Do You Value Solitude

[nailit]

I have become one of those people that value solitude.
I enjoy (for the most part) being on my own.
I go to work in the day and actively been part of a team, but come night time...well its my time!

I wake up round about 6-6:30
I hate music at around that time so don't have the radio on (or TV, because I don't own one) I enjoy the solitude of easing into the day and watching the sun come up (when it does) and listening to the birds singing...or coughing, I DO live in Stoke.

Don't know what it is, but I find it harder to tolerate noise and people the older I get..

[Rockrose]

No I love being with people

[Baldric]

No, we all love company, we're a noisy household, have lots of fun.

[Tilly2]

Since we have both retired, I do very much value my 'me' time. Fortunately Mr T has bowling matches on at least three days a week, in the afternoon and I love that time and space to myself.
No radio, no T.V. just me, pottering, reading, pampering, gardening...whatever.

I get really annoyed when one of his matches is cancelled for any reason. :-)

[Bazile]

I wouldn't be comfortable being on my own

I value the opportunity to have a second opinion on everyday things as well as more serious matters

Then there is the fear that something could happen and no one would know for possibly a long time

That's just me , however I appreciate some people much prefer to be on their own

[Eleena]

Yes I do. I haven't met anyone I can relate with socially in any way LOL!

[douglas9401]

You're never alone with a Strand.

[choux]

I am with you on this, nailit. Yes, I do value some solitude and I enjoy a quiet start and end to my day. I don't like noise and I have had to put up with some very annoying people over the years so am now able to choose my company carefully these days.

[pixie374]

I absolutely do. It is so well-earned! I spend my days either surrounded by friends, family or clients, but just love to get back home to my dogs.
I think I am the kind of person who could happily spend days alone given the chance.

[Buenchico]

I can't be without noise. (Sedatephobia - google it!).

I enjoy crowded places. (I'm in heaven on Oxford Street on Christmas Eve or people watching on a packed beach on a sunny bank holiday).

However I love living on my own and would hate the idea of living with anyone else. I like to do my own thing, with my own thoughts!

[agchristie]

Silence really is golden!

I thoroughly enjoy quiet time especially the first hour with a cup of coffee!

[pastafreak]

There are times I would like to have company...to share with, to talk to. But I've become so used to my own company...I can do what I want, when I want. Working in the chaotic environment I do, means solitude is extremely important to me. I need to empty my brain when I get home!

[david small]

Misanthropist by nature. Often fancied job as a lighthouse keeper in the middle of the Sahara desert.

[nailit]

David Small.
BA right there!

[Patsy33]

I value solitude. I need to recharge my batteries, from time to time or I can't function very well.

[pixie374]

It's just a difference between introvert and extrovert. Some people get their energy from being around other people. Others are drained by it.

[agchristie]

//Often fancied job as a lighthouse keeper//

Nah, it's nowt flash! ;-)

[douglas9401]

Somebody has to guide those ships of the desert David, as they bob up and dune.

[andy-hughes]

I do enjoy my solitude, fortunately Mrs Hughes does as well, so we can spend hours at home in different rooms doing different things.

As for being alone, I love it - when she worked away for up to eight weeks at a time, I would often spend entire weekends seeing and speaking to no-one, which is absolutely fine.

[Cloverjo]

I love being on my own.
It’s been quite difficult over the past week or so having workmen in the house all the time.
I enjoy the times my husband is away.

[gness]

Solitude? Oh yes, Nailit......I love time on my own.....I can spend hours or even days alone with my sewing machine and fabrics or wool and needles.
I'm lucky in having a wonderful circle of friends and enjoy time with them for drinks and natter or the adventures we have on the big birthdays......yet I get as much pleasure from a few days alone......not having to speak or to listen....
I couldn't be happy living in a bustly household with other folk......any more then they'd be happy living with me!... ;-)

Noise? Like you the older I get the less I can tolerate noise. I live in a field now....the silence is bliss. Returning to the UK last month I found my little town noisy and intrusive......there seemed to be noise everywhere.
I love quiet in the mornings........easing into the day as you put it.....only ever have the radio or TV on to listen or watch....hate background noise and as for shops and stores with music.......agony!

Of course some of it is having the choice isn't it? I can choose to socialise, entertain or not.....
If I lived here in the middle of this field but had no friends in the village or back in the UK....or if I had no big Irish family would my solitude then be loneliness and less attractive to me?...x