{"id":358528,"date":"2018-04-26T19:08:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/do-you-enjoy-being-alone\/"},"modified":"2018-04-26T19:08:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T18:08:55","slug":"do-you-enjoy-being-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/do-you-enjoy-being-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Enjoy Being Alone?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We live in a world of constant contact\u2014a place that\u2019s losing sight of the importance of being alone. Offices are abandoning cubicles in favor of shared desks and wide-open common spaces, and rather than sitting at their desks working independently, school children are placed in groups. It seems that a never-ending \u201cping\u201d has become our culture\u2019s omnipresent background noise, instantly informing us of every text, tweet, and notification. Even something as mundane as cooking dinner has become worthy of social sharing.<\/p>\n

One result of all this social connection is that many of us rarely have any time alone. While we\u2019re told that this connectivity is a good thing and that being around other people is necessary for a fulfilled life, you can certainly have too much of a good thing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAll men\u2019s misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.\u201d \u2013 Jean de la Bruyere<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A study of 600 computer programmers at 92 companies found that while productivity levels were relatively stable within each company, they varied greatly from one company to the next. The more productive companies had one thing in common: they ditched the ultra-hip open office in favor of private work spaces that granted freedom from interruptions. Of the top performers, 62% said they had adequate privacy at work, while only 19% of the worst performers shared that opinion. And, among the low performers, 76% said they were often unnecessarily interrupted.
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Solitude isn\u2019t just a professional plus; it\u2019s also good for your\u00a0mental and emotional well-being<\/a>. To get the most out of life, you must learn to enjoy spending time alone. The benefits of solitude…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We live in a world of constant contact\u2014a place that\u2019s losing sight of the importance of being alone. Offices are abandoning cubicles in favor of shared desks and wide-open common spaces, and rather than sitting at their desks working independently, school children are placed in groups. It seems that a never-ending \u201cping\u201d has become our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-358528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}