Yes, that’s right – I’m a single woman in her early forties and I live all by myself. It’s a phenomenon that women only decades ago wouldn’t have even considered. And luckily, it’s now becoming a more common occurrence. I feel independent, successful, and, no, not even a little bit lonely.
But how I feel is far from the depressing weight of loneliness. I feel free.
I think maybe it’s because in the recent years, I have become very much intimate with myself. As a single women, who has very much experienced the depths of loneliness, I’ve had the time to really sit with myself and experience those feelings. And I realized that’s all they were – passing feelings. And I discovered how to deal with those feelings.
So, if you’re living alone and do feel lonely, learn to sit with those feelings. Find your way though them and back to yourself. Fall in love with the experience and more importantly, yourself.