Living in a studio has its benefits, but it's definitely a little sad not having anyone to come home to. No more Chromecast music, or shared video games, or 7-11 taquitos. No more of Josh's eletric guitar or Jeff's jazz piano, Raymond's Chinese yo-yo or David's League of Legends. No more of the easy camaraderie that comes from shared suffering, forced contact, and obscenely late nights.
It does give me a little incentive to stay later at work and focus on career development, which I suppose is good. My evenings are then mostly filled by cooking dinner, playing video games with high school friends, and calling Kathy. If I'm feeling up to it I'll try to work on a programming side project or message people on Facebook, but work leaves me with less energy than anticipated. I'm hoping that it'll get better within the next few months, but maybe I'll just be tired forever :(
Overall, life feels a lot more structured, which does help me to stay productive. The external accountability takes some of the pressure off of self-discipline. But I kind of miss the freedom of college too: the ability to sleep in until whenever, and the time to work on whatever projects I become interested in.