How to Relearn the Joy of Being Alone

When you’re quarantining with other people, it’s easy to forget how to do things solo

Alli Hoff Kosik
Forge
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4 min readJul 17, 2020

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A woman smiling and hugging her bed.
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I was halfway down the pasta aisle when it hit me: In quarantine, without realizing it, I’d become afraid of doing things alone.

My husband was next to me, as he had been for every grocery run since we went into lockdown. By this…

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Alli Hoff Kosik
Forge
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Alli Hoff Kosik is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, NY. A voracious reader, she channeled her love of books into launching The SSR Podcast in June 2018.