ShortEditorial Dispatch

When You're Afraid to Be Alone With Yourself

The reader uses people, noise, romance, work to avoid solitude.

Abraham of London
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You're never alone.

There's always a podcast. A message. A task.
Someone to call. Something to watch.

And you tell yourself it's just how you are.
But the truth is quieter:

You're afraid of what you might hear
if the noise stopped.


Solitude is not the enemy.
It's the place where you meet yourself.

And if you can't stand to be alone with your own thoughts,
that's not a schedule problem.
It's a sign that something inside needs attention.

This week, spend one hour alone without distraction.
No phone. No noise. No agenda.

Just you.

You might be surprised to find
that the voice you've been running from
is the one you most need to hear.

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