There is a difference between being ALONE and being LONELY. Being lonely just sucks. 🤷🏻♂️ It feels awful. In fact, a recent study has shown loneliness to be a major factor of increased risk of dying. 🤯 But being alone, I believe is something that is very often unavoidable. It will always be part of our lives at some point.
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For me, I was alone for a good part of my first year at university. And yes I felt lonely and s*** 💩 During this time though I had accepted the fact that I was hardly going out or putting in any effort to change my status. Just because I didn’t want to. Even though I felt lonely, I wanted to be by myself. Eventually I had accepted my circumstance and had really understood how I could live an equally happy life when being alone vs. when hanging out with others.🕺🏼whenever I now go to a new place, being by myself for weeks, if not months, isn’t a problem anymore. The more often I get to hang with people I know now, the more grateful I am for those times 😊 #gratitude #friends #university #aloneness #alone #psychology #psychologist #psychologytoday #mindfulness #mindset #mind #positivevibes #positivequotes #lifelessons #motivation #inspiration #healingvibes #thoughtprovoking #ultimate #psyche
One of the attributes I have been reflecting on this week is #courage.🤓 Courage for me, is king.👑 This is something you need to have, if one wants to achieve their goals. Now, I'm beginning to realise, a lot of the time, achieving your goals means having to do things that you really don't want to do.🤔 But you do them for the greater good, with that end outcome in mind. Someone with courage, is brave in the face of pain and grief, and to battle through those things you don't want to do, you need that courage.💪🏼So, be courageous!😊 #mind #mindset #late #night #thinking #brave #strong #strength #mindfulness #positivity #positivevibes #healingvibes #positivethinking #motivation #inspiration #happiness #goals #toughtimes #ultimate #psyche #psychology #psychologytoday #quotes
