How To Live Alone: 5 Ways To Embrace It.
I’ve recently moved out of my home bubble, and the real world hit me like thorns in the butt. I moved from Bangalore to Mumbai and the transition hasn’t been welcoming. It’s been only a couple of months but it feels like my home is in far wonderland now. I passionately hate living away from my family, but I’ve come up with some strategies that help me cope.
1] Embrace yourself
The first step to embracing living alone is to embrace yourself. People who aren’t satisfied with themselves can never be pleased by anything around them. Such people are hollow inside and seek comfort in the outside world, because they feel malcontent. Their self-introspection power is at level zero. If you want to conquer this, focus on building your personality to such a level that you don’t need other people to feed your comfort worm. You should be able to give it your own ten thousand leaves to munch on.
2] Make a timetable
Having the right schedule is the need of the hour. Although it may sound childish and might give you nightmares of middle school, making a minimalistic timetable is the way to go. It is wise to have a list of things that you would like to achieve by the end of the day, even if it’s mental. This is the way to stay on track throughout the day. The method that comes in hand personally involves me scribbling down a WhatsApp checklist on my mom’s chat window. This allows me to check it at all times and it becomes a ‘reminder loop’ for my brain. So, uncover what works for you and then stick to it.
3] Stay In Constant Contact
Being physically away from home doesn’t mean you’re exclusive of it. A lot of people literally cut off ties with their homes just ’cause they’re not ‘there’. Nonetheless, this doesn’t have to be the case. Your home is still your home, no matter where you go. Ergo, connect, branch out and KIT.
4] Workout
We have all lied to ourselves at some point or the other to incorporate physical exercise into our otherwise tight schedules. But, trust me, however backbreaking it may sound, it is actually quite invigorating. I have literally typed up and laminated my workout sheet {Kinda like Ross, P.S.- If you know, you know :) }.
5] Read, Write, Watch
As a voracious reader myself, I consistently try to endorse my reading habit to other people, but it rarely works. Unless you decide that you gotta do something, as mere as reading a single page every day, its never gonna happen. I keep a small notepad beside me whilst I read. Every new word I come across, gets scribbled in that book. This not only uplifts my vocabulary but also ameliorates my sense of communication. As long as I’m engaged in a good book, I don’t crave to think about how alone I am, because the characters in the book become my family.
Do you have any more ways to deal with this, or are you going to lift up the - Kindle or Dumbbell?
