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Solitude

Principles

We need a healthy mix of solitude and sociality in our daily life
- Solitude refers to not our physical environment, but our mental; when we are free from the input of other minds
  - Includes listening to music, reading books, etc
  - Allows for self-reflection
- Provides a contrast to better appreciate our social interactions
- Solitude is not lonely as it is our choice to be alone
- Thanks to social media and modern technology, we’ve been less inclined to partake in solitude?
Solitude deprivation is when we spend little time alone in our own thoughts, free from the input of other minds

lead to profound thoughts due to the lack of distraction.
ex) when we are trying to sleep, we are given an same environment left to our own thoughts, to profound motivation and thinking
Most high-quality thinking happens prior to the dopamine train

Late night thoughts and motivation Practices include:
Going on a walk
- Runs cannot provoke this thought as it’s too demanding for you to focus on other things
Writing a letter to yourself (reflection)
- Helps organize thinking too!
Test what it is like to not touch technology for an hour
- Difficult urge, going to trick yourself into doing it due to the dopamine craving

Our brain uses down-time from activities to think about our social life, which allows us to stay invested in our social world2

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Created:: 2021-10-12 23:55