Post-it Note #23
October 7, 2009
(This post-it note is part of a series on how to lead a simple life even more simply – with pictures for those easily distracted by words.)
Today, I will see a movie by myself.
Preferably, not a romantic comedy.
On Valentines day.
Like I did some years ago.
For some doing anything alone, especially seeing a movie or dining out, is the mark of death. They’d rather eat beetle dung, staple their hand to a wood plank, or sit through eight hours of Full House repeats.
They know not what they miss.
Study anyone dining alone (you know you do, anyway), and you will see they are a happy lot. They have the perfect Merlot, the perfect dinner that comes at the perfect time while they’re reading the perfect book. (Head tilt to Glen.) They are not lonely or bereft. No, the opposite. They are immersed.
They know the secret rule: sometimes the best companion is one’s self.
How many a good movie has been ruined by going with the wrong friend? How many a bad meal has been suffered and extra tip paid by eating with the wrong (cheap) crowd?
And, honestly, sometimes it feels good not worrying if someone else is having fun.
(I haven’t even touched upon *ahem* some of the best activities you can do alone.)
You can eat what you want, read what you want, even laugh when you want. There’s no stress about which restaurant to pick, which movie to watch at which theater at which time… or, the big one: whose picking up the bill.
Therein is the one drawback.
When it comes to paying there’s no mystery.
It’s all YOU. 
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If you enjoyed this, please Facebook it. If you really enjoyed it: print it out and put it up in the breakroom. People eating in breakrooms read anything. 
I love going to movies by myself! I also love to eat out by myself…I really like a nice day, eating at some outdoor cafe and people watching!
xo, Mango
Lol! I spend so much time watching DVDs, eating at home and working at home alone that I really don’t want to do those things outside alone too. However, the one thing I really like is going for a walk alone.
I agree with your here, the best companion is our self. Being alone we are able to contemplate about things in life and observe the beauty of life.
Totally agree. As I write this I am alone in a cafe somewhere on Bangkok writing my novels. I have not intention of moving for hours.
Heya Brian
Cool post it! I like doing things on my own sometimes, going for a drive, going to see a movie and grab some sushi.
I used to think it was for losers, and used to be afraid of going out alone or to a club by myself. Sometimes it can be more fun, it forces you to take action and make something of the night, to go out and meet new people.
Have a cool day sir!
Diggy
HAHA! You totally went there, didn’t you.
I love my own company. I saw Inglourious Basterds by myself, and it was a grand experience.
Being with others is way overrated…haha.
There’s a time and a place for both. I think the problem is most people are extremely uncomfortable with who they really are, and that’s what they experience when they’re with themselves, so they avoid it at all costs, no?
I must admit, I hate doing things like that by myself. Either I don’t feel like I am good company… OR I feel like others shouldn’t miss out! I shouldn’t deprive them of my “funness”. hehehehe
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that the movie was STAR WARS! Our family favorite!
My wife is one that will never eat at a restaurant (even fast food) by herself. I have no problem with it, which somehow amazes her. Just another way I am amazing I guess
Been there, done that, and it really isn’t that big of a deal.
Once people get over caring what other people will think of them by going to a movie theater alone, they realize that all that fear that was inside their heads was just bullshit and no one around them really cares about their solo adventure (plus they are busy holding hands or making out, at least I was when I went there in pairs
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Good post man, you know I love you
Though there is always something special in sharing a moment with someone, that “alone time” is a must for me.
Thanks for reminding me of its joys…maybe I oughta make time for it again.
About 15 years ago, I moved to another city where I didn’t know anyone. I did everything alone. It was amazing how many people I met, because I was alone. A person who is alone is much more approachable, than a person who is with someone else or in a group. I made great contacts for work and socializing. I like hockey and went to the local pro hockey team’s games alone. At every single game, someone sitting nearby would buy me a soft drink or popcorn or both!
Being by yourself, also makes you memorable to others. The ticket seller at the hockey rink remembered me and deliberately sold me a ticket for a seat next to a man who always bought one ticket. No fireworks, but it was fun!
Where’s Brian? Do I need to send out a search party? I haven’t heard from you in a week. That’s normal for my blog, but you post much more frequently.
Hope everything is okay. I’m sure it is.