loneliness

I don’t want to be alone when I realize that all my hard work was done for nothing. Because one day, I will be nothing, and my memories will be forgotten in the chasm of space and time.

When I tell people I live alone, I usually receive a mixed bag of reactions – anything from “that’s the dream” to “I could never live alone.”

Your slang and your streets became familiar, and without even realizing it, I had come to call you home.

There are moments when the loud sounds reverberating off of the colorful homes onto the cracked pavements of the lively Berkeley streets can make the quiet in my roommate-free apartment that much quieter. 

Whispering something coy and lean, he chuckles: “We have neon lights in the mountains and dueling pianos between trout streams.”

As studies continually investigate the correlation between social media usage and mental health, we have become acutely attuned to the deeper reality behind the screen. Modern online platforms now hold the power to use us as much as — and sometimes even more than — we use them.

Spending time alone is an important task that we should all be cultivating. This list will help you spend time with your own company without feeling lonely. 

During the pandemic, living alone and adjusting to a new workplace left me with an emotion I rarely felt before: loneliness.

I was in limbo: My pre-college friendships had drifted, while my college friendships were still young seedlings, emergent and growing.