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Spending a whole day not talking to anyone.
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Going to see a movie by yourself.
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Listening to music and people-watching, pretending everyone is in a music video.
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Taking yourself out to dinner.
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Not checking your phone for a longer-than-appropriate time.
7.
Leaving a party right before it gets too crowded.
8.
Only socializing when you feel like it.
9.
Getting lost in your own thoughts.
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Feeling sad but being OK with it. It's like a happy sad.
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Not having visitors over.
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Or when you do have visitors over and they leave a few minutes early.
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Spending a healthy amount of time in a vividly constructed fantasy version of your own life.
15.
Sitting in the window seat at restaurants and cafes.
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Riding alone on trains.
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And fully appreciating the joys of being just a little bit, purposefully, perfectly lonely.
