I love alone time and find it therapeutic. I consider myself a social person. I love interacting with people, I love going places and traveling, and I love talking but I need my fair share of alone time. Moments of solitude when I can focus on myself. Maybe it is a result of growing up in a large, noisy family but I have always found the moments when I only have myself for company to be sacred. I am going to admit to getting very irritable and cranky when life is increasingly busy and there always seems to be people around that days or even weeks pass before I have the ability to carve out a few moments of private time.
My biggest source of alone time is when I am commuting to and from work. I have a long drive to and from my office. I often think about all of the useful and productive activities I could do with that time if I wasn't stuck in my car but it recently became clear to me that these moments are important for my mental and spiritual well being. I use this time to gather my thoughts, to sort out the activities of my day, to plan important items for my to-do lists, to think about things that have been bothering me, and sometimes even to draft blog posts in my head. Surprisingly it is often during this time, alone in my car, that I can most clearly evaluate my life and obtain fresh perspectives.
On a slightly different note when I am at home and I find a rare day when I have nothing planned and no one to be around it is typically on those days that I love sleeping in, wearing my comfiest clothes (maybe even pajamas) all day, baking an extra special time-consuming dessert, and curling up under blankets with my cat to watch my favorite chick flicks for the possible millionth time. Those are the days when I truly relax.
Do you crave moments of solitude? When do you typically find moments to yourself? Is it something you plan for? What are your favorite things to do when alone?
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