It's not about wanting to be alone. We're not that kind of Recluse. In fact, most people are okay (at least sometimes).

Instead, think about home, or just some place where you feel at home. It could be your couch, and you're wrapped up on a rainy afternoon playing free-for-all. Or a park on a perfect sunny day, having lunch and relaxing on the grass with a close friend (human or otherwise). It could even be out in your shop, having an especially inventive night on a wild new project. Or maybe, it's simply cozied up on the fluffiest chair you can find, just vibing with some coffee and a good book while you hide from the kids for a bit. Okay fine, sometimes it's about being a little bit alone.

More importantly though, focus on how your favorite version of home makes you feel. That feeling of doing something because it's your choice in that moment, and not because someone else chose it for you.

So again, it's not about wanting to be alone; it's about wanting to be your own.

Put another way, it's about achieving that Jaunty Man state of mind, that unshakable confidence and weird positive energy that can only come from feeling right at home, anywhere. And if you don't know the Jaunty Man, keep scrolling.

If you want this feeling too, then you might just be a Recluse like us.