5 Reasons Why Solitude Might Be Just the Ticket After All…

Yes, I know 2020 was the year of quarantine and isolation, but hear me out!

Anouska
Live Your Life On Purpose

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Sunset at the river, away from the city, away from the noise — to end 2020 peacefully. Credit Anouska Parr.

2020 the apocalyptic year where people have spent more time alone than ever before, and along I come suggesting that you head back off to your cabin in the woods for some more solitude. Yes it might sound bat shit crazy after the past twelve months of doom, I know that, but let me elaborate a little.

It has been the year where people were trapped in their homes, so it’s understandable that solitude may be the last thing we are all thinking about, but perhaps it’s exactly what everyone needs. A chance to take time out for ourselves, slow down, shut out the noise, reconnect, and be.

“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” ― Aldous Huxley

The words alone and lonely have been used interchangeably; they have become indistinguishable, intertwined; but this is inherently wrong. There is a distinct difference. In simplistic terms; being alone means solitude, and loneliness is when you feel no one is there for you.

Alone time has always been important to me, since childhood I have always enjoyed…

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Anouska
Live Your Life On Purpose

Adventures in Vietnam on YouTube @SaigonRevival. Art director, insight specialist, writer, vagabond.