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Being Alone — Ankit Shah

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A reflection on loneliness, solitude, and the relationship we form with ourselves.

February 2020 • Ankit Shah Being Alone Loneliness is usually framed around your relationships to others—community, friendship, family. But that’s not the whole picture. To feel less lonely, you have to also build your relationship with yourself, which requires time alone, free from distractions, and that can feel scary. This is an essay about why you might want to give being alone a try. 0. INTRODUCTION Now may be a great time to get to know yourself. Here’s why. Time has been blurring lately. As we continue to conduct our entire lives from the same few hundred square feet for more than 2 mont

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