“What’s wrong with me?” Over and over again I asked myself “Why can’t I just be like everybody else?”

many people discover that they have been living their lives for someone else way too late.

realized that I didn’t have to force myself into extroversion because that simply wasn’t who I was. Having a more socially active life wouldn’t bring me happiness and fulfillment. It would just drain my energy and time. I understood that for my whole life I had been trying to become someone else to fit in with social expectations, and this is what

Studies suggest that people often find it easier to conceive their best ideas when alone, contrary to the popular belief in the power of teamwork and brainstorming[12]

put you off track, even when they have the best intentions.

First of all, multiple acquaintances and social activities can be distracting. If you’re an introvert, you’re aware of the truth of this statement more than anyone else.

The best moments of my life were those quiet days and evenings when I would get home knowing I had nowhere else to go on that day.

Every time I tried to apply the advice I had read in one of those books in practice, it wouldn’t work, and my usual awkward behavior would come out instead.

after a couple of years of this lifestyle, I realized that I was wasting myself. Yes, I was socializing like a “normal” person, I was meeting new people, I was going out, and had a lot of fun, but the truth was that the only thing this way of life brought me was a disappointment.