Being Alone

It's been awhile since I've been alone for an extended period of time.  I think I have most always enjoyed being alone, actually.  I know it makes some people uncomfortable, but I very much enjoy the time to think and reflect.  Moving to a completely new place only seems to magnify this.  It's a good time to reevaluate and start over.  Of course, certain things I don't necessarily want to start over, and will not start over (and don't need to, either)... but in general, it's a nice time to sit down and take stock of the positive changes that Have happened vs. the ones that still Need to happen.  I had almost forgotten the move to South Carolina, but this recent move brought back a few memories.

When I moved to South Carolina, I did a horrible job of (a) telling anyone I was leaving, from what I remember, and (b) keeping in touch with anyone after I left.  I pretty much just left and disappeared.  Part of it I'm sure was a lack of organization, but I have never naturally been great at keeping in touch with people, as some of you my friends well know, I'm sure.  I'm still pretty bad at it, actually.  It's something I am trying to work on, for sure.  I have a few friends I have already exchanged snail mail addresses with, so if you'd like to correspond the super-slow way, let me know.  Send me an email or something to let me know.  Of course, email correspondence is fine too, I just don't have internet here yet. Have to travel for internet.

Being alone.  I don't mind being alone at all these days, and often times like it a lot.  Sometimes it's nice to analyze myself and write thoughts down -- things I want to change about myself or things I have noticed about my interaction with the world or other people.  Sometimes, it's just nice to reevaluate what is truly important to me in life. And sometimes, being without people on which you have relied on in the past (for one thing or another), can be quite the helpful experience.  Not always comfortable or easy, but always helpful.  I don't like relying on people, in general, though I do it all the time and I think it's a very normal thing to do.  I guess humans are at heart social creatures, so we all need one another in some form or another.  Sometimes, though, it's fun to pretend like I'm a solo explorer, ready to discover things that no one else could have possibly figured out yet. Just a Southern girl discovering the desert and enjoying it all.  Nevermind the fact that it has all been experienced and discovered before -- since I haven't experienced it, I can pretend that I'm somehow doing new things.    ;-)

Of course, now that I have internet, I am chilling at a friend's house!  I'm sure my days will soon be filled with not so much being alone, but that will not stop me from enjoying all my moments of being alone before life becomes crazy again.  I may even do something crazy like return to my cross-stitch project after catching up on snail mail correspondence.