How to be Alone
Our society has a fear of loneliness. We have been conditioned to believe that being alone is toxic and generally means there is some thing wrong with you.
Like spending time by yourself? Anti social.
Don’t want to date? Scared of people.
Not partying every night? No friends.
In this fun video, filmmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis use poetry, art, and music to offer advice for tackling one of society’s biggest fears: alone time.
Tanya shows us how to ease into solitude—starting in easy places like the bathroom or coffee shop, turning off the security blankets that are our phones, honouring the things we like to do by ourselves—as we learn to enjoy it and realise the importance of it.
Below is the transcript for said viral video. I recommend you read it while listening. This is a piece that will help you understand that alone is okay.