I do. I love being surrounded by people too and my animals. But days without people or animals allow me to sink right down to myself. To greet myself. To say Hello and actually hear my thoughts. I have two whole days ahead. Blissfully. Peacefully. Alone. With no work. No people. No music. No TV. No nothing. After a few hours of thinking and fretting, I will cease that too. Soon there will be silence in my brain.
So I was on the beach early this morning. And I was as the only person out there for a good hour.
This beach is actually also a road. So, at any given time, a vehicle can come hurling down behind you.
Growing up on a beach taught me the value of sharing, but the presence of cars, motorbikes, and four wheelers racing around disrupt the tranquility of the beach. However, both walkers and riders coexist, we have to, so we just get on with our chosen motion. Not this morning though. This morning was just for me.
Though I make sure to keep an eye on the beach behind me even in the early morning.
Because it is a legal road, the drivers have to have a driver’s license and are not allowed to drink and drive. That is one good thing at least. I have yet to see a traffic cop out here though. 😂
Not to worry. Kids on bikes are generally not early risers! And this morning, I was all alone. And I look forward to more beach today. The wind was down this morning, too. And we have sunshine. And I have a beanie, an oilskin, and my gumboots. And. I’m good!
Because my foray into creating a new website for us is turning into a cautionary tale, I really need this time to wind back out from wanting to burn the whole metaphorical house right down at the moment. Still no sign of the keys to actually start up my new site.
Not going to dwell. Failures are fodder for the future. (Oo that was good. I need to write that down. I love a good alliteration).
I was beginning to feel like a foolish old woman who tried to get above herself. But I am not old yet…
Have a gorgeous day!
Celi
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40 responses to “Do you Love to Be Alone?”
Let those thoughts of ‘trying to get ahead of myself’ go to the wind. You’re either trying to do something so revolutionary that the IT world isn’t ready for it and is scrambling to catch up (in which case you’re an innovator, a free thinker… a genius?) or the systems and IT folk are just having a series of difficult weeks with things going wrong (in which case you are most certainly not at fault, perhaps it’s solar flares?).
I call it “me time”. I believe we all need to make the time to be and do for ourselves. Go for a walk, read, watch a show, etc. It is a good reset and recharge for the wellness of your whole being. Happy Day – Enjoy 🙂
I prefer to be alone. I find being around people very draining. I never was interested in parties or crowds. I would like to be in my own place again, I’m decidedly nocturnal and that’s easier when you don’t have to consider other people in your house. The beaches in Chicago were just not easy to access for me and were usually crowded. I’m much more the quiet lake shore in a forest sort of person. I’d have been a good hermit back nn medieval times, hard to be a hermit these days. Enjoy the peace and quiet.
Are there many of these little, driftwood lean-to structures on your beaches there Celi? I went on a little holiday post, walkabout ‘with you’ this morning and noticed another, similar one in a photo from 2012.
And “Thank you”, by the way…. This was lovely❤️
Oh how nice! How lovely to go back in time. Yes! Us NZers love to make structures from the driftwood.
lol, not just you
A Human compulsion, I think: )
I only love to be alone because I know I don’t have to be…there are beloved animals and people just waiting for me to call or come home. So I don’t truly ever really feel alone and I can relax into my own rhythms when I am by myself. Sheer luxury.
So well said!