My partner and I have been living together for three years and I've been feeling this pull toward living alone again — not because anything is wrong but because I miss the deep solitude I used to have. We've talked about it but they think it means I don't love them enough and I don't know how to explain that it might actually be about loving myself more.
More people experience this than they realize.
The tension between intimate partnership and the soul's need for solitude reveals how we've conflated love with proximity.
“Where Are You with The choice to live alone — solitude and flourishing?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.