Being alone teaches you a lot.

It teaches you to be independent. To get things done, to take care of yourself. To make up your mind, to work hard for your own betterment. To not wait for others to do things for you but do it yourself.

Being alone lets you decide for your own. When things mess up, you can’t justify your own lapses. You can’t blame anyone else because you’re the one making the choices. It teaches you to be accountable.

Being alone helps you know yourself more. How much you can do and how far you can go if you just put your heart on what you’re doing. It makes you realize the things you care about. Your values, your dreams, your triggers. Who you are when you’re on your best and when you’re stressed. It makes you love yourself more.

Being alone is fun, but that doesn’t mean always.

There are also times when you won’t love being alone. Times when you’re body is giving up but there’s no one to take care of you but yourself. Times when you can’t give yourself advice or motivation and you can’t ask others either. Times when you want to share your wins and loses but there’s no one to tell them to. Times when you’re too tired to function but there’s no one else who can do the work. When you have to take care of everything on your own. To shoulder every baggage on your own. Times when you feel so heavy and you just want a tight hug to feel seen and heard or simply matter but the only thing you can do is to sleep over it and wish it fades with your dreams. Times when you feel so distant and disconnected. Times when you feel so alone.

Being alone is freeing, but it sure does involve a lot of crying.

— Ali | Artwork : Pascal Campion Art