Comments on: Seeking Solitude: 17 Ways to Find Time for Yourself http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:44:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Coleen Renaldo http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-76091 Coleen Renaldo Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:36:47 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-76091 This was a great article! Sometimes silent makes people uncomfortable but you need to spend time by yourself to truly understand yourself fully! This was a great article! Sometimes silent makes people uncomfortable but you need to spend time by yourself to truly understand yourself fully!

]]> By: Motivation and Self Improvement | PickTheBrain http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-73442 Motivation and Self Improvement | PickTheBrain Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:02:37 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-73442 [...] Seeking Solitude: 17 Ways to Find Time for Yourself [...] [...] Seeking Solitude: 17 Ways to Find Time for Yourself [...]

]]> By: Moms, Are you Taking Enough Time for Yourselves? http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-72352 Moms, Are you Taking Enough Time for Yourselves? Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:06:27 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-72352 [...] are so many things you can do for yourself. This is just a tiny list of things that many mothers enjoy doing for themselves. But, this list [...] [...] are so many things you can do for yourself. This is just a tiny list of things that many mothers enjoy doing for themselves. But, this list [...]

]]> By: The Search for Solitude « Ann Kroeker http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-69484 The Search for Solitude « Ann Kroeker Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:07:05 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-69484 [...] This post has some practical ideas. [...] [...] This post has some practical ideas. [...]

]]> By: Christians Do It Better » Blog Archive » 100 Ways to Become More Spiritually Connected to Your Partner http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-63859 Christians Do It Better » Blog Archive » 100 Ways to Become More Spiritually Connected to Your Partner Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:43:30 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-63859 [...] you and your partner are always together, duck out to the grocery store by yourself or take a walk alone to prioritize your feelings and goals for the relationship and for your spiritual [...] [...] you and your partner are always together, duck out to the grocery store by yourself or take a walk alone to prioritize your feelings and goals for the relationship and for your spiritual [...]

]]> By: Scott H Young » Friday Links 08-02-15 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-61535 Scott H Young » Friday Links 08-02-15 Wed, 28 May 2008 18:16:10 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-61535 [...] Seeking Solitude: How to Find Time For Yourself - An article I wrote for Pick The Brain. [...] [...] Seeking Solitude: How to Find Time For Yourself – An article I wrote for Pick The Brain. [...]

]]> By: Best of February | PickTheBrain http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-46630 Best of February | PickTheBrain Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:47:13 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-46630 [...] Seeking Solitude: 17 Ways to Find Time for Yourself [...] [...] Seeking Solitude: 17 Ways to Find Time for Yourself [...]

]]> By: Early Riser http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-45510 Early Riser Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:27:54 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-45510 Waking up early is one big gift you try to give yourself. Do you accept it or not is up to you... Waking up early is one big gift you try to give yourself. Do you accept it or not is up to you…

]]> By: Eugene (Editor, Varsity Blah) http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-45451 Eugene (Editor, Varsity Blah) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:58:23 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-45451 It has to start with slowing down and learning to unplug. I wrote about it recently: "It’s about eliminating everything you don’t need and filling your life with what you do. Since then, I’ve stopped watching TV (except for my favorite shows), stopped listening to annoying DJs on the radio, stopped watching the news bulletins several times a day, cut back my online subscriptions from nine to two, and cut back my print subscriptions from five to one. It may be hard to let go of all the data, but do you honestly need to check your email and other messages several times a day? Besides, if anything that important happens, you’ll know. Why not spend some time discovering the likes of Tolstoy and Twain, something I recently decided to do? I’m up for the challenge and can’t wait to get started!" (Extract from Need for Speed) It has to start with slowing down and learning to unplug. I wrote about it recently:

“It’s about eliminating everything you don’t need and filling your life with what you do. Since then, I’ve stopped watching TV (except for my favorite shows), stopped listening to annoying DJs on the radio, stopped watching the news bulletins several times a day, cut back my online subscriptions from nine to two, and cut back my print subscriptions from five to one. It may be hard to let go of all the data, but do you honestly need to check your email and other messages several times a day? Besides, if anything that important happens, you’ll know. Why not spend some time discovering the likes of Tolstoy and Twain, something I recently decided to do? I’m up for the challenge and can’t wait to get started!”

(Extract from Need for Speed)

]]> By: Chris Edgar http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/comment-page-1/#comment-45447 Chris Edgar Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:20:47 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/solitude/#comment-45447 I like this piece, and I'd add that solitude and silence are also valuable in that they force you to deal with the inner critical voice that tends to be louder when there's no distracting noise around. People use television, music and other distractions to drown out their negative thinking, but that thinking doesn't go away just because we're surrounded by stimulus -- it continues to run our lives in more subtle ways. Only when we have a chance, in silence, to hear the negative things our minds are constantly repeating to us, can we find ways to process them and let them go. I like this piece, and I’d add that solitude and silence are also valuable in that they force you to deal with the inner critical voice that tends to be louder when there’s no distracting noise around. People use television, music and other distractions to drown out their negative thinking, but that thinking doesn’t go away just because we’re surrounded by stimulus — it continues to run our lives in more subtle ways. Only when we have a chance, in silence, to hear the negative things our minds are constantly repeating to us, can we find ways to process them and let them go.

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