Published for you in live enlighten — Sep 3, 2021
The Importance of Being Alone — Some Good Reasons
Being alone doesn’t mean that you are lonely. You can be with a ton of friends and family members and then feel lonely.
Spending time alone has tremendous significance in our lives. Being alone doesn’t mean that you are lonely. You can be with a ton of friends and family members and then feel lonely. There’s a difference between being alone and being lonely.
Loneliness is a feeling that happens to you when you cannot get the sense of connection that you desire the most from people. Being alone means getting time for yourself. It is to be in your own company rather than with the company of others.
There is also a link between the sense of fulfillment and being alone. You being alone with yourself and be okay with that means you are fulfilled with who you are and also the life that you have. Let us see some of the importance of being alone.
To know yourself
Today people’s lives are so rapid and busy that they don’t get to know themselves. People are engaged with so many things in their life that they fail to engage with themselves. Getting to know yourself is the first and foremost aspect of your life. You need to have a daily plan to contemplate on who you are and what all things matter to you. You can also think about all those that you are grateful for in your life. To get to know yourself, you need time for yourself and that is what being alone means. You need to have time to only think about yourself.
To be independent
Nowadays everyone is dependent upon either their family or their friends. Almost everyone is dependent upon somebody but being emotionally dependent on others can cause a lot of relationship problems. I am not saying that being emotionally dependent upon the ones you love is wrong, I am implying there are problems if you are not emotionally stable with yourself.
In this social and communicative world, we are always surrounded by people, so, we are mostly dependent upon others for our happiness, love, care etc. Such emotions should be experienced even though you are alone. It is possible to just be happy with yourself as well as to love yourself. But nowadays people don’t know that. People think that love, care and happiness are coming from others. But the fact is that all the emotions are coming from yourself and you need to harness that for yourself without the company and care of others.
For recuperation
We all know that the world is busy and we are at a mad race to compete to make our living. We are in a race to gain money, relationship, fame etc. but we overlook our physical, mental and emotional status and recovery. We need to spend time to heal ourselves. Especially our mental health. Mental health is so significant in our lives, but most of us don’t even consider our mental stability and recuperation.
We are constantly pushing ourselves into situations for gaining money, fame etc. You need to consider your health and that is physical, mental, emotional and even relationship health. Some people are so busy that they don’t even have the time to spend with their children. That must not be the case with you. You have to have time alone to recuperate your mental, emotional and physical health. Have a constant schedule for your recuperation. You must also have some time to spend with your family also.
You will be more productive
The time that you spend alone can be put on productivity. Being always with others can be distracting. You can become productivite being with your friends but mostly being in the company of others can be distracting. You can invest time to yourselves to get things done. You can spend time alone on your growth and progress. You will be more in the thoughts of getting your work done if you are alone and that tends to make your life more productive. Once you know what your passions are you can work on it and that is productivity.
Helps to be creative
Creativity is one value that we overlook in our lives. We should all have a little time to invest in doing something new or creating something new. One of the creative aspects that I mainly do is acquiring new knowledge. For me studying something new sparks my creativity. A lot of authors and artists go to a forest home or farmhouse or a special room just to be alone. That helps them to be more creative and they will have more creative ideas flowing through their mind.
For designing your life
Your goals and dreams will be more likely to become reality if you write it down and review it daily. Even just writing down is better than to keep in mind. But when you review it daily, it will come true because all your nervous system will adapt to those goals and you will tend to take action on that. Spending time alone can give you space for designing your life. That is taking time to write down your whole future life, your goals, needs etc. I have already written an article about designing your life. You should read it.
Being alone is not loneliness
One other thing that I like to share briefly is about loneliness. Don’t confuse loneliness with solitude or being alone. Loneliness occurs because you fail to get the connection, love or care that you desire from people. If you have expectations that you want from people and if that is not met, then you will feel lonely. It especially happens in a love relationship. When you are in a relationship and the other person doesn’t provide you with your expectations you tend to be lonely and even gets frustrated.
A solution is to openly ask the other person that you are expecting these things from them and they will more likely to comply with you. If you have impossible expectations like the other person should talk to you 24 hours, you must change your expectations.
These are some of the reasons which show the importance of being alone. Being alone is one of the needs of human beings. Getting time for yourself makes you healthier, and stable in life. There are so many other benefits of being alone. You can surf the internet to find more benefits of being alone. I hope this article gives you a fair amount of knowledge that helps you in understanding the importance of being alone.
