I made my weekly run to the grocery store yesterday. I go at the beginning of every week because I try to get almost everything fresh and buying for a few weeks at a time isn’t feasible when cooking for one. As I was trucking everything in from my garage inside and upstairs to my kitchen, I got a little kick out of the fact that I was able to carry 9 bags of groceries up the stairs in one shot. I realized it was a skill I learned after from living alone. Hated making multiple trips to my car so I mastered grocery bag carrying 101.

It made me start to think that there must be other talents I have acquired simply due to the fact that I live alone. It was a moment of zen as I then giggled at the fact that married/dating people probably haven’t mastered these talents. I have complied the list I could think of off the top of my head below. What is your list?

• Grocery Bag Carrying 101
• Hangout Location Mastery (boo to people that stay at home)
• Ability to quickly detect crazy people
• Skilled at being able to take one main ingredient and make a week’s worth of different dinners
• Ability to put myself first
• Appreciation for impromptu dance parties at any given moment
• Ability to finish an entire bottle of wine so you don’t have to recork it
• Skilled at doing many things by myself that typically require two people
• Ability to make myself laugh
• Enjoyment of many different hobbies
• Ability to do and buy what I want without permission
• Freedom to make my own schedule
• Mastery of bed and blanket hogging
• Most important of all . . . Ability to be comfortable by myself

Is there anything I missed?