Me-Time is Healthy Time

March 7, 2014

Gong Cha, SM Fairview

Making use of my time while waiting – I find a place to stay, where I can buy a drink, relax, and write something worthy. I’m thinking of SB but figure out that I already had so much of coffee this late, so I decide to have tea instead. I’m not a loner but lately it seems like I’m getting used to it already. I’m still going out with friends, but unlike before I wouldn’t mind going out alone now. After all, it’s also necessary that we get to have some “me-time” with ourselves. During this time we get to think things through and mull over our plans and whereabouts in life.

By having some time alone you get to enjoy some perks, which you will never experience if you’re with somebody else.

•     You have full control of your time. You can go shopping as long as you want without worrying about someone who’s waiting impatiently for you to decide which dress or shoes to buy.

•   You can go on your own pace when walking or strolling. You can really literally walk in pace as if you’re in the moon. Just make sure that there’s no one following at your back who might get irritated of your slow walking.

•     It is much cost-effective to have a “me-time” because you can eat and spend in a lower budget (since you’re just alone) unlike when you’re with friends or loved ones. Admit it or not, you feel like going extravagant when hanging out with others because you want to make things smoothly fun and memorable for all – eating on restaurant that you and your friends (or family) haven’t tried before, transferring to bar to have a drink (because the chatting is so unstoppable and you’ve already spent quite a long time inside the resto), then transferring next to cafe to have coffee and so on and on until you finally get exhausted and moneyless.

•     Sometimes having me-time is also one good way of discovering new friends. Those accidental conversations while waiting in line in the counter or waiting to board on the plane could earn you new friends or could even add to your network of profession or business. When you’re with someone, surely you wouldn’t go talking with strangers, but it is much possible when you’re spending time alone.

•      Having me-time can be considered as meditation even when you’re doing it in mall or in peopled places. As long as you’re alone, you get to connect more to yourself as you decide which stuff to buy, to where restaurant to eat, to decide whether to purchase or not, to choose which movie to see – in short you tend to get in touch more to yourself, to your soul and you’ll wonder at so many realizations you will have afterwards.

Those are just few of the handfuls that you can get when you spend some time alone watching movie or having me-time coffee. Of course, I’m not telling you to be a loner forever because that would only limit your exploration and views of the world. And also, after some little desire to spend some time alone with yourself, you’ll still end up craving for company when you’re done contemplating. After all, it is still much happier to spend good times with loved ones, eat delicious foods with friends, and watch thrilling movie with special someone.

So there you go, ‘til next time folks! I got to be going if I want to see some trailers being shown before the movie starts. I’ll be watching Monuments Men ~ it’s my movie me-time!