Activities to try:

Activity 1: Go to a place where you can be alone. Decide how much time you will spend there in thought. Be sure to have pen and paper to hand to record your thoughts and ideas immediately after the session.

Activity 2: Think about what might prevent you from spending time alone? How can you overcome this?

Activity 3: This exercise is not a meditation which asks you to empty your mind. It is quite the opposite. This exercise asks you to sit quietly and alone and let your thoughts flow freely. While sitting alone start to scan the thoughts that come into your mind and pounce on those which could be useful.

Activity 4: What might you do to reward yourself for time spent alone? Call a friend, take a bubble bath, go for a long walk with your dog or your children, have a cup of tea with your partner, take your motorbike to bits again.

“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Be alone – that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.” ~ Nikola Tesla