe no abnormalities, but also considered well-intentioned. After all, life goes on, and people of all ages have their own difficulties.
With the development of the times, people are more and more tolerant of the diversity of living conditions. More and more people who are not elderly are voluntarily or forcibly choosing to live alone. For example, those who have families and work alone for a better life for their families are living alone in a practical state. More people do not want to enter into marriage and choose to be single. Some of these people choose to live alone.
The benefits of living alone are self-explanatory. Articles such as this is what living alone can look like and a day in the life of a lady who lives alone are commonplace. Living alone can bring the freedom to do as you please, without having to deal with the weight of various relationships and enjoy the freedom of fun. Even if it is a day at home, because of the freedom of the mood, you can also let yourself live in the wind. It may seem like a normal day to the outside world, but the pleasures of living alone are not known to the outside world.
The benefits of living alone are increasing and more and more people are choosing to live alone. China is entering the era of living alone.
It is not surprising that the world is losing out on the blessing of living alone. In addition to the pleasures of living alone, there are many hidden dangers that come with living alone. One of the first is health problems. There are no young or old on the road to the Yellow Springs. According to the latest reports in the Hong Kong media a few days ago: Hong Kong’s popular radio hostess Yan Qing, a well-known radio station in the evening of March 22, sudden news of death. Police preliminary diagnosis: suspected of living alone at home after fainting and lost to death.
No one can guarantee which will come first tomorrow or accident. The sudden physical crisis no one expected. The concern for the health of people living alone has become a top priority.
You must remember an incident that was very hot on the internet some time ago, right? A lady living alone was trapped in the bathroom for more than 30 hours and successfully rescued herself. In addition to physical accidents, the details of life can become the quantitative factor of a crisis. How can a person who lives alone with no one to help him or her solve an emergency?
If the above incident is purely accidental, there is a common problem that solitary people need to face, how to relieve and deal with emotional crisis?
The advantage of having a cohabitant is that negative emotions can be confided in and sought help from those around you in time. There is a saying that many adults will say that whenever they come home and see the innocent smiling faces of their children, the stress and exhaustion of being away is swept away.
There are no such benefits for those who live alone. All the good and bad emotions have to be carried on one shoulder. The good emotions are not necessary. The freedom of living alone is also the reason why many people choose to live alone. When bad emotions occur, how do you deal with them when you have no one to talk to? What are the problems faced by people of all ages who live alone, and how do they deal with the silence of living alone?
Non-elderly people who voluntarily choose to live alone are not exempt. The moon is still cloudy and full, not to mention ordinary people who live alone. How can people who live alone take good care of themselves?
Regular medical checkups to detect hidden health problems and prevent them before they happen. Develop good work and rest habits, exercise habits, and eating habits. Develop hobbies and interests. Read widely. Library and sports field are two good friends in life. Stay at home, but also modern technology to communicate with more people. Take safety precautions. Have family and friends contact you regularly, and take action if there is no response. Install smart devices or monitoring to facilitate help in case of an emergency.
People who live alone can live a sophisticated life or live as they wish. The prerequisite is to learn to take good care of yourself.