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Some Advantages & Disadvantages Of Being A Loner

Lukas Schwekendiek
2 min readDec 15, 2021

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Photo by Dan Gribbin on Unsplash

Advantages

  • More Personal Responsibility as you do everything on your own.
  • More Time in your Schedule due to no one else filling it up.
  • Less Drama created by other people, causing overall less options for stress.
  • Less Input From Others, making the decisions you make more your own.
  • Higher Sense Of Self-created Happiness caused by the fact that you will not get it elsewhere. Meaning there is less of a requirement to be with others to find happiness.
  • More Chances at Forced Growth due to a lack of outside distractions.
  • More Peaceful Moments when you cannot go outside.
  • Not Bound to a certain lifestyle. Meaning you can easier change your life when opportunities arise or at spur-of-the-moment decisions.
  • A larger bank account as there are less gifts, dates and other outside expenses.
  • Different Experiences than when you are with others. This leads to a different life.
  • Less Expectations when it comes to certain things. You can be in your PJs all day if you like.

Disadvantages

  • Forced Personal Responsibility means you must do something for yourself or fall into an…

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Lukas Schwekendiek
Lukas Schwekendiek

Written by Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"

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