The content challenges the societal expectation that ideal humans are always social and energized by company, arguing that a preference for solitude is not a flaw but a vital aspect of self-understanding, energy management, and authentic living.
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The ideal human being is supposed to
love company, thrive on social
interaction, get energized by crowds and
conversations and constant contact.
We're told that if you don't enjoy
having people over, if you prefer your
own company to the company of others,
then something must be wrong with you.
You must be broken somehow. You must
need fixing. But here's the delicious
irony. The people who feel most
uncomfortable with visitors are often
the ones who understand something
profound about the nature of energy,
about the architecture of the self,
about the sacred quality of space.
They're not running away from life.
They're protecting something precious.
They're honoring a truth that the
constantly social, perpetually
available, always entertaining crowd has
completely forgotten. Your home is not
just four walls and a roof. It's not
just a place where you keep your
furniture and sleep at night. Your home
is you. It's the physical manifestation
of your inner world. Every room, every
corner, every quiet space is a
reflection of some aspect of your
psyche. And when someone enters that
space, they're not just walking through
a door. They're crossing a threshold
into your soul itself.
Think about it. When you come home after
a long day of wearing your social face,
playing your various roles, being the
employee, the friend, the responsible
adult, what is it you're really doing?
You're returning to yourself. You're
taking off the mask.
You're letting down the guard. You're
finally breathing. Your home is where
you stop performing and start being. And
then the doorbell rings. Suddenly, you
have to put the mask back on.
You have to activate what I call the
social self. That version of you that
knows how to make small talk, how to be
pleasant, how to play the gracious host.
Even in your own sanctuary, you're
forced back into performance mode. Is it
any wonder you resist this? Is it
surprising that something in you
recoils? But let's go deeper. Because
the discomfort you feel about visitors
isn't just about maintaining your energy
or protecting your peace. though those
are perfectly valid reasons. It's about
something more fundamental.
It's about the way you're wired at the
deepest level. There are essentially two
ways human beings relate to the world.
Some people gain energy from the outside.
outside.
They're recharged by contact, by
stimulation, by the presence of others.
And you put them in a room full of
people, and they light up like a
Christmas tree. They feed on the
external. The world outside fills their
tank. But others, and perhaps you're one
of them, work in precisely the opposite
way. Your energy comes from within.
You're recharged by solitude, by
silence, by the absence of external
demands. The world outside doesn't fill
you up. It drains you. And your home,
your private space, is where you go to
refill the well. When you understand
this, the whole picture changes. You're
not being difficult when you don't want
visitors. You're not being antisocial
when you prefer an empty house to a full
one. You're simply honoring the way your
particular instrument is tuned. A violin
doesn't apologize for not sounding like
a drum. A river doesn't apologize for
flowing downhill. And you don't need to
apologize for needing solitude the the
way others need company. Now, here's
where it gets really interesting. Your
resistance to visitors might also be
telling you something about the state of
your inner world. You see, we all carry
around what I call the shadow. Those
parts of ourselves we haven't fully
looked at. The emotions we've
suppressed, the fears we've buried, the
aspects of our personality we've learned
to hide because they weren't acceptable.
And when someone enters your space,
especially if you're sensitive,
especially if you're paying attention,
this isn't rudeness. This is your psyche
trying to protect its integrity. Your
unconscious knows that you're not ready
to have certain things disturbed.
You're still sorting through your own
inner landscape and the presence of
another person makes that work
impossible. Think of it this way.
Imagine you're working on a very
delicate puzzle. You've got all the
pieces spread out. You're starting to
see the pattern. You're making
connections. And then someone comes in
and bumps the table. All your work gets
scattered. You have to start over.
That's what visitors can feel like when
you're doing the deep work of
understanding yourself. But there's
another dimension to this that hardly
anyone talks about, the symbolic
dimension. Your house isn't just a
physical space. It's a symbol of your
soul. In dreams, when you dream about a
house, you're dreaming about yourself.
The mask we wear in company, the social
face we put on, this isn't false
exactly, but it's not the whole truth
either. It's a necessary adaptation. The
living room is where you present
yourself to the world.
The bedroom is your intimacy, your
vulnerability. When someone crosses your
threshold and they enter your home,
they're entering sacred territory.
They're stepping into the temple of your
being. And if you're someone who takes
your inner life seriously, if you're
someone who's trying to know yourself,
to understand the landscape of your own
soul, then having visitors can feel like
a violation. Even when they mean well,
even when there are people you love.
Because the work of becoming yourself,
the real work, happens in privacy. It
happens in silence. It happens when
you're alone with your thoughts, your
feelings, your questions, your fears.
It happens when there's no one to
perform for, no one to please, no one
whose expectations you have to meet. And
this brings us to something crucial. The
mask we wear in company, the social face
we put on, this isn't false exactly, but
it's not the whole truth either. It's a
necessary adaptation. Who decided that
the ideal human being is always
available, always open, always ready for
company? The truth is some of us are
built for different work. Some of us are
meant to go deep rather than wide. But
when we wear it too long, when we wear
it even in our own homes, we start to
lose touch with who we really are
underneath. Every time you welcome a
visitor, when you don't really want to.
Every time you smile and make
conversation, when what you really want
is silence.
Every time you act friendly when your
soul is crying out for solitude, you're
abandoning yourself. You're choosing the
comfort of social acceptability over the
truth of your own needs. And here's the
trap. You've probably been doing this
for so long that you feel guilty for
wanting to be alone. You think there's
something wrong with you. You think you
should enjoy having people over. You
should be more hospitable, more
welcoming, more social. But who says who
made that rule? Who decided that the
ideal human being is always available,
always open, always ready for company?
The truth is some of us are built for
different work. Some of us are meant to
go deep rather than wide. Some of us are
meant to know a few people very well
rather than many people superficially.
Some of us are meant to spend long
stretches alone, not because we hate
people, but because solitude is where we
do our most important work. There's an
old archetype, an ancient pattern that
appears in stories and myths across
every culture. The hermit, the wise
person who lives alone, who retreats
from society, who finds wisdom in
solitude. This figure isn't a failure.
This figure isn't someone who couldn't
make it in the world of people. You see,
we live in a time when people are
drowning in constant stimulation.
Everyone is always available, always
connected, always responding to the
demands of others. The phone rings, the
messages pile up, the obligations
multiply. That part of you that doesn't
want visitors isn't being difficult.
It's answering an ancient call. It's
following a path that leads inward
rather than outward. It's listening to a
voice that says, "Be still. Be quiet. Be
alone. Because only in that stillness
can you hear what your own soul is
trying to tell you. Now, I'm not
suggesting you become a complete
recluse. I'm not saying you should cut
yourself off from all human contact and
live in a cave. Balance is necessary.
Connection is beautiful. Relationships
matter. But what I am saying is this.
Your need for solitude is not a problem
to be fixed. Your resistance to visitors
is not a character flaw. Your desire to
protect your space is not selfishness.
It's wisdom. You see, we live in a time
when people are drowning in constant
stimulation. Everyone is always
available, always connected, always
responding to the demands of others. The
phone rings, the messages pile up, the
obligations multiply, and people wonder
why they feel exhausted, scattered,
lost. They've forgotten how to be alone
with themselves. They've forgotten that
the soul needs silence the way the body
needs sleep. When you feel that
resistance to having visitors, when you
want to keep your door closed, when you
prefer an evening alone to an evening of entertaining,
