Take the opportunity to take some time to spend alone on 29 October – it’s National Hermit’s Day.
It is a day to retreat to someplace quiet to get away from the everyday hustle and bustle.
A hermit is a person who lives – at least to some degree – in seclusion from society. The word hermit comes from the Latin ‘eremita’, which means ‘from the desert’.
29 October 632 AD is the day Saint Colman died in Ireland. He undertook a seven-year hermitage in the Burren Forest in a cave, and this is believed to be the reason this day was chosen to celebrate National Hermit Day.
To celebrate National Hermit Day, turn off your phone and computer, find a secluded place to go and forget about your worries, rest and relax, enjoy some quiet time, read, write or draw. You can also take a well-deserved nap.
Post on social media using #NationalHermitDay.
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