{"id":38060,"date":"2021-06-05T16:50:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T20:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=38060"},"modified":"2021-06-14T10:22:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:22:45","slug":"disadvantages-of-living-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/disadvantages-of-living-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disadvantages of Living Alone: Handling Solitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the disadvantages of living alone? What are some things you can do to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-enjoy-solitude\/\">enjoy solitude<\/a> rather than drowning in it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be easy to feel empty and aimless when you live alone and leisure activities such as watching television can make it feel worse. If you can learn to enjoy solitude by developing new skills and abilities, you will be much happier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to learn how to enjoy your solitude rather than wallowing in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The <strong>Disadvantages of Living Alone<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the major disadvantages of living alone is the solitude that comes with it. When you\u2019re alone with nothing to do, it\u2019s common to feel a sense of emptiness or lack of direction. People report that their worst experiences and moods occur when they\u2019re alone. <strong>This is because your mind harbors your fears and insecurities, and when you don\u2019t have an activity or external input to focus on, your mind drifts toward worry and disorder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who live alone and don\u2019t attend church report their worst moods of the week on Sunday mornings: With no one around, and without things they <em>need<\/em> to do, they feel anxious and restless. Typically, by midday, people decide to do something to fill the rest of the day, such as watching a football game or visiting with a relative\u2014they create a new goal that allows them to focus their time and feel purposeful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some other responses to solitude:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Watching TV.<\/strong> TV\u2019s ability to order consciousness, even just enough to keep your mind from worrying, is one reason it plays such an important role in people\u2019s lives.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Using drugs. <\/strong>Drugs contain chemicals which seem to alter your consciousness and can make you feel more creative. However, what they\u2019re actually doing is changing your perception of what you <em>think<\/em> you can accomplish in relation to what you can <em>actually<\/em> accomplish, which isn\u2019t necessarily as rewarding as seeking out and rising to the challenge of new opportunities. For example, if you depend on drugs for creativity, you might gain some ideas you can use later, but you also run the risk of losing your ability to exercise your consciousness for new ideas without the use of drugs.<\/li><li><strong>Filling the time with compulsive activities, such as sex, cleaning, or gambling. <\/strong>Consuming pornography or having depersonalized sex allows you to order your consciousness around desires you may already have. Though it\u2019s pleasurable and provides order, it\u2019s not necessarily enjoyable because it doesn\u2019t demand your attention in a way that causes you to become a more complex individual. Activities that inspire fear in exchange for pleasure are similar. For example, gambling can give you a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/an-internal-locus-of-control\/\">sense of control<\/a> and stave off worry, but you\u2019re not necessarily becoming more complex.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Achieving Healthy Solitude<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it\u2019s so much easier to order your consciousness with other people around, how you use your alone time is the ultimate test of whether you\u2019ve achieved order in consciousness: Do you choose an activity that merely distracts yourself from your worries, or an activity that promotes flow and allows you to grow without external inputs? <strong>If you don\u2019t need a favorable environment to feel stable, and you don\u2019t get bored easily, you\u2019ve likely developed healthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/creative-habits\/\">creative habits<\/a> and practices.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning to enjoy healthy solitude as a teenager can help you as an adult. If you don\u2019t, you might grow into an adult with little patience or discipline. To avoid this, look at each challenge as an opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/improve-your-skills\/\">improve your skills<\/a> and learn. <strong>Specifically, judge whether your solitude provides an opportunity to work toward a goal you wouldn\u2019t be able to work toward if you\u2019re spending time with others.<\/strong> This will help you enjoy solitude rather than dreading it, and as you pursue opportunities, you\u2019ll likely develop new skills and abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong> A woman named Dorothy chooses to live on a remote island in Northern Minnesota near the U.S. border with Canada. During the winter, she can go for months without seeing anyone. To make the most of her solitude, she has personalized the grounds with flower tubs, trees adorned with cheesy joke signs, and other decorations. She keeps herself busy with activities such as fishing, collecting eggs from her chicken coop, splitting wood, and sewing. She doesn\u2019t mind company, but she enjoys living this lifestyle and controlling her surroundings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the disadvantages of living alone? What are some things you can do to enjoy solitude rather than drowning in it? It can be easy to feel empty and aimless when you live alone and leisure activities such as watching television can make it feel worse. If you can learn to enjoy solitude by developing new skills and abilities, you will be much happier. 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