The Need for Solitude

Once you begin studying the positive benefits of time alone with your thoughts, and encounter the distressing effects that appear in populations that eliminate this altogether, a simpler explanation emerges: we need solitude to thrive as human beings, and in recent years, without even realizing it, we’ve been systematically reducing this crucial ingredient from our lives.

-Cal Newport 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮