It was leading up to being a sad and lonely Christmas. Being alone came with positive feels because it afforded me time to focus on my projects, but being alone at such a time when the overarching message was to be with friends and family, was depressing. It was like a roller coaster, the excitement of ‘home alone’ freedom, coupled with the rind of falling deep down into the drop. For weeks, I knew this was going to be my predicament—alone for the holidays; something I’d neve