In the course of a conversation today, a friend commented that I do solitude very well. I think it's true; I love my own company. I'm happy in the company of others but equally comfortable spending time alone.
Do you enjoy solitude? Do you relish time alone or do you long for company? Does being alone worry you?
I'm very comfortable being on my own. I lived on my own for a few years and even now spend quite a bit of my time on my own. I'm very comfortable with it and like having time on my own to do my own thing. I actually don't think I could have a relationship with someone who wanted to be with me all the time with no time to myself.
I do enjoy solitude, sometimes. I work in a very 'customer facing' job and it's nice to get home sometimes and just sit in the peace and quiet, no tv, no music etc. I enjoy my own company and I think I'd be able to do solitude quite well. I wouldn't want perfect isolation, but I enjoy time to myself.
I have spent alot of time working alone, and with others. I like time on my own. but there are somethings you just can not do on your own.
peace quiet n tranquility 2 read a book................brilliant........
Solitude can be good and bad....
Living alone ,for me at least , is not pleasant......Recently when I was unemployed I could go a whole week without actually engaging in conversation with another human being ....
That kind of solitude I can do without lol ....
I'm a loner, it's what I do.
lp
I love being totally alone for a while, especially with 5 kids and a husband who has spent most of the last year off work with a bad back. Oh that, and the fact that I run a shop that is open 7 days a week! I can see that being alone all the time would probably get me down. Eventually.
When my kids were small, I hated never having proper adult conversations that didn't revolve around children (mine or theirs!). While I would have liked to have been able to shut myself away for a few hours (or days) I couldn't, so now they are bigger, I relish those times. I had the bed to myself for a whole night two weeks ago and it was bloody lovely! I keep threatening to divorce Mr Stuff so that I can send the kids to him for the weekends and have the time to myself. It's a good job he knows I'm joking. At the moment :twisted:
I hate my own company and need to be around people. If I spend too much time alone, I get quite low :sad:
ah, I wouldn't ever assume a 'trait' in humanity were universal.
lp
as a mum of 5, with a husband that didnt work, solitude has been a very rare thing, in fact has been craved desperately on occasions, to let my brain re-focus. Silence was almost unheard of (pardon the pun)and there were days when I felt like my brain was awash with too much....sensory stimulation from every angle and I needed to just ...be.
Now Mr B has a job and its just me and the youngest, I am getting plenty of time to be and to sit...the TV doesnt go on at all all day once ive watched the news before the school run and once baby is asleep, I am loving the chance to be on my own and to answer to no-one....I find it girds my loins for the evening when the house is full again!
Having been in a situation wher it was difficult to obtain solitude, I appreciate it very much when i do manage it.
I too would say i do 'Solitude' very well. Although to be in a state of seclusion has more of a negative undertone. Id call my state of Seclusion "Me Time". Very different i know but its this form of solitude that i think we all relate to. To be forced into Solitude by any other means would obviously not be deemed as 'quality time' but rather an emotional challenge.
Solitude's great as long as it's optional... I would hate to have no choice.
solitude is very important as is the abilty to heal oneself.
Certainly its the reason we dont get out cus there's no ex to look after the kids. Not that I would though anyway.
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