Last week I talked about aging, someone called me and says it’s not the aging that gets to you but being alone. I thought that’s not something you can plan for. When I was younger it was not unusual to see the extended family living together. Now it’s not something you see all the time. I wonder if persons worried then about being alone. I remember one of my next door neighbors when I was growing up living on her own, but she was never alone. She rented a portion of her house to a family that became her family. She thought my sisters and I were her granddaughters 😁. She also had some many friends on the street. There were quite a number of retirees on that street. They all knew each other and trusted each other. Those “old people” were always up in “young people” business. It was not unusual to see them visiting each other. It was all about the companionship and the gossip. They just knew they would not be alone even if their children didn’t live close by.
Is there anyway to reduce this feeling of loneliness when you live by yourself? Living by yourself when you are younger is so different from when you live on your own later in life. No, that’s not my own words but said to me by a number of older relatives. A number of them are no longer with us. It was the same for them all. Children grew up, moved out and spouse dies. Children and grandchildren hardly visit if any at all. It’s loneliness on steroids. That’s when you have to decide how to cope. Some persons adjust and some don’t. This is why some persons decide to move themselves into old age communities. It’s all about the companionship. We are social creatures and don’t like being alone, Covid-19 showed us that in full force.
If you are not the person that have no issues living on your own, how do you cope when living alone? Just asking as I haven’t lived on my own for a while. I am wonder especially when you have retired and work or your business no longer consume you. I remember one relative saying retirement is something you should plan for because if not you can become depressed. From what I gather many a retirees have died not too longer after retirement. They didn’t plan for the large amount of time on their hands and the loneliness. What can be done ahead of time? Do you really need or want to plan or just take it a day at a time and go with the flow?
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