Eating alone

Today while eating lunch at a restaurant I found on Google Maps (I always use this app to compare reviews and make a choice where to eat), I was reflecting on the things I´m used to doing by myself.

Like eating lunch.

Normally, I eat lunch at home, with my wife and daughter.

But often, I´m traveling somewhere to perform a concert. Like today, I´m performing a concert in the evening and have been away since yesterday.

Just today, I realized that it´s very uncommon for a restaurant to have a single client on a table. At least here in Spain, it is.

I have to say that I enjoy my times of solitude.

It gives me the opportunity to reflect on many things. I´d much rather be by myself than have meaningless conversations with people.

Not that all conversations are meaningless, of course.

But often, they are.

I´ve never been too good around people. I don’t think of myself as an introvert, but I´m a person of few words.

(Funny that I write a newsletter, huh?)

It´s just that I hate speaking for the sake of speaking. I prefer silence to that. If there´s nothing meaningful or intelligent to be said, I get immediately bored and want to get out of the situation. Must be that I lack some social skills.

I did enjoy my lunch very much today, and had the opportunity to fully concentrate on the flavor and the effort that the cook put into this beautiful and delicious plate. I probably wouldn´t have fully appreciated this if I had been talking with someone at the same time.

So, today I´m grateful for this special moment by myself.

Have a great day.

Claudio.

P.D. I released an album yesterday, it´s called “Efímero” and you can listen to it by clicking here.