Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 108 : The choice of companionship or solitude; which suits you best?
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It gets to a certain point in everyone's life where you make certain decisions about life based on your choice. The choice of where to live and how to live is inclusive in our choices too. While it doesn't matter to some people as long as they have a shelter, seclusive or not, it doesn't matter. Welcome back to my blog friends! Let's continue with the contest hints.
What do you think are the biggest advantages and disadvantages of living alone compared to living with someone? |
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Firstly, let's look at solitude lifestyle. It is a lonely life. I must say that one's upbringing and maybe life situations cause many people to take certain decisions, such as choosing to live with someone or a totally seclusive lifestyle.
Advantages
You'll have peace of mind, no disturbance. I love this one.
Your privacy is very important, you'll enjoy that.
You can manage yourself and your resources in a case where you run out of cash (no one will see you as a miser). It's your life.
No one will find fault in you, of course, you have and enjoy your freedom with no one watching you.
Living with someone can save you from addiction. Some people who live alone are usually addicted to one thing or the other. Having someone around you means you have someone watching your back.
Disadvantages
Loneliness will set in, you have no one to speak with when you feel lonely. There's a way you speak to someone around you, and you feel relieved speaking to the person. Loneliness when you need to talk to someone can be dangerous even to one's health.
You may need urgent help or attention. I know a woman who lost her brother who lived alone and was sick but couldn't get anyone to help him. Long story cut short, he died and decayed in his apartment. The neighbours became suspicious when there was an unpleasant smell and lots of flies around his apartment. It was too late to save him. If he was living with someone, the person would've raised the alarm to help him. This is a true life story that happened early this year.
Living alone may lead to a bad attitude and sometimes negative addictions. Of course, no one is watching you. You can do whatever you want, even if it's negative, except if you're highly disciplined person not to think of the unthinkable.
Do you believe living with someone helps improve emotional well-being, or can it sometimes limit personal growth? Why? |
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I am of the opinion that living with someone may improve your well-being and may not also. It depends on the state of your mind and thoughts and who you live with matters a lot. If you live with someone whom you don't really trust, it may be another problem for you, but having a true companion that cares may have a positive impact on your overall wellbeing and not just emotionally.
About your self development, it all depends on you. You live alone not be better, and you can live with someone and be encouraged to further develop or improve yourself.
At what stage in life do you think it’s best to live alone, and when is it better to share your space with someone? |
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A stage where one needs to be alone is a time you have to think about yourself as an adult. A point where you just start your life as young person, you need that space, you need to discover yourself and also set certain goals and see to how to achieve them. You just need space to work on your goals and not be distracted.
I also think it depends on what's on your mind at a point in your life. I have lived with people all through my life. I've never lived alone, but there was a point I felt empty and worthless even when I had people around me. The situation would have been even worse if there were no people around me. Being alone or with people don't stop anyone from making progress or advancement. Your state of mind matters a lot because you can be alone and not make good use of your time .
If you had to choose between peace and companionship, which would you prioritize in your living situation and what shaped that choice? |
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As long as I love peace of mind, I can't live alone. I love to have people around me. I remember when I newly got married a few years ago before I started having children. My husband will go to work and come back very late. The time between when I'll be back home and when he'll be back seemed like a week to me because I was living with my sister before I relocated to living with him after marriage. I wasn't used to the quiet life. When I gave birth, I found a soul to speak with and get busy with.
That was just a glimpse of loneliness, not absolute loneliness, because my husband was always back at night due to the nature of his and location at that time.
Honestly, I love peace of mind, but I can't live alone. All I'll say is if you need to live with someone, let the person be a resourceful person and not a bag full of trouble that will make you lose your peace. There are people you live with and you have peace excessively.
Living alone is a no for me. My prayer is, may I always have people around me at all times, because that makes me feel complete and better than solitude.
I'm inviting @tom5050 @suryati1 and @okere-blessing
Terimakasih atas undangannya, semoga anda beruntung ya, kita sebagai makhluk sosial maka kita tidak bisa hidup sendiri dan membutuhkan orang lain, bedanya ketika kita ingin menyendiri dan itu tidak akan berlangsung lama.
Yes, you're right. We're social beings, living alone can't last long. Thank you for stopping by, it's deeply appreciated.
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Personally, I love living alone, I just like my peace and since I am a busy type, I don't even feel the loneliness at all.
Though we are different, I understand that most girls do like living with someone because of loneliness and having an emotional support, that's very normal and okay.
Good points here.