Although there are people who don’t enjoy the time spent alone, it is a fact that all of us need to have a quiet night alone occasionally. Our schedules are too busy and literally hectic these days. We want to get everywhere we need to get fast and be with all the people we want to be. But when we slow down a little bit, that’s when we start to think more about our life and the true meaning of everything we’re doing.
That’s probably why some people are afraid to be alone. Maybe they just avoid spending time with their own thoughts and feelings. Because we need great courage in order to face some of our unconscious feelings that we’ve buried deep inside. When you are with other people, then you focus more on them and therefore are less concentrated on yourself, your life, your problems, etc,.
What most people don’t really understand, is that time being alone doesn’t mean that you are feeling lonely. Our feelings are not a direct reflection of the environment, but rather they pass through an indirect path that consists of our way of perceiving things.
Spending time alone has a lot of benefits for you and your life. When you are alone you can release more easily the burden that you’ve carried on your shoulders although it is too hard for you because that burden belongs to the world and other people, not you. It is not your job to carry other people’s worries and problems, that’s why you should desire to spend some quality time with yourself only. When you will feel its benefits and the energy that this time provides for you, you will definitely enjoy it more and desire it much more.
Everything that you’ve done with others, now you can do it by yourself. For example, you can talk to yourself, you can drink coffee with yourself, read a book, reflect on your thoughts and feelings, watch a movie, go for a walk…. The list is unending. You may feel awkward at the beginning, but very soon you will like this time more because you will learn how to enjoy every moment of your life.
Read about these six reasons why the time alone can be the best time you can have:
1. Clear thoughts
The busy way of life that we live comes with a price and that is a chaotic mind. That means that by meeting many people every day, we fill our minds with a lot of information that we don’t have time to meditate on and to reflect deeper. That’s why we need a regular break from the busy life so that your mind will have the time it needs for clearing all the unnecessary information. When we distance ourselves from all the noise, we’ll hear our own thoughts. That’s when we start to focus on what really matters to us.
2. More creativity
When your mind is free from all the trash, it can tap into creativity more easily. When you are alone, there is nothing and nobody to distract you, so you can release your soul, open your mind, and allow the inspiration to give you creative ideas.
3. Self-confidence
When you on your own, you tend to think more about your life, your achievements, and everything you’ve done and succeed in. Thinking about these things, you will get the self-confidence you need to understand how capable you are to do things on your own.
4. Independence
When you start doing things by yourself, you will soon realize that you actually don’t need the help of others so much. You can do it all alone, so sometimes you are your best company.
5. Less stress and anxiety
Spending time alone is a very efficient way of coping with stress and anxiety. If you want to be mentally strong, you definitely need more alone time. It will help you to focus on the most important things in life instead of worrying about everything and everyone. This is when peace starts to push away anxious thoughts until they disappear.
6. Stronger relationships
Although you might have thought the opposite is true, actually spending time alone helps you to find out who are your real friends – the people you want to spend more time with. After you realize who are those people, your mutual relationship will become deeper.
