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Ever since getting an apartment of my own I've found that, well, I spend more time alone than I used to. Rather than try to take every possible action to ensure that I'm alone as little as possible (which is desperate some of the time and silly a lot of the time) I want to try to learn to like being alone.
So what are some reasons to enjoy spending time alone as opposed to spending it with other people? Or other suggestions about how to self-modify in this way?
Not sure if this counts as "alone" but you could schedule regular skype video calls with friends/relatives. It took some doing, but I'm a lot happier living alone when I still see and talk to my family a few times a week. I'm actually surprised more people don't do this.
Thank you for your advice, but I don't think that's exactly what I'm looking for. Rather than seek out human contact because I'm not comfortable being alone, I would rather be comfortable being alone and then seek out human contact for its own sake.