Friends? Great. Families? Love them. But sometimes you need some alone time. Hanging out by yourself gives you the opportunity to recharge your battery, do all the things you want to do and learn how to become more independent and self-sufficient. The obvious would be to have a self-care day – and that’s definitely right up there, but I’m not including it in my list.
- Be a tourist in your own city. Living in a place, you rarely see it the way outsiders do, so try to mimic the tourist experience and get a new perspective on the sights that surround you. Check out a new museum exhibit or just head to that part of town you always stay away from because it’s “so touristy”—that’s kind of the point with this one.
- Have a solo dance party. Empty house + your favourite music + letting lose and just having a good dance part for 1 = absolute joy.
- Organise your house. OK, so wI know this isn’t fun for some people, but if you’re someone who finds joy in tidying and reorganizing, go wild and deep-clean your living space. Even if you don’t delight in doing house chores, you’ll feel infinitely better when they’re done.
- Read a great book. Whether you curl up in bed with a cup of tea or head to a local coffee shop, digging into that new book you’ve had on your shelf for ages is equal parts relaxing and mentally stimulating.
- Start learning a new language. If you actually have some alone, really make it count and the benefits of this one are threefold. First, learning a new language stimulates your brain in a really healthy way. Secondly, it’s cool and cultured to be able to speak more than one (or two or three) languages. And third, it’s the perfect excuse to reward yourself with a trip to the country whose language you’re learning once you reach a certain level of fluency.
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