This describes me to a t...

…the article, but I think she was referring to how solitude is experienced by people who welcome it. Time alone can be relaxing, fulfilling, and rejuvenating. It offers opportunities for reflection and for spirituality. Solitude can feel familiar, even intimate. There is a word people who are single at heart often use when telling me about their home — they call it their “sanctuary.” That sounds like a place of intimate solitude to me.
The Stereotype-Defying Strengths of People Who Love Living Alone
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This describes me to a t... even as a teenager, I found myself staying up late after everyone went to bed, just in order to have some alone time. I can enjoy meeting people / socialising, but I always look for ward to coming home.
I love that expression, 'single at heart'.
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