If you've ever traveled with other people, chances are you have to think about them. When you want to get up early to watch the sunrise, for example, your friends may think enough sleep is more important. And when you want to try the exotic food, your friends might say it looks strange and take you to a Chinese restaurant instead.
▲ . According to reports, the percentage of people who travel alone in the UK has been increasing, from 6 percent in 2011, to 12 percent in 2017, and to 15 percent this year. Most of these people said traveling alone allows them to "do what they want".
In fact, traveling alone is only a part of a recent trend of people wanting to take more time alone – or what's called "me time". "Imagine yourself as a full glass of water and everything and everyone else that needs your attention is an empty glass. When you provide what is needed to them you are using your own water supply," editor Nicole Lyons says. "But how are you refilling your glass? This is where your ‘me time' comes in."
However, it's still common that those who do things alone are losers and that they're alone simply because they don't have anybody to be with. But why can't people just be enough for themselves?
The now Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle once wrote on her blog in 2016 about how she enjoyed traveling alone. "It's not easy. But it's important," she wrote. "To be present and to power through the feelings that waffle through your head and heart of loneliness and boredom. Let that stuff go. Enjoy it alone."
