How much time do you spend alone?

Red Hand

Outside of work, how much time do you spend time alone? Do you feel a need for company and actively seek out someone to hang out with it? Or are you happy to do your own thing for long periods of time?

Me, I guess I'd sit and eat with my flatmate or watch TV or something for an hour or two most days. But that's totally due to me living with someone outgoing, funny and talkative. I've lived with people before who weren't that talkative and so, found myself doing stuff by myself alot.

What about ye?

MagicMarker

I prefer alone time. I'm alone now, apart from the other thousand or so people in the terminal.

deecom

Are you lonely then? Why are you thinking about this, seems a strange thing to ask. If your happy, your happy...........

Red Hand

deecom wrote: »

Are you lonely then? Why are you thinking about this, seems a strange thing to ask. If your happy, your happy...........

True, but I guess I was just curious.

kelle

I have 3 children, so time spent alone is a luxury!
However, I remember living in London with quiet people and spending a lot of time alone bored out of my skull. There's only so much shopping, going to the cinema and doing things on your own that you can do - and you need plenty of money for it.

brianthebard

I think I have too much alone time atm, new town means I don't know (m)any people. I don't have much time in uni either so I'm a bit starved for interaction at times.

Riddle101

Yeah i spend time alone, i'm a loner type person so if i feel i'm being smoothered by people i'l go somewhere nice and quite for a while, most likely my room

Smyth

I try and find a happy medium.

I find it dangerous to spend too much time on your own. During my 3rd year at college, I devoted myself to my studies. Secluding myself in my room, eating and sleeping. It was good in the sense that it forced me to focus my attention to doing the things I had been neglecting for years. Drawing, reading, studying. At the same time though, when my exams finished and I returned home, I noticed my social behaviour had changed...alot. I was less interested in other people, didn't really go out, respond to friends etc. Luckily, my family snapped me out of it - for which I am greatful.

So yeah. Find a balance.

Rhyme

Probably spend an unhealthy amount of time on my own, i've never really known anything else. If good company is going though, i'll hang out. I've been making more of an effort lately too.

...this is turning into a PI thread all of a sudden.

Peared

I'd go frickin mental if I didn't have time on my own.

How am I supposed to enjoy all my secret bad habits with other people around?

R0ot

About 5 to 6 hours maximum a day, not including sleep.

giggsy664

How am I supposed to socialise with people in school if I can't get alone tim to talk to them on the ps3???

brianthebard

Rhyme wrote: »

Probably spend an unhealthy amount of time on my own, i've never really known anything else. If good company is going though, i'll hang out. I've been making more of an effort lately too.

...this is turning into a PI thread all of a sudden.

Hold me Rhyme!
Or join a club/society.

Pythia

I live with my boyfriend, so officially very little. But we're often alone in terms of doing things in different rooms. I like going shopping on my own, just to have some me time.

Clytus

alone time...god wouldnt that be just spiffin!!

Suppose.... so long as you dont feel lonely...you could spend as much time alone as you like.

I personally get so many phone calls...so many texts... that now..as a father..i just ignore my phone. In fact its so bad I had to get my wife to listen to all my voicemails (because my mailbox filled up) and jot down messages left for me.

So if you get the chance for alone time OP....make the most of it...you lucky GIT!!

BrokenArrows

i spend very little time alone as of late and i like being bymyself alot.

when i was in college my flatmates always went home for the weekend and i loved having the place to myself for the weekend.

Id probably go the whole weekend without taking at all.

Gummy Panda

Depends. I enjoy alone time due to my job. Sometimes its nice to come home and not have to listen to anyone.

Even if i'm on the pc, there is still a good chance i'm interacting with friends on msn and such so i'm not completely alone in that sense.

motherfunker

I used to work as a night porter in a quiet hotel, I had about 1 hour of work to do and after that it was just me with me. Man, it nearly drove me funking crazy, I'm good with my own company but I used to leave there like a physco some mornings, I'd be thinking of things people had said to me years before, analysing it to death then coming up with a completly fcuked up picture of what actually happened.
I have since learned that I can only handle my own company for a certain length of time and preferably only in the right frame of mind to deal with myself.
I'm not crazy though, I promise.
Dont judge me you fuc*%"s.

ejmaztec

Loneliness is a terrible thing, especially when you're on your own.

Nalz

ejmaztec wrote: »

Loneliness is a terrible thing, especially when you're on your own.

beautifully put. Poetic almost

genericgoon

Alone + Internet = Fine

Alone - Internet = Clawing my own eyes out bored.

weeder

fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap

I'm alone 24/7 Sadly.


Ah well.. thats life, i guess..:(

Pythia

genericgoon wrote: »

Alone + Internet = Fine

Alone - Internet = Clawing my own eyes out bored.

What did people used to do? :pac:

Read? /Shudder

Darragh29

I make sure I have two hours each day out walking in the remote countryside near where I live. It gives me time to gather my thoughts and get my head together. I would crack up if I didn't have this time to myself every day.

eVeNtInE

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Sharpshooter

Pythia wrote: »

What did people used to do? :pac:

Read? /Shudder

Time alone can be a good thing , when reading any of James Patterson's books.
Don't know if you saw Along Came a Spider or Kiss The Girls but they were based on his books.
Books much better than the films btw, although Morgan Freeman saved them just by being there.

[-0-]

I work 8-10 hours per day. I sleep alone for 8-10 hours per day (unless I've pulled). I shower alone. I take a dump alone. I'm alone more often than not, like everyone else.

FruitLover

Although I do love spending time with friends, I also really need my alone time. I go axe-murderer crazy if I get cooped up with people for too long (e.g. trips abroad).

Usually the only time I'm around other people (apart from work) is the weekend.

Maple

I like getting a few hours by myself every now and then, helps me centre myself. But too much is a bad thing, i can get inside my head too much and overanalyse everything. End up bat-**** crazy.

Alessandra

I spend as much time as I can alone. Midweek nights I like to just hangout in my room. Maybe go for coffees during the week to catch up with friends. I really don't even text much in the week. Weekends are my time to socialise and meet the world. Well not this one, obviously.

KnifeWRENCH

I spend a lot of time on my own. I've always been a bit of a loner becuase I'm generally an introverted person and have absolutely no social confidence, except amongst certain friends (who I've been distant from for the last few months)

Sometimes I like being on my own but at times it can be very disheartening.

MooseJam

I try to get some alone time ... but yore ma won't stop botherin me

square_igloo

square_igloo wrote: »

I spend a lot of time on my own. I've always been a bit of a loner becuase I'm generally an introverted person and have absolutely no social confidence, except amongst certain friends (who I've been distant from for the last few months)

Sometimes I like being on my own but at times it can be very disheartening.

That is exactly me all over. :eek:

There's more like me :pac::D

Agonist

I'm alone most of the time. Three or four times a week I'll meet someone for a cup of tea, but only for a few hours. It suits me, I read, write, draw like Rolf Harris and whistle like Roger Whittaker and loads of other stuff. Mostly I daydream about being asleep.
People tell me I'm very laid back (and very beautiful).

Holsten

I'm alone right now.. drinking... while on the internet.. while on boards...

OH SH­IT!

Darragh29

Deleted User wrote: »

That is exactly me all over. :eek:

There's more like me :pac::D

I'm like that guy from the river canoe song I learnt in the boy scouts years ago..

"HI, HO, anybody home? Got no food no'r money of my own, still, I will, be hap...iiiii.. apy with me, HI, HO, anybody home? Got no food no'r money of my own.......

When I go out my mates think I'm like some sort of freak, bawlin ballads and arm wrestlin cu*nts an messin non stop. But I'm happiest when on my own up the mountains in the absolute wilderness...

Black Swan

I stay pretty busy with uni classes and studying, an occasional shoot, Iaijutsu training, taekwondo instructing, dating, and hanging out at the coffeehouse with friends, so solo quiet time reading a novel at the beach or the like is valued and not thought of as being lonely time. I do miss friends and family back home, and especially my pet Fox.

c - 13

I spend pretty much all the time i'm not working on my own.

Only other place I see people is the gym but theres no real interaction, a hello, a nod thats about it.

Theres a few people I meet up with far a few drinks every couple of weekends but thats it really.

Most of the time I quite like it but theres times it can get you down as well. Especially for these long stretches.

Looking forward to getting home again.

plonk

I like seclusion. Being able to listen, read or write what you want without interruption. Currently I spend quiet a lot of time on my own but that is due to my location more than anything else. But when im at home i try my best to get as much alone time as possible.

phasers

I never really get time alone, I'm either with my friends or at home where my family won't leave me alone...

I like being by myself on those rare moments

Caoimhín

I spend a lot of time alone. Well an equal amount of time with people i like.
Its all about balance.

Shame i dont enjoy my own company.

4zn76tysfajdxp

I'm usually alone maybe 70% or so of the time. The other 30% of the time I spend with other people usually fights off any pangs of loneliness.

CathyMoran

I used to need to spend 2 weeks a year on my own but now apart from when I work I am always with my husband, we have the same interests so we are hardly ever apart...it just feels right.

TestTransmission

I spend quite a lot of time alone due to the unsocialable hours i work,eg.12 hours today....most of me time is spent with the missus as we live together

Delirium

I'd say nearly 90% of the time. I live alone, and work in a small company where I'm left to work on my own. As from heading to gigs/pub and visiting family and friends, I spend the time alone.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Very little time alone, although I do enjoy my own company so it doesn't bother me if no one's around.

Most time I spend alone is when I'm cycling, either communting or training. Other than that I've Judo most nights of the week with three different clubs, I've two teenage kids which I spend a huge amount of time with.

I used to hunt alot, and enjoyed that time alone. But since becoming a pet owner in the last few years I've stopped hunting so I've lost that time.

JangoFett

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Outside of work, how much time do you spend time alone? Do you feel a need for company and actively seek out someone to hang out with it? Or are you happy to do your own thing for long periods of time?

Me, I guess I'd sit and eat with my flatmate or watch TV or something for an hour or two most days. But that's totally due to me living with someone outgoing, funny and talkative. I've lived with people before who weren't that talkative and so, found myself doing stuff by myself alot.

What about ye?

I love company, there are some things I don't like doing alone like eating, I think its a social activity

I spend a lot of time alone though, I often go to the cinema alone. I went to Australia on my own as well. Alone time is great!

Supercell

I live by myself in a house in the middle of nowhere with just my own company most of the time. Have to say I love it. The countryside is so full of life that there's always something fascinating happening outside.
I guess I value my feedom to come and go as i please too much at this point that anything else would seem like a sacrifice.

GirlInterrupted

I'm often surrounded by so many people at weekends that its a relief to be alone again on Sunday nights.

I prefer to socialise in small groups, and I find the kind of relationship where you're expected to be together most of the time somewhat smothering.

I enjoy my own company, and while I like to spend time alone, I'm never lonely.

Carsinian Thau

Too much. (For me at least).

However, I find it difficult to talk to people and usually don't have anything to say so even when I'm near others, I'm never very far from wishing I was alone. It's an interesting, if not exceedingly annoying, paradox.