Are You Scared to Be Alone?

Or are you one of those people who enjoys the solitude?

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This is a topic I've been thinking about a lot lately, because I now work alone and have the luxury to stay alone most times. There is also the fact that I want to travel and traveling alone is not always the best option, for one, it's more expensive and two, there is the issue with safety.

I like my own company very much and I prefer doing most things alone and spend time just by myself. I do my best work alone, because I have the full power on everything and I don't have to make compromises. If I wanna sleep in, I can, and if I want to stay up late, I don't have to think about if I'm gonna disturb my companion with my Steeming or cooking or what ever.

Do you need a group of people around at all times?

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I know quite a few people who can hardly go to the bathroom alone, let alone to a bar or god forbid, traveling! They need a group meet up and hours of negotiation to reach consensus on the next step to take, this bar or a nightclub, Italian or Chinese food.

For me that sounds like hell and I can not understand why people would choose to have a posse around them from coffee shops to bars and weekend trips. It must be very hard to make everyones timetable match and moods too! I'm very moody and if I don't feel like it, I hate it if I have made a promise to someone that we'd hang out.

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Of course I sometimes grave for company too, but I much rather find that group alone and make no promises of whats and whereabouts beforehand. One of the best times I've had with people is when I go to a party alone, find a cool group of people and decide to tag along for some adventures, without having to think that I have some prior engagement with someone.

Do I need someone to share the moments with, or can I be happy alone?

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I've done some travelling alone and I intend to do more of it. Sometimes it makes me feel very lonely, sitting alone on a hilltop, watching the sunset. Why would the sunset be any less gorgeous viewed alone, than in a company of someone?

Sometimes I brace myself and travel in company, thinking that okay this is the thing, it's so much more fun, but what I'm often faced with is having my creativity repressed and I get cranky very easily. My bff @escapist already knows that I'm a loner, but we are such close friends that we can manage a 6 day trip in Budapest without killing each other. And of course we'll be sharing a lot of it with you guys, through Steemit! _{(And make everyone jealous, that is what social media is for, right?}

My ideal situation when traveling would be having my own hotel room, but having friend stay in the same city too, so we can hang out at times, and I can also go roam free. Lisbon around Steemfest was great because I took a lot of time for myself, but also ended up hanging around with cool people too, best of both worlds.

_{I wish some day to find someone who I can share my life with and feel just as good in that company as I do alone. I'm not holding my breath for that...}