Being Alone is Good by jakeybrown

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life · @jakeybrown · Apr 2 '18

$12.33

Being Alone is Good

Alone time should be cherished in my opinion.

It is the best time to really explore ourselves uninhibited. Even when it is just us sometimes it's challenging to break through the self judgement and fully express ourselves. Adding other people to the mix can can get some of us to repress ourselves even more.

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*Take space when you feel like you need it.*

Sometimes alone time is hard to come by, we have to carve it out, make room for ourselves. Taking time alone is something I need, I need to be alone without worry, either doing something like exercising or being creative, or simply just sitting with myself and seeing what comes up or what doesn't. Often it puts me right when I'm stressed.

If I can get out in nature, go for a walk with Lola and just relax my mind, that's when I start feeling really good. I start noticing the tension in my body, the thoughts running through my mind. I just let it all go.

Sometimes I'll do yoga on my kitchen floor or on the concrete in the basement, try to reconnect to my body. Or I'll workout and get the blood pumping and my lungs opened up. Or I'll practice guitar or singing and not worry about sucking.

I get all my best writing and ideas from times when I'm alone, I have my greatest moments of insight. I start to notice things I don't always notice.

I feel like being alone is the only time we can act and think without outside influence. The only time we can really learn how to let our guard down, at least at first. Sometimes people are a catalyst to our vulnerability, other times we just need to be in the comfort of our solitude to learn how to really be us.

Learn how to be free with yourself, then learn that everyone likes that self and you don't have to stop being yourself around others. The type of freedom that comes when judgement is no longer an issue can't be understated.

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Alone time is something I really appreciate in my life, it's my time to be creative and unwind. Do you guys value alone time, or do you find more comfort in company?

Thanks for reading,

@jakeybrown

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@atmosblack · Apr 2 '18

$0.61

I absolutely love and cherish being alone. This way, I can do all the clearing and spiritual "work" that needs to be done. Someone has to do it for the sake of humanity, right? 😀
Lisa Transcendence - a spiritual teacher I have deep resonance with - even spent a whole year going out into the world with earplugs on, to be able to focus on the inside. I love this idea, since it's so easy to "get lost" in the world.

👍 atmosblack, jakeybrown

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@jakeybrown · Apr 2 '18

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I have found periods of solitude mixed in with being around people, even if I may not want to, has helped me tremendously in operating "normally" during the changes I am going through. I've had major periods of aloofness and struggle when around others, but recently can operate pretty well around other people and in environments like the office and family get togethers.

I still require alone time, almost everyday I walk, do yoga, run, workout, and of course meditate during those and as an activity(or lack of one ;)) itself. These times are my time to clear all the crap. I feel like there are certain people paving the way for others, which I include you and I as those people, just like others have paved the way for us. So taking alone time to do our work is just as important, if not more important, than doing our regular life duties, whatever they may be.

👍 atmosblack

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@atmosblack · Apr 2 '18

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Yeah, I totally agree.  I have abandoned the hope though, to ever blend in and do the usual human stuff. I'm far too gone into the land of magic and wonder (also called 5D) 😂

👍 atmosblack, jakeybrown

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@bigskycustoms · Apr 2 '18

$0.03

I actually enjoy being alone but my hobby background and growing up on a farm are part of that. I hate crowds. But I also tend to get sentimental when I’m alone too.

👍 jakeybrown

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@jakeybrown · Apr 3 '18

I don't mind crowds, depending on the people, but I definitely need my breaks and prefer to be alone as often as possible. It's hard to work on hobbies with other people unless it's something like music or sports, even then it's hard starting out on those things

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@dedicatedguy · Apr 2 '18

$0.02

I also enjoy being alone man. I just feel comfortable thinking about my things and doing the things I want, all by my own. 

I guess the fact I don't have any brother or sister made me get use to being alone. 
 
Do you have brothers or sisters man?

👍 jakeybrown

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@jakeybrown · Apr 2 '18

I have one sister, most of my alone time I have carved out in life, once I hit college I started to find some space. When I was living alone it was really great, now it's more challenging so I'm up late a lot of nights

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