A Renters Dilemma

It’s been almost two years since I moved into my own place (which means that the pandemic has been going on for 2 years too). And I’ve been loving living alone. I knew the rental market was bound to be terrible, especially since I moved in during the circuit break, but when I heard from my friend Ami how crazy rental prices have gone, I decided to trigger the conversation with my landlord’s agent 1 month before the scheduled conversation.

And boy am I glad I did. Living alone truly is my guilty pleasure, but the rent has gone up 23% and it’s a bit insane, but I was thinking that between the cost of moving and packing and unpacking and finding a new place, I was willing to bite the bullet. It still sucks though.

It’s a good thing I finally started tracking my expenses at the start of the year because it looks like I really need to be way more cognisant of how I spend money. I’ve never gone beyond my means but I’m also pretty shit at budgeting and sticking to it. but with this rent increase, looks like I have no choice.

Still, I’m pretty grateful that I can live by myself because I don’t know how I’d feel going back to having to find a flatmate I get along with and also want to hang out with. Here’s to guilty pleasures we can afford (kind of) and here’s to saving a bit more.