Dear Pepper: Alone but Not Lonely

There's nothing wrong with liking being alone. In my experience, some people (and dogs) just do.

In aloneness, we are in certain ways more able to connect with others, through books and art and e-mails, and our own thoughts-and to connect with ourselves, too.

There is something particularly delightful about being alone in public. It's a way to be around people without interacting.

I think a lot of introverts were emboldened by the pandemic.

Read at The New Yorker