How to Be Okay Being Alone
Discover the Art of Self-Awareness According to a Leading Psychologist
It’s 4:40 a.m. on a Summer weekday in Scottsdale, Arizona. I’m ten minutes into a two-and-a-half-hour bicycle ride.
I’m alone, soft-pedaling into the sunrise, and feel like the world’s richest man. But the truth is, it’s taken me a lifetime to know who I am.
And in that way, I am okay when I am alone.
To be okay with being alone, we must learn to be okay with who we are.
To do that, we must somehow figure out who we are instead of who we’ve become to please others, including our family, culture, community, and employer.
In other words, we have to know our true, authentic selves.
“Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all.” — Rollo May
Knowing who you are makes it much easier to know who you’re not.
Rollo May was a pioneering American existential psychologist known for his profound insights into the human condition, freedom, and anxiety. He was born on…
