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I traveled the world for six months, then moved back in with my parents. The transition was difficult, but I've learned to ...

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The Opinion Pages Finding Solitude in a House Share Kate Bolick, a contributing editor at The Atlantic and culture editor of Veranda, lives alone in New York City.

I had not that long before traded my bedroom at my mother’s house for my first flat in central London, started a job at a national newspaper, and thrown myself into the frenetic consumption that, ...