I was never good at doing alone, and then I married a man in the Navy who is gone every few weeks for roughly 10 days at a time. Occasionally he's gone for a month or more. Over the years I've learned to appreciate being by myself (as a natural introvert, it's weird having to learn to *like* being alone!) and I've learned to take pleasure in the things I can do when he's not around. Like going to bed early just to read. Having my morning cup of tea in peace and quiet. Serving all the avocados I want with dinner because he's the only one in our family who doesn't like them. I can watch trashy tv and enjoy my guilty pleasure of dancing around the house cleaning to Britney Spears or Daft Punk (don't judge me!). Learning to like being with yourself is one of the hardest things for us codies to do, but that freedom is incredible!