Aug25
{be well} How to be Alone
I loved this video ever since I first saw it on Caitidid Designs and then saw it again on Jamie Ridler’s blog. The contents of the video rang true for me. I believe the video originated on Susannah Conway’s blog, Ink on My Fingers. Every time I watch this video, I remember when I first moved to NYC, not knowing a single soul. I come from a big family and have always been surrounded by them. If not family, then friends and colleagues. When I lived in Maryland, I can’t remember a time when I was truly by myself. I never did anything by myself, not even eat at a restaurant or go to the movies. In 2002, being alone in a big city, I thought I was lonely, but really I needed to be by myself in order to get to know myself. And that was when I grew up. These days I have to schedule “ME” time in order for me to be alone.
Great video! I’ve never seen this. But it does remember me too, of moving to ATL without knowing anyone and yes, it is the time I’ve learned to be more independent and grow into my own. Now I can travel by myself and eat by myself. Not always my first choices, but I know I can. And there are many times where I do need to be alone, just for me….
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Oh, how I love to be alone. Being the homeschool mom of two, it rarely happens. Recently, after having dropped both my kids off at different friends homes for the afternoon, I stopped into a local coffee shop. I found myself sitting under a jasmine bush (my favorite flower) with my jasmine green tea (my favorite tea), enjoying a sweet summer breeze. Just me, and my lap top. Alone. I was in bliss. I spent two hours there and was so refreshed!
And I can also recall vividly the very first time I ate alone in a restaurant. I was not sure if I was feeling lonely or independent! My goodnes, that was along time ago.
Thanks Anna for such a lovely post.
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Thanks for sharing your “alone experience”, Lisa. Your alone experience sounds divine. I need to go to a local coffee shop with my laptop. Sounds enjoyable. I am sure as a mother of two it is hard for you to escape into your aloneness. I see a trend with jasmine. I finally ate in a restaurant by myself and I felt so self-conscious, as if people were looking at me and talking about me. But of course it was all in my head! I am sure they do not care, its NYC, for crying out loud!