{"product_id":"the-art-of-being-alone-by-renuka-gavrani","title":"The Art of Being Alone by Renuka Gavrani","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003eTaylor Swift said once\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003e, “The scary news is, you are on your own now. But the cool news is, you are on your own now”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fear of loneliness was injected into our minds since we were kids. We have learned that the kid who eats, sits, and has no friends is pathetic. In every book or movie, the kid who eats alone and has no friends is always featured as a weak character who needs to be saved. Pick any book or movie, and you will observe a common pattern around loneliness. These people were shown as easy targets or an object of your sympathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one wants to be seen as a ‘weirdo’ hence, our dread of being alone. We don’t want people to think of us as someone who needs to be saved or mocked. Someone who is unwanted or doesn’t fit in with the cool kids. We don’t want people to think that no one chose us. So what do we do? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003eWe start becoming like an ideal version of whom everyone loves. And in the race of achieving people’s acceptance and love, you end up losing yourself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of Being Alone is not just another book. It’s a story of my life. I have been alone for the majority of my life. And I still am. The only difference is, earlier I used to wish for the kind of best friend who will save me and now I enjoy every day with myself, doing things that I always wanted to and using my \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003e‘alone time’ to GROW MYSELF and build my dream life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd through my book, I want to take you on the journey of being cool with being alone. I have spent most of my life wishing for people to stay or have fun with me while ignoring my soul waiting for me to pay attention to myself. I know \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003eit’s tough to be lonely. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003eBut I promise, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003eit’s fun to be alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e And it’s even more amazing when you use your alone time to build your dream life, achieve your goals, and fall in love with yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe fear loneliness because we have been manipulated into believing that loneliness is a curse. And in the hope of finding people, we often end up losing ourselves and doing things that we hated in the first place. Why? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003eWhy do you hate the idea of being with yourself so much that you are ready to settle for the bare minimum?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--split--\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBullets_feature_div\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 1px 18px;padding:0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmaryllis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e152 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9355434022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-9355434029\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eReading age ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18 years and up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e110 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CGA Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42191618998357,"sku":"9789355434029","price":1690.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9642\/6581\/files\/1932.jpg?v=1772364331","url":"https:\/\/cgabooksonline.com\/products\/the-art-of-being-alone-by-renuka-gavrani","provider":"CGA Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}