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Moving On: The Post-Breakup Apartment

Moving On: The Post-Breakup Apartment

Does getting your own place guarantee happiness? One woman finds out.

"It's a little strange here," I wrote in my journal on the first night alone in my new apartment. It was a small concession, wedged between a list of to-do's ("paint my walls," "need lamps…better linen…a new comforter") and things done ("unpacked," "straightened up my files"). The overall sentiment about my new world order? "It is a fairly good feeling."