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Riding Solo Doesn’t Mean Riding Lonely · The Road Doc Podcast

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  Hello, welcome back to episode 7.
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  Riding solo doesn't mean riding lonely.
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  Yeah, let's talk about this. This one is about emotional
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  independence and how riding solo, living solo or even
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  dreaming solo doesn't mean you are lost or lonely.
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  It's for anyone who misunderstood while building
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  something real. It is for those you know who
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  feel left out but are actually stepping into the power.
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  This is kind of for them. You know, I have been riding
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  solo a lot these days and not on just my bike.
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  Emotionally, mentally, energetically.
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  And one thing I want to say loud and clear riding solo does not
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  mean riding lonely. Like for example, tomorrow I am
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  going to give my Dominar for regular service and you know
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  that. And that too reminded me like
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  sometimes you and your ride also needs solo time to reset.
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  Let's just talk about it. Especially in Indian cultures, I
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  think our culture fears aloneness.
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  We live in a world where everyone's chasing validation
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  from social media to everywhere, where if you are seen alone or
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  people assume like you are broken.
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  But solitude is in punishment. It's actually power, if you ask
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  me. So recently I have been, you
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  know, doing my stuff and going through everything, my
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  colleagues, friends and fellow writers.
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  Everybody is busy in their life and I am busy in my life.
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  And then finally realized that even the closest people are, you
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  know, they have their lives too. And yeah, doing things and doing
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  their work, whatever. But yeah.
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  And then you don't need actually a pillion to enjoy every ride,
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  you know, Some of the best rides, the clearest thinking,
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  the most peace happens when you are alone on the road.
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  This is 100% true. I really felt it myself many,
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  many times. Like people comes, people talk
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  people to you. But the throat will always
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  listens. You know something like that?
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  Reality check? Let's just check it out.
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  Loneliness doesn't mean you are lost.
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  Loneliness is when you feel disconnected from yourself.
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  Solitude is when you reconnect with yourself, right when you
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  get that alone time or what alone time, whatever you call
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  it, being lonely, whatever words you want to use it.
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  But if you are being alone and you enjoy your own company
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  without needing anyone or anything or anything, that is I
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  think highest form of power in terms of taking control of your
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  own life, right? This week's been pretty much
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  busy and crazy, but I did got some alone time with myself and
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  I am, I should say I have felt pretty much lighter, sharper and
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  clearer. You know, everything became
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  crystal clear this week, which is absolutely awesome.
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  And if I say this to outside world, people might go crazy.
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  Dude, how can being in silence and being alone or lonely, how
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  can you all do this? I mean how is that even
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  possible? Because what is the real problem
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  with our generation is they cannot sit in silence for 5
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  minutes. They cannot face their own
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  demons in their head. That is the actual problem.
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  If they sit for 5 minutes they will get all the negative
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  thoughts and spiral around the negative thoughts and that is
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  it. Tada, the end.
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  And on the other hand, when you sit intentionally alone with
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  your mind, your thoughts and everything, everything clears
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  out and everything becomes calm in the long run.
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  So yeah, I am not afraid to ride alone anymore because I know
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  what I am building. I know what I am moving forward.
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  I rather ride solo with purpose then ride with people who do not
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  know where they are going. You know, it is been like in
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  this situation for quite some time.
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  Some people wants to tag along, ride with me and all those
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  things but they do not know what they are doing.
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  They are just clueless sometimes.
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  So that is why I wanna say that riding solo does not mean riding
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  lonely both on motorcycle and in real life.
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  Everything has its own purpose. So don't worry about anything
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  too much, just take care of yourself, take care of your
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  thoughts, everything will be alright.
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  So yeah, I will wrap it up and I hope you are enjoying my inputs
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  and thoughts. I'll see you on next next week
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  Saturday 6:00 PM. Until then, take care, right?
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  Smart peace.