Are you good at being alone? How about living alone?

I've never lived alone in my life and I think that I've missed an important experience. Since I have people around about 98% of the time I've come to relish the few hours of solitude that I get. I've found though that work related travel, when I"m alone in a hotel room, leaves me at a loss as to how to engage the time.

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ALONE BUT NOT LONELY I love this question and it is my life. I am alone about 50% percent of my week. The only interaction I have with people is at work, at church, at school (one evening a week) and when I hang out with my friends which definitely depends on if I have the money to go to dinner or something like that.

I don't have pets because I can come and go as I please and I like that! I can take a road trip whenever I want and not have to get a pet sitter. Being single and living alone is what you make it.

It is a task at times when there is not much going on socially but then there are many times when going home to a quiet home that smells like you is so welcoming. I love having my alone time but I love being around people too. When I have alone time, I can read, I can channel flip, I can cook, I can walk around naked if I want.

It's pretty awesome! If I get that lonely feeling, I call a friend and get out to do something! Take a walk, workout, go to the bookstore, get coffee, something, anything!

Being alone is just a state of being, it's not letting the loneliness suck you into a black depression that is the key. It's called BALANCE.

I prefer being alone! My job involves interaction , both in person and on the phone, for 8 solid hours a day. I have to be cheerful and friendly and understanding, when I would rather not be.

Therefore, I absolutely love coming home to an empty house. It has advantages and disavantages. I can watch what I want to on tv, and if I do not wish to hear it, it stays off.

If I do not feel like cooking, I can eat a bowl of cheerios for dinner. I come and go as I please, without having to tell anyone. I go where I want, when I want, do what I want when I want to.

My friends are a lot like me - if I need to talk to someone, or want to go to a movie with someone, I have tons of people to get ahold of. My family is very social, so I do not miss out on that type of interaction. My home is decorated to my taste, and nothing ever goes missing - it stays where I put it.

However, and this might be a minus - I have been alone for so long, that I have lost the ability to be concerned about others wants, needs, or desires. I am actually selfish when it comes to my personal time. When I travel alone, if I get bored, I go out and explore wherever I happen to be.

It is easier in Europe - you can go down to the lobby and have a drink with the other guests. If I don't feel like going out, I use the time in hotel rooms to write letters. And, this is just my opinion, when you live alone, you learn how to relax a lot faster.

That feeling of having to be doing something all of the time is not as strong when you live alone! .

You either love it or hate it... As for me, I absolutely LOVE my time alone and for years lived by myself and relished the peaceful solitude it brought me. It was a time of introspective learning about myself, my emotions, my feelings and learning who I really was and it was only able to happen during those times of solitude. Many people hate it and have to be around people every minute of the day and night.

They find a feeling of being lost in solitude and feel out of their comfort zone and that makes them uncomfortable. It's too quiet, they feel lonely and unimportant or unloved unless they are with someone. Solitude taught me how to be happy with myself and find contentment in my life without needing someone else in it all the time in order to feel fulfilled and complete.

I am of the opinion that I am much healthier emotionally having lived alone for quite some time and having those times of solitude because I know and feel complete within myself and don't feel that I "need" someone else in my life to make me complete. Once I reached that point, relationships became much healthier, happier, and more intense which, in the end meant they were more fulfilling, which is usually what most of us are looking for in the first place. So in answer to your question, I do very well on my own if I am alone for any length of time and actually look forward to those moments sometimes because it makes me a better person in the end.

:) Sources: personal experiences Video "I Walk Alone" by Tarja Turunen .

Solitude after a busy day is great! But a couple of years ago; my wife was asked to go to Biloxi Miss. From our home here in Canada to train a new division of the company she worked for.

It was 2 weeks, so I thought that I would have a nice quiet time while she was away. The first few days were a bit of an adjustment; with all the various household chores; once I was comfortable doing those, I found myself somewhat on edge. I think the simple fact was that I missed not having my wife around.

We seem to get used to all the ambient noise around us, and miss it when it isn't present. I found myself eagerly waiting for the nightly phone call. While I freely admit that; yes I dearly love my other half (married now nearly 19 years), and while she does sometimes drive me to near distraction with chatter - without it around I discovered just how lonely life would be without her.

Might be a good thought to extend to all of our family members - as much as some of them might make us crazy, life would be poorer without them around. Even the really nasty ones - aren't they there just to make us appreciate the good people? I still love to spend time by myself.

After a hectic day; there's nothing finer than some solitude with a good book or my favorite music. Hopefully in a year or two; we can afford to install the pond/waterfall I want. We had a small one in our last house, and it was my favorite summer place to wind down.

Philosophers say that life requires balance - I think that our need for solitude is a fine example of this - the struggle between the light and dark, the yin and yang, the good and evil. So feet up and enjoy guilt free! You're contributing to the balance of the universe!

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Living by yourself and being alone are two different things I’ve lived by myself for 20 years and I can’t imagine living with another person. I love my lifestyle and am glad I chose it. I know lots of people who moved out of their parents houses straight into marriage with nothing else between and they have missed something.

Living on your own means being self-reliant. You know that there is no one there to fall back on and you have to do things yourself. I’ve surprised myself with some of the things I’ve managed to do on my own (fix a broken garage door, hang curtain rods, fix telephone wall jacks) because I knew that there was no other choice but to do it.

I also enjoy the solotude of coming home and not having to worry about someone waiting to tell me their problems. Of course I’m not a hermit. If I want company, there is the front door that I can just walk out of, or the phone or internet.

In all the time I’ve lived alone, I’ve never been lonely.

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