这期播客分三个部分：
1. 孤独有多么普遍？是不是每个人都会孤独？看看NORC的数据怎么说。
2. 一个人生活和孤独的关系。读Thanks for Waiting： 在单身生活中体验丰富的人生。 一个人也可以欣赏落叶飞花，四时美景如画。并不一定有人陪伴才能拥有这些乐趣。一个人的生活是不受限的。
3. 如何孤独的活着：再读The Martian，就算这个星球上只剩自己一个人，也要向死而生。学习Peter McGraw关于solo 的理念：单身和独身的区别(from single to solo). Unapologetically unconventional: 没有26岁结婚，27岁生小孩，不必感到抱歉。探索独自生活的道路，即使没有从火星到地球那么远，起码相信自己一个人也可以走很远的路！

祝新年快乐！

References:
Kiva Asatryan (2016). Stop Being Lonely: Three Simple Steps to Developing Close Friendships and Deep Relationships. New World Library, CA.

Peter McGraw (2024). Solo: Building a Remarkable Life of Your Own. Diversion Books.

Doree Shaffer (2021). Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Boomer. Ballantine Books, New York.

Nicola Slawson（2024, Dec. 14）Being Single Used to Make Me Feel Like a Failure. Not Anymore. The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/being-single-used-to-make-me-feel-like-a-failure-not-anymore-86952f3f?mod=Searchresults_pos6&page=1

Andy Weir (2011). The Martian. Ballantine Books, New York.

GSS Data Explorer: https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/variables/848/vshow

Census Bureau, New Estimates on America’s Families and Living Arrangements, https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/americas-families-and-living-arrangements.html#:~:text=Households%3A,only%2013%25%20of%20all%20households.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ER710_520s&list=PLW_omwEM1aiem13x9zZVQ4IQEqAEVKA7S&index=7