Being a Loner Used to Make You a Sad Loser. Now It’s a Superpower.
It’s a secret rebirth in disguise
10 days alone in the woods with no talking sounds crazy.
A friend of mine, Andy, announced one night over cake and coffee that he was doing a silent meditation retreat. He had to disappear for 10 days and live on some crazy commune.
Wife: “I think he’s gone crazy. Should we still be friends with him?”
The idea of doing such a lonely experience makes people think you’ve lost the plot. Like you’ve got a mental disorder and have one foot off the nearest suspension bridge and are going to jump.
10 days later Andy came home from his retreat. He came back a different person. He had clarity, purpose, and most importantly, newfound calmness. All the go-go-go of his job suffocated his mission in life.
Not talking for 10 days and doing stupidly long 2 and 3 hour meditations gave him something indescribable.
Being called a loner
In school and early adulthood I got called a loner.
I used to lock myself in my room at home and make techno songs. All I wanted to do was rock a crowd of 10,000 people for 60 mins with a set full of my own tracks. The bedroom was where those…
