Comments on: A Girl’s Guide To Alone Time http://www.collegecandy.com/reality/7851 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:04:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Soph http://www.collegecandy.com/reality/7851#comment-71804 Soph Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:53:08 +0000 http://www.collegecandy.com/reality/7851#comment-71804 This is awesome advice! I've been trying to build up my confidence, not worrying too much about what others might think about me. It's liberating, it's fun, I wish that more people would be more open-minded and confident like this. I actually know a girl who refuses to try new things because she has established an "image" that she doesn't want tarnished. I feel kind of bad for her, really. I wish she'd open up more, find out more about herself than what other people tell her. This is awesome advice! I’ve been trying to build up my confidence, not worrying too much about what others might think about me. It’s liberating, it’s fun, I wish that more people would be more open-minded and confident like this. I actually know a girl who refuses to try new things because she has established an “image” that she doesn’t want tarnished. I feel kind of bad for her, really. I wish she’d open up more, find out more about herself than what other people tell her.

]]> By: Kat http://www.collegecandy.com/reality/7851#comment-71818 Kat Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:25:57 +0000 http://www.collegecandy.com/reality/7851#comment-71818 I really prefer being alone. I grew up as an only child on a farm in Maryland, not much to do without a car, so coming so school with people <i>everywhere</i> was just an awful transition. I find now that I like being around people, but still I make time to walk into town by myself, or pick a quiet spot in the library to read. I hate being surrounded by people <i>all</i> the time, and I hate people (and I know a few of these) who think whenever I'm alone I must want some company. It's not true. I value my alone time, I think it makes me more confident to define myself by my own means rather by being surrounded by other people. It surprises me, sometimes, how much we depend on other people to function at any task. I'm a supporter of personal independence. I really prefer being alone. I grew up as an only child on a farm in Maryland, not much to do without a car, so coming so school with people everywhere was just an awful transition.

I find now that I like being around people, but still I make time to walk into town by myself, or pick a quiet spot in the library to read. I hate being surrounded by people all the time, and I hate people (and I know a few of these) who think whenever I’m alone I must want some company. It’s not true.

I value my alone time, I think it makes me more confident to define myself by my own means rather by being surrounded by other people. It surprises me, sometimes, how much we depend on other people to function at any task. I’m a supporter of personal independence.

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