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Take yourself out on a date, in a city on the move
Amid the bustle of urban life, we often forget to make time for solitude. This can take a toll on us.
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Distinct from loneliness, solitude is guided by active agency and choice.
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Faye Ng Yu Ci
In between returning from my graduation trips and starting orientation for work, I had five days of blank space. I knew I would appreciate the break as a period of rest and recuperation, to spend the time recovering from jet lag and prepping myself mentally for life as a working adult.
Yet, with typical ambitious young-person gusto, I filled it with back-to-back catch-ups with friends and mentors, people I treasured and wanted to mark this milestone in life with, before I began work as a house officer.
