Do you stop and take time to be alone?

[Roman]

not responding to internet threads on being alone is a prerequisite for being alone.

[monadnocky]

not responding to internet threads on being alone is a prerequisite for being alone.

what... I... <<<mind blown>>>

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[Earl Gray]

In my car. Driving to and from work. The best is on days I don't work. I drive to 7-11 with exact change for my coffee refill. Pay on the in by just leaving it on the counter. Back in the car I cruise the same roads in a 4 or 5 mile radius (really just about 120 degrees of my radius). Been doing it for 15 or so years. Likely have burned 100s of gallons of gas.

For a few years my youngest son would get up on Sunday's and go with. Loved his company but longed for him to sleep in.

Weird but very needed.

[Brian E Hammer]

Absolutely...., bulk of my rides are solo which provides the obvious opportunities..., however, there are those "pup" moments while either out for a walk or whilst observing him becoming one with his new front yard here in Portland. All 3 opportunities are highly prized. Crankiness ensues when schedule gets in the way....

[bking]

Some years ago I did a fair amount of backpacking, and realized i'd never really been alone with myself for any period of time greater than some part of a day. So I loaded up my pack, threw in pen and paper, and headed for the Four Peaks area in the Mazatzal Mountains; figured two, maybe three days.

I came back the next day. I discovered I'm a poor conversationalist when trying to cover both sides, and that i'm not as deep as I'd thought.

And are we really alone when there is always "noise" at our fingertips? I guess I've come to find comfort in and that i can work around the noise. Although it's certainly nice to pause briefly once in a while.

[steve garro]

No.
I do stop and take time with people on occasion, however.
- Garro.

[abbeyQ]

Sometimes I'm alone even when I'm around other people.

[robin3mj]

60M people in England. Not many where I just got back from though.