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Why Solo Travel — and Time Alone Even at Home — Can Be So Fulfilling
A New York Times travel writer effuses about the joys of sojourning on your own
Stephanie Rosenbloom writes beautifully and lovingly about the time we spend alone. I’ve been wanting to discuss her work here at Medium for some time, but have put it off, since her focus is on travel, and we haven’t gotten to do much of that during the pandemic.
But now we can almost see a time when it may seem safe again. In a New York Times article in February, Rosenbloom made an interesting prediction about that, after consulting with social scientists. She suggested that, as we begin traveling again, “even modest, less costly vacations will give us extreme pleasure.”
Back in 2013, Rosenbloom made my day twice over when she wrote about the single supplement in the Times, even asking travel companies why they would charge solo travelers more, and she also wrote about people who are single at heart. I talked about that article at the time at my blog at Psych Central (a site that has been discontinued). I’ll share that next, followed by my discussion of Rosenbloom’s wonderful book, Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude.
