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The Daily Swell
@daily · 1:54

What do you love to do alone?

And so I've been cooking alone really regularly for the first time ever, and it's kind of nice to see that I enjoy it. It's become a really relaxing thing for me to do for myself, which has been surprising. So I'm wondering if there are any activities that have become new alone time activities for you since this all began, or do you have a favorite alone activity that has just stayed consistent even as the world has changed

New or old, let's hear it.

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@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 1:27
But I think some of my best experiences have been when I chose a movie playing at some random time throughout the day, at some small theater, and I went and there was really nobody else there, and I got to really pay attention and just be immersed in what I was doing. And I like that I didn't really have anybody else to influence my opinion of the film
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@Elliott_Daxx
Elliott Shepherd
@Elliott_Daxx · 1:55
I've kind of got an androgynous type of looking style. So that was maybe not the best movie to go see alone, but they could just mind their own business. I don't know. I'm like Rachel, who made this. I'm a self described introvert
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@Kieshaann41
kiesha scott
@Kieshaann41 · 2:47
Hi. My name is Kiesha Scott. I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I'm a selfproclaimed introvert and since the pandemic I have realized a lot of things that being alone for me. E just because of the pandemic hasn't changed who I am and what I like to do because I still watch my TV. But what I did notice is that I am doing my puzzles again because I stopped doing puzzles for a long time, but I've been able to do
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@paper.crane
Erin Steel
@paper.crane · 0:16
It's probably an unpopular opinion, but I actually really enjoy cleaning the house. And I'm by myself. It's pretty therapeutic, and I like the idea of just going through and clearing out whatever energy may be in my house and replacing missing it with gratitude
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@Swell
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15

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@GeorgieDee
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDee · 1:15

Both? 70/30

I want enough time to be able to go to the beach on my own and go to the beach with other people. Go out to dinner on my own? Go out to the movies on my own? Go for a walk on my own? Go shopping on my own? Do the housework on my own? Cook dinner on my own? Watch Netflix on my own and all of the above with other people. I had a good think about it. I thought, Is it true?
@topgold
Bernie Goldbach
@topgold · 1:06

Cycling and flying

You know, doing certain things alone often opens my mind to new thoughts. And many of those thoughts are unfair fetchered. So two things I've done by myself that have resonated with me for years. One solo bike rides alone, quiet stretches of road where you can hear birds and wind leaves. And the same thing it's hard to do anymore because it costs money. Solo aircraft flights over the Irish landscape, three to 500ft above the ground. It's brilliant, all alone in the air
@bookishpodcast
Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcast · 2:38
I am very much an introvert. I'm not a self proclaimed introvert. I've been tested. I did the Myers break test, and I am on the Internet spectrum, like, rate smack in the middle of introvert, like, not even anywhere close to extrovert. No. Introvert. Introvert. So did the pandemic really affect me? Not really. It's like, who said that they were like, my friends like, you want to go out, don't you?
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@topgold
Bernie Goldbach
@topgold · 1:30

@GeorgieDee alone doing Swell

However, I know there are people peering over the shoulder of me electronically and they interact, so like, Dewan would say this for sure. I'm sure he gets bumped, poked, caressed by the females that are following him. Like, in my case, there's a direct relationship between the name I use Top Gold on more than one network and being followed on more than one network
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@GeorgieDee
Georgie Dee
@GeorgieDee · 0:39

@topgold

Bernie. Good point. I do audio alone. However, I'm often having phone conversations with people in text message or audio message on the side. So there's people in my life that I talk about audio with. But you're right. When I'm actually interacting on Swell, it is a solo activity. So is showering. Actually, I hate sharing showers with other people. I know everybody is like a romantic, blah, blah, blah, no, my time
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