In The Loop With Andy Andrews

On this week's episode, I talk about the surprising benefits of spending time alone. Why is it important to spend time alone? • Spending time alone is the best way to concentrate my thoughts. • It’s a good way to stimulate creativity. • If I can wake up before my family and refrain from checking email, my phone, or turning on the news, I can have amazing results.  This isn’t so much about being alone as it is about spending time with my boys, but while driving the boys to school, I reach my hand back and say, “Hands!” and we pray for… • Teachers • Friends • Mom • Our day Sometimes, it’s necessary to leave the house in order to be alone. Here are some of the places I go: • The woods are a great place for me to get away. • I’ll go alone to a cabin sometimes and spend several days by myself.  • Most of my novels are not written while I’m at home.  • The water is not a particularly good place for me, as I’m always wondering what is in the water.  As much as you may be thinking, I wouldn’t say that I am alone