Note To Self How To Embrace Being Alone In the latest edition of Note To Self, FW editor Emily Brooks answers a reader's question about embracing alone time. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Note To Self How To Embrace Being Alone In the latest edition of Note To Self, FW editor Emily Brooks answers a reader's question about embracing alone time. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article Bridget Thakrar: ‘I Want To Help Lift Women Up, Deliberately And With Intention’ Next article Cyan Ta’eed Stands In The Arena Dear Em, I want to wholeheartedly embrace self-care but I find that when I’m alone, I can’t relax. I’ll cut myself a terrible fringe or do a deep dive on the latest findings on Mars. Teach me to meditate. Teach me to be happy with alone me. Not Quite Calm in Bronte, NSWNot Quite Calm in Bronte! I don’t know exactly why you’re choosing to cut yourself a terrible fringe in moments of You Time. I don’t know exactly why you’re investigating life on Mars. I don’t know exactly why you can’t wholeheartedly embrace self-care, but I do know it will be for one of two reasons. One of these is stopping you find contentment in alone time and that is either You or Your To Do List. Both are fortunately controlled by You, so the Early Good News is you can handle it. The first step is defining what one it is, so I will hurry this introduction along and explain. notetoself Best Of Future Women Wellbeing It took an ADHD diagnosis and a breakdown to change my relationship with work By jitendermittal Gender diversity Soft Power By jitendermittal Gender diversity Cyber expert laments “lost generation” in online misogyny panel By jitendermittal Gender diversity Is this at the bottom of your To-Do list? By jitendermittal Wellbeing How being a ‘good girl’ is holding you back By jitendermittal Gender diversity The Confidence Gap By jitendermittal Wellbeing The curious connection between food and work By jitendermittal Gender diversity Wait, what? The new Thor is a woman? By jitendermittal Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
