With growing numbers of people living without partners and children, and working from home, more of us are spending time alone. But is this
“Efforts to bring down living costs and improve access to healthcare could be effective in tackling the problem by giving people more time and opportunity to foster connection. The US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, has called for a shift in societal priorities, “to restructure our lives around people” instead of work and technology.
In the meantime, I wonder if the stigma against solitude is holding us back from making the most of it. The worst I ever feel about all the time I spend alone is when I think about others’ judgments, and what I ought to be doing with my weekends. Am I wasting the best years of my life, waiting for strangers to come and collect my furniture?” [Full article]
