The voluntary nature of being alone is decisive for its emotional qualification. Being involuntarily alone is generally perceived as loneliness, the voluntary state as independence.

Digitalisation has been accompanied by an unprecedented flood of information: E-mails, chats and social media could keep the brain busy 24 hours a day, seven days a week without interruption. Anyone who can’t master this challenge, will perish, as the human brain is not designed for this sensory overload.

Being alone by choice represents a balance. An expression of independence.