isolated holiday, yes or no?

[kora]

So my mum, in her infinite knowledge of me made me a great offer for my half term: A bed and breakfast somewhere fairly remote and quiet, with a pub near me for meals (think small english village) basically she's offered me isolation for about a week, obviously I'll have to order food and stuff , but essentially I won't have to talk to anyone or hold a conversation. Now this sounds like absolute heaven to me, I love the idea of not having to talk to anyone for a week, I'm also curious to see if my own thoughts will be sufficient to entertain me. Or if I'll have to resort to books, my phone and the internet to keep me sane, as a personal experiment I'm going to try to use them as little as possible. I'm really curious as to the effect it will have on me basically.

To get to the point, I was curious how fellow INTP's would feel about being completely isolated for a week? Obviously we all love our alone time, but a week or longer? All my friends expressed horror at the very idea . I go to boarding school and therefore am stuck with people 24/7, which is pretty tiresome.

 

[Scarlett Hayden]

I would Especially if you're at boarding school. I'm homeschooled so for the most part my life is as silent as the north pole. Usually. However I still do feel I need to get away on my own sometimes and if my parents offered that to me then i would definitely take it. Although i think doing nothing but thinking for a week may hurt a little: I would feel more tired after the holiday alone XD

 

[Vrecknidj]

To get to the point, I was curious how fellow INTP's would feel about being completely isolated for a week? Obviously we all love our alone time, but a week or longer? All my friends expressed horror at the very idea . I go to boarding school and therefore am stuck with people 24/7, which is pretty tiresome.

I would find being trapped with strangers for a week far more stressful than being isolated for a week. But, for me, some contact with others is far better than no contact with others. However, the caveat is that it makes a huge difference whether that contact comes when I want it to.

If others get to choose when to pester me, then I don't really prefer company.

Dave

 

[Moocow]

Sounds like an excellent gift! I sometimes get a week to myself and it's wonderful. Get something that requires a lot of time, creativity, and undisturbed focus. Turn up your favorite music and get into a flow state for 12 straight hours.

 

[kora]

I would Especially if you're at boarding school. I'm homeschooled so for the most part my life is as silent as the north pole.

Wow, I don't know if i could deal with home schooling either. Since the age of 16 I really can't spend more than 2 weeks with my parents without falling out, I love them of course, but I just can't live with them. Of course I may very well be the one who's impossible to live with ha.

 

[Melkor]

Yes. With a capital Yeaaaaa.

I think I mentioned this before, but one year I vanished to my grans for half a week for my birthday.

I just slept, ate, and walked around her tiny city with it's aged population.

Bliss.

 

[Scarlett Hayden]

Wow, I don't know if i could deal with home schooling either. Since the age of 16 I really can't spend more than 2 weeks with my parents without falling out, I love them of course, but I just can't live with them. Of course I may very well be the one who's impossible to live with ha.

I used to struggle with that when I was younger but then I disappeared to another family members house for three months. I was completely isolated come to think of it and when I eventually came back things were different. There's been a sort of easy truce between my parents and I ever since. I don't bother them and they don't bother me. Idk if it would work for anyone else but I doubt most people could afford to disappear for that long ha. For me being homeschooled is such a blessing. But yeahh go for it. A week completely and utterly alone sounds like heaven.

 

[citrusbreath95]

Ahh, a week too long? You really should be asking if that's enough time, ahaha. I just took a 4 day trip to a beach, and I had difficulty just walking down the street with the nightlife. The best part of that little trip was walking on the beach during the evening. Surprisingly, there weren't any people around really, and I was free to generally walk around undisturbed and alone with nothing but a sea breeze by my side and an ocean in front of my eyes. So yes, sit back, relax, and enjoy your trip seeing it's only a week. And don't worry, you'll have many decades of attempted socializing to make up for it.

 

[interstate8]

I would do it if I were you. I would also try and get the fuck out of that boarding school.

 

[walfin]

Wow! Your mum must understand you very well. You're lucky.

 

[MissQuote]

This sounds great. I would go for it if I were you.

I took an eight day trip to Montreal with my grandma a year and a half ago, for the purpose of researching our genealogy, and spent most of the trip walking around downtown by myself in the mornings and evenings without a map (while she stayed in the hotel room, during the mid day we visited genealogy libraries together and I took her to the pretty places I discovered) just taking in the culture and solitude. It was particularly nice because everyone was speaking a different language so I only really interacted with people when they spoke to me first, and half the time that was the end of the conversation.