Living Solo In a 100-tile Tiny House is Better

If you will ask me, is it really better to live solo in a hundred tiles tiny house? This is my answer.

I've lived in a much smaller space before when I was in college. It as a dormitory life back then, and I must say it is one of the things that honed me as a young adult because I learned a lot living alone, although I'm not really alone as I lived with my partner back then.

When I was playing Sims 4 last night, I thought why not make another challenging scenario, to make another household where the character is just living in a hundred tile house. I find it difficult because if you have a lot of money in Sims 4, you'd perhaps use it to beautify your home, to purchase any equipment available to level up your skills. It's a game where any thing is possible, your roommate could be a mermaid, your maid could be an alien, or your neighbor might be a werewolf.

I challenged myself. I must create a 100-tile home where the character is a young adult, and doesn't have enough money, to make it realistic. Most of the young adults entered adulting without enough money. So here it is, my first tiny living household.

I created the character with a pet dog but as I play it, I realized that if a young adult doesn't have enough money for herself, then she doesn't have enough money either for her pet. Also, she doesn't have enough time to pet the dog for she's studying and working as well. I decided to remove the dog.

This is the exterior of her house. I only put the necessities outside, a trashcan and a mailbox for receiving some mails and announcements from the city and her university. As you can see, it is just simple because it is tiny living. Maybe she'll renovate once she has enough money already.

Here she is, cooking toast and eggs for breakfast. This is the kitchen and dining in one. There are no decorations yet because she doesn't have the money to buy yet hahaha taghirap. I only bought refrigerator, coffee maker, and the stove itself for her to cook her meals.

This is the living room connected to the kitchen and dining. It is simple as you can see, it has three wide windows so she can save for electricity. It is already a big thing for young adults who are living solo to save some pennies. She has her computer set, a sofa set, mini bookshelf, speaker, and a television too. I put a box of tissues there near the bookshelf for movie watching purposes. Lol.

This is another view of the living room without the computer set.

Her bedroom consists of a bed, bedside table with make up tray, a guitar, clothes hanging, and a mood board. On the right side of her bed is a heater. Since this game has different seasons too, a heater is a must for winter season.

The last one is the bathroom. Just the necessities, shower, toilet, sink, and a mirror.

On her vacant time, she reads books and practices to play the guitar. One morning, she received a letter that she won a scholarship for her college admission.

By the way, her name is Hyejin haha Kdrama pa more. Since she already has a scholarship, I decided to enroll her already in a university.

Let me show you how the university works here in Sims 4:

In Sims 4, each term lasts for only one week. I hope in real life too so but if it is, we won't have enough time to digest everything in a specific subject.

There are only two schools in Sims 4 University: the University of Britechester and Foxbury Institute.

Hyejin's skills didn't match the Foxbury Institute's standards so she can only enroll in University of Britechester.

After choosing the university, it is now the time to choose which course to take. This one is a bit difficult because I want her to be a doctor but her skills are not that good yet for that course so I chose Language and Literature. Under this distinguished degree in UB, she can be an author or a lawyer. I prefer to be a lawyer in this world though.

As much as I want her to experience the dormitory life, I opted to stay at home and only leave when she needs to go to class already because living in a dormitory near the school costs a lot. Again, she doesn't have enough money even if she's a working student.

One of the things I like here in Sims 4 is that the student can pay the tuition fees through a student loan. But even if there's an option, I prefer to use my own funds to pay the fee since I still have enough. Don't borrow money if you still have sufficient funds with you.

Each subject course costs $240 each and since she's taking 3 subjects this semester, the total tuition fee is $720. Good thing she's a scholar so she'll only pay $120! Yehey!

That's her journey in applying in a University. She's attending classes in the afternoon and in the morning, she's working as a barista in a coffee shop.

Living solo in a 100-tile house is a good thing because she can focus more on her studies and skills in a smaller house. Also, she already has the essentials, what else can she ask for aside from more money for her studies?

That's it for now. I will update her life happenings next time.

If you have any suggestions or things you want her to experience, you can leave them in the comment section. Ciao!

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July 2, 2022