How To Be Alone
February 24th, 2011 by Erin
Many thanks to Daytrotter for posting this on Facebook
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Mari Mari Quite Contrary:
February 27th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Nicely done video.
Yep, there’s a difference between being ‘alone’ and being ‘lonely’. It’s a very good skill to have: to be alone, but not lonely.
It’s taken me years to realize though, that different people have different tolerances for being alone. I can easily last for 4 – 5 days alone, but after that amount of time, I must change my environment or visit friends for company, or otherwise change things up.
I had this topic of conversation once with a couple of my married friends. One of my married friends has a 1 or 2 day tolerance for being alone. The other married friend estimated that she has about a 3 day tolerance.
So I do think that the length of time that someone is alone – and is comfortable with it (even likes it) is a learned skill. I’m more comfortable (than my married friends) at being alone for a longer period of time, simply because I’ve had more practice at it.
Yep, acquiring the skill of liking your own company is a good skill to acquire and work on.
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