My Basement Apartment

The homeowners don’t have to worry about keeping up the yard or cooking or cleaning. They hire people to take care of that. Still, when I see a large house, I see all the work that would go into keeping it up. That’s not how I want to spend my time. Because I have lived in a rented apartment for so many years, I have had countless hours to spend doing things I love like reading and cooking and talking endlessly on the phone to my daughters.

That’s why I don’t regret my permanent exit from homeownership. That’s why I don’t think there’s any shame in living in a basement apartment. To me, living in a small, rented home means freedom, a life unencumbered.