Doing Things Alone

Written 3/13/13. Posted 1/7/2014

In the past few years I have found myself faced with doing more and more things alone.  Nearly all of my loved ones (family and friends) have significant others or families.  I have found something empowering about doing things alone.  It's a completely different experience traveling alone verses traveling with others.  I can't even remember the last time I flew un-alone.  There is a fair amount of awkwardness but I think this comes from cultural pressure.  It's not actually awkward for me otherwise.  When I tell people that I've done something alone or plan to, most people look at me incredulously and toss out solutions to fix the alone-ness problem.