一个人住

sān三nián qián年前，wǒ我dì第yī一cì次yī一gè rén个人zhù住。

Three years ago I lived alone for the first time.

gāng刚kāi shǐ开始jué de觉得zì yóu自由jí le极了，xiǎng想jǐ几diǎn点shuì睡jiù就jǐ几diǎn点shuì睡。

At first it felt wonderfully free — I slept whenever I liked.

yī一gè个yuè月yǐ hòu以后，wǒ我fā xiàn发现wèn tí问题bù shǎo不少：fàn饭méi没rén人zuò做，wū zi屋子méi没rén人shōu shi收拾，shēng bìng生病de的shí hou时候lián连dào倒shuǐ水de的rén人dōu都méi yǒu没有。

A month later I found plenty of problems: nobody cooked, nobody tidied, and when I was ill there was no one to pour me a glass of water.

wǒ我màn màn慢慢gěi给zì jǐ自己dìng定le了jǐ几gè个xí guàn习惯：měi每tiān天zuò做yī一dùn顿fàn饭，zhōu mò周末dǎ sǎo打扫yī一cì次，shuì睡qián前bù不kàn看shǒu jī手机。

I gradually gave myself a few habits: cook one meal a day, clean once at the weekend, and no phone before bed.

yī一gè rén个人zhù住ràng让wǒ我gèng更huì会zhào gu照顾zì jǐ自己，yě也gèng更néng能lǐ jiě理解fù mǔ父母yǐ qián以前zuò做de的nà xiē那些xiǎo小shì事。

Living alone taught me to look after myself better and made me appreciate the small things my parents used to do.

xiàn zài现在wǒ我jì既bù不hài pà害怕yī一gè rén个人dài待zhe着，yě也bù不jù jué拒绝gēn跟péng you朋友zhù住zài在yī qǐ一起。

Now I am neither afraid of being on my own nor unwilling to share a flat with friends.