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On The Benefits of Solitude

8 Reasons to Spend Time Alone
Jakub Bas
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Jakub Bas:
An enthusiast of wandering along the winding paths of personal growth. Enjoys reading and writing.

You only need to take a stroll through the streets of any city to notice that our culture is oriented towards spending time with other people. There are no one-person cinemas, and you’d have a hard time finding a table for loners, though going solo at a restaurant is fortunately not prohibited. After the isolation of the pandemic, the value of family and friends has shot up even more. Yet to maintain that crucial balance needed in this world, it’s worth remembering that you can reap many a benefit from enjoying the company of yourself. These are as follows:

1. Solitude inspires creativity

We are all creative beings, without exception. Yet in a group, you’ll always have that one person who is less creative and the other who is more. A group follows the strongest member and usually works together, to the detriment of individual needs. So it’s worth spending some

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Jakub Bas:
An enthusiast of wandering along the winding paths of personal growth. Enjoys reading and writing.
Translation: Mark Ordon
Publish date: 18.09.2020

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