People who like to be alone

[EL34]

This pretty much pegs my way of doing things

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[bmccowan]

Yup - I'm pretty much there too, although I am nowhere near as creative as Doug.
I'm guessin that a lot of folks here share many of these traits. Knitters have Stitch & Bitch clubs - I know of no soldering clubs
I think of the other things I like to do, or did when I was younger.
I did not cotton to team sports - took up and still love skiing, biking, and fishing. My dog is my fishing companion.
I ride a motorcycle with a solo seat. I drive a 2 seat sportscar and when I ask my wife if she wants to ride along, I am usually happier when she says no. (she does not visit this forum)
I used to hike/mountain climb a lot with friends. But I would always lag behind alone. When we reached the summit, they would brag about how they beat the guidebook time, and I would ask if they saw the owl or the Pileated Woodpecker. They never did.
Oh yeah - and when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.
 

[Voxbox]

Hey Doug,
Kudos for coming out with this. Totally agree!!
I came across this book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain last year which nailed it for me. It was like reading about myself.
Definitely worth a read.


She also does a TED talk.


Introverts rock!!


Cheers, VB

[EL34]

I enjoy people company in limited doses. 
I enjoy the company of dogs way more.

[bmccowan]

Yup!

[Tirol29]

solitude allows you to free yourself from these pseudo truths

[scstill]

Me too...
I have always hoped that heaven is not as crowded as I think it might be :-)

Interesting to see #3 Empathy here, the less you spend with people seemingly the lower the empathy score as it seems you need people to be and show empathy. Tough to do alone...

#8 Intuition had a typo (around the 3:48 time). Part of the focus us alone people have :-)