6 Reasons Why Learning to Love Being Alone Helps You Find Your Purpose and Live a More Fulfilled Life

Sarah Saweikis
4 min readDec 2, 2020

Learning to enjoy solitude can change the course of your life

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Learning to love and embrace solitude is a gift that will improve your sense of well-being, your creativity, your productivity, and will help you truly know yourself so you can live more purposefully.

When we are constantly bombarded with the messages, words, values, and opinions of others, it’s hard to hear our own. We need periodic quiet and solitude to hear our inner guidance, and live more meaningful lives.

If you never take the time to really get to know yourself, how do you know the life you are building is one you actually want?

6 Reasons We All Need to Learn to Love Solitude

It Allows us to Deeply Know Ourselves So We Can Discover Our Purpose

Yes, the only way to really know yourself is to spend time alone. As humans, we are social creatures, and easily influenced by others. This is how we’ve evolved — to stay safe, fed, warm, and apart of the “tribe.”

However, if we don’t take enough time to figure out who we are outside of our friendships and relationships, we may fulfill…

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Sarah Saweikis
Sarah Saweikis

Written by Sarah Saweikis

Writer exploring what it means to live well. Weirdos welcome here. Sign up for my free newsletter at https://sarahsaweikis.substack.com/

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