what are you doing alone that you wish you weren’t?
there's a difference between choosing solitude and just ending up in it. some things you do alone because you prefer it. and some things you do alone because you stopped asking, or nobody offered.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →write about one specific thing you do alone that you wish you didn't. it could be something small, like eating dinner, or something bigger, like making a difficult decision or sitting with bad news. be specific about the moment. what does it feel like when you realise no one else is there? then write about what it would change if someone were beside you. not fixing anything, just present. try to name what stops you from asking for company. is it pride, habit, fear of being a burden, or something else? write that down too, even if it's uncomfortable.
- describe a recent evening where being alone shifted from peaceful to heavy, and write about when the shift happened.
- think about a decision you're carrying alone and write about who you wish were helping you hold it.
- write about the difference between the solitude you chose and the solitude that just accumulated.
this is for people who've become so used to doing everything alone that they've forgotten it's allowed to want company. for the quietly independent who are quietly tired of it.