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Name: How to Be Alone
Rating: 4.3 (241 reviews)
Author: Sara Maitland

Sara Maitland

The School of Life

4.3 (241 Bewertungen)

16 Min.

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What’s in it for me? Unlock the awesome power of solitude.

Imagine there’s a guy who lives down the road from you. He lives alone. In fact, you often see him wandering around the area by himself. Bizarrely, though, he seems to enjoy it.

What a loser he must be! No “healthy” person could possibly enjoy so much solitude.

Well, you’re wrong. Solitude is an immensely powerful and positive thing. Those of us who truly experience it, can be, in fact, far healthier and more relaxed than the rest of us. But this doesn’t mean that we should dump our friends and partners in favor of a lonely existence. There is a happy medium, as these blinks will explain.

You’ll also discover

how to ensure your children get enough time alone;
why taking a bath is time well-spent; and
why society dislikes a loner.

Finding time alone will boost your creativity and self-knowledge.

Do you ever wish you had more time to yourself? These days, society puts a lot of pressure on us to stay socially active and focus on work, which means less time for ourselves. And yet, alone time can improve your personal well-being and creativity.

That’s because, first of all, spending time alone allows you to discover your real “self.”

When you’re alone, you can focus on a deeper understanding of who you are and what matters to you. Only by spending time alone, free of outside influences, can you discover these important parts of yourself.

For example, the famous author Henry David Thoreau spent over two years alone in the woods of Walden Pond rediscovering himself. This time allowed him to assess his own values and those of the society around him. All of this led to Thoreau publishing his groundbreaking book Walden in 1854.

With this kind of dedicated time alone, you can unlock and increase your creativity.

In fact, many creative people in various fields have recognized solitude as a main source of creative output.

The influential author Virginia Woolf believed that spending time alone was vital to creativity. In her 1929 book, A Room of One’s Own, she saw the lack of solitude as being linked to the relatively small number of female writers at the time. Woolf saw that females were not lacking talent, imagination or intelligence; they were lacking time alone to allow their creativity to blossom.

The link between solitude and the happiness of creative freedom can be seen throughout history.

Another example is the actress Greta Garbo. At the age of 35, after having appeared in 28 movies, Garbo decided to retire from acting and live a simple and solitary life. She continued to have an active social life, but by giving herself plenty of time alone, she was able to enjoy peace and creativity.

So make sure you schedule yourself some alone time and reap the joys of solitude.

Embrace the joys of solitude through a transcendent connection with nature.

Now that you recognize the benefits of spending some time alone, you might be wondering how you’re supposed to find this peaceful solitude.

One of the best ways to find seclusion is to escape from the city and enter nature.

People who enjoy solitude often get a bum rap.

Most people consider it socially acceptable when someone takes an occasional hiking trip on their own or secludes themselves for a brief period to work on a project. But when it comes to people who choose solitude as a way of life, they can often be looked down upon.

This reaction is strange because modern society nurtures individualism.

In order to be alone, you have to recognize and overcome your fears of solitude.

Perhaps you’re curious about living a life of solitude, or maybe you’ve recently lost a partner and have suddenly found yourself alone. Whatever the case may be, there are steps you can take to feel at ease on your own.

First of all, it’s important to identify any fears you might have about being alone.

Expand your periods of solitude with some “alone time” or a solo adventure.

Even if you’ve come to accept that there are many benefits to solitude, you might be doubting that you’ll find the time to fit it into your busy schedule. But there are some easy ways to squeeze more alone time into your life.

One simple way is to spend more time focused on solitary activities you already enjoy.

Use solitude to explore reverie, a state of “active imagination.”

Do you ever think back to childhood and fondly remember keeping yourself entertained with just your imagination?

As it turns out, the happiness we get from solitude can come from these experiences, which we tend to lose touch with as we get older.

Alone time is one of the greatest gifts you can give your children.

Even though many of us hold on to meaningful childhood memories of solitude, few of us realize the importance of passing this along to our own children.

Because, in today’s society, it’s more common for parents to teach their children about the dangers of being alone. Kids are thus denied the chance to learn the important benefits of solitude.

Determine how big or small your dose of alone time should be.

You might think that the amount of alone time a person needs comes down to one simple question: Is she an introvert - someone who is shy, or an extrovert - someone who is socially outgoing?

But it’s not that simple.

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Worum geht es in How to Be Alone?

Today’s socially focused culture leaves us very little time to ourselves and unprepared for times when we may actually need to be alone. How to Be Alone (2014) shows us that we don’t need to be scared of solitude, and that there are many benefits and joys to be found in being alone. So don’t be afraid, go solo!

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Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school for genius. – Edward Gibbon, English historian.

—Sara Maitland

Wer How to Be Alone lesen sollte

People interested in sociology and human behavior
Anyone afraid of being alone

Über den Autor

Sara Maitland is an accomplished British novelist and feminist. She has written numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including A Book of Silence, her first work, and Daughter of Jerusalem, a novel that won the Somerset Maugham Award.

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