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This is on point.

I'm Meghachachra Bardi.

I love solitude. I require solitude. I'm very at peace with my own company.

Yesterday I had some rotten bananas and I made banana bread.

A big part of my being alone is hiking.

I love to get out in the woods, mountains or valleys.

I love sitting by a babbling stream,

listening to the birds.

It's sort of centering.

I've always been someone who goes to movies by myself.

I've traveled by myself.

My twin sister, who I live with is totally the opposite.

She just needs to be around people all the time.

The sheer pleasure of just being able to sit in a room and look at four walls and the next thing I know an hour has gone by because I've been thinking and dreaming and I can only do that when I'm by myself.

I'll admit there are times where I've thought is there something wrong with me

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