I enjoy Being In Solitude. I thought writing about this when I was in solitude but couldn't write the day I thought about it. But here goes. 

Being a so called introvert or ever since I joined college, I was feeling more liberal and acknowledged by the city as well as the people. On one hand, I have people around during college but after that, I am back in my room all alone and stay there till it's time for dinner and I step out to have dinner alone. In restaurants and cafes there might be groups of friends or couples having their meals or a coffee and on the contrary, I am there having my dinner all alone and I was okay with that. Because I wasn't a loner then like in school. 

And it was also a perfect setting for me because during college, I am surrounded by people and I  enjoy that and after that, I relax and chill all by myself and I don't mind having people but didn't want any random ones. I do see the college people while I stroll out for dinner and otherwise and we are extremely cordial with each other. 

All the things that are supposedly done with a group or at least with one person, I have done that alone. Like eating at a restaurant or having a coffee at a cafe or even going to a movie theatre. I have been there all by myself since college and I enjoyed everytime. The other times I had company was my best friend especially when we stayed together in the Final Year and also for our internship, we did all of it together and I enjoyed doing it all with him than I would with any other person. 

Now at the present place, I still do all of these things but very limited because of the pandemic and dine in options are limited because of no customers. The people at my course assume that I don't go out at all and prefer staying indoors. That's because of the pandemic, and it's not really safe to wander around the way you want. But I do enjoy the time I could spend by myself, be it at a restaurant or a cafe, I really enjoy the solitude. Or even walking around which is my most favourite activity and something I don't do at the moment because of the humid climate. 

Being alone or having a me time might be scary for someone who are used to being within a group and wouldn't even think of going alone as it might seem unusual to the ‘normal’ and them. 

It is said somewhere that if you can go to a restaurant or a theatre alone, that means you can do anything in your life. Which could be true but I am yet to achieve that as I am neither financially independent nor self sufficient to do anything in life. I still have to figure that out. And I enjoy that.