Look at my blog photo and you can see the clutter behind me. No one's going to tell me to clean it up. Unless I nag myself, which I do sometimes, but mostly I just shrug and say, "That's me." This photo shows me posing in front of my iMac, which, it turns out, takes pictures like a camera. I do it a lot -- and there's no one here to make fun of me. Of course, now that I'm blogging about it publicly, I'm opening myself up for ridicule, but hopefully you'll be easy on me.
Living alone can be lonely, and the thought of being cooped up here alone in a snowstorm makes me sad, and the thought of getting really sick and having no one around to help scares me. But on the whole, life is good. I started this blog so others can share the pros and cons of living without another person there to share your home life.
I'd love to hear comments.
Loraine
5 comments:
I am so glad you started this blog, those of us who live alone are so misunderstood! I think society in general looks at us and feels sorry for us, they should know living alone is so liberating and so empowering. when your on your own you are forced into learning to know yourself, you learn to like and accept yourself for who you are. I think it should be mandatory that people live alone for at least a year before they get married, as they will not only grow up they will learn to appreciate themselves so much more, and once you like and appreciate yourself you bring a whole lot more into a relationship!!
Everything you said is so true. I feel that once you can be by yourself -- be really, really on your own -- you can do anything. It's one of the hardest skills to learn but the most useful for facing any adversity life can throw at you. I've been teased by some people that I could probably do solitary confinement in prison with ease! But seriously, it's important to learn how to live without the crutch of other people keeping you company at all times. I see people with their cell phones in stores and they can't even shop without sharing the experience with someone.
Loraine
Your so correct, I know people who are afraid to be alone, I never understood that, but people are. I think if you don't spend time with your own thoughts you don't really know what you want, or how you feel about life in general. Its wonderful to have a close family and many friends, but its also wonderful to be a friend to yourself, and allow yourself time to nurture and care for yourself.
Through out my life I have always needed the space and freedom to create.I had to have at least one room of my own no matter who I was living with.Sacred space is such an important thing .We search all our lives for that special someone.I believe it is natural to desire a mate.Now that I live by myself I enjoy the total freedom of doing whatever my heart and soul says.Peanut butter and Jelly taste good for dinner once in a while.Yes fear and loneliness surface for me a lot.Funny you meantioned the snow storm.I thought the same thing.Wished I had someone here to share it with.Then I looked at my Dog Bodhi and said its you and I kiddo!
And I smiled Today is mine and I can do whatever I please with it.Maybe start a new painting .Eat soup and some of those chocolate cookies I have been avoiding.Oh and make a fire just for me.
MAYBE TO SECRET IS THE TWIN FLAME WE ALL SEARCH FOR IS DEEP WITHIN OUR OWN SOULS!
I do hope to share with someone again,however the freedom I am experiencing is giving me a chance to be all I can be .A journey of self discovery has been opened to me .I am walking through the door! Happy New Year everyone!
I'm going to skip the soup and just eat chocolate pudding for dinner. Thanks for sharing, Omnigirl. I think you're right about how our twin soul is not out there on some dating service but deep within ourselves. I'm getting to know and like my inner soulmate, appreciating her talents and forgiving her flaws.
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