Being by yourself and being okay with it

So this isn’t my usual blog post and it feels a little bit weird to be posting about my actual ‘feelings’ but here we are.

I was sat by the pool on Saturday morning reading ‘Milk and Honey’ by Rupi Kaur (which if you haven’t read you absolutely need to!) and I came across this poem.

‘Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself’

This struck me as something I really need to realise, I’ve always been so heavily reliant on other people, be it for their appreciation of what I’m doing, their friendship or even just their company regardless of if they’re a friend or not – and it’s not the way to exist. Why should I feel like I need to have someone by my side to have a good time? Some of the best days I’ve had here I’ve been on my own…