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Forced solitude made me appreciate loneliness in a way I never expected
I actually got more done in that week than in the previous month. Now I'm wondering why we're so afraid of being alone.
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miles6802h ago
Last year's power outage showed me how productive solitude can be.
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oscar_henderson351h ago
Absolutely, a forced disconnect like that strips away all the noise (the constant pings, the endless scroll) and leaves you with just your own thoughts. It's ironic how we pay for meditation apps but get the real thing for free during a blackout. The key is the removal of choice, you know? You can't just flip the switch back on and revert to distraction. That kind of mandated focus is brutally efficient, even if it's born from inconvenience. I found myself actually finishing books I'd owned for years, which says a lot about our normal state of hyper-connected chaos.
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