"Spending time with obnoxious people is not the only option you (theoretically) have besides being alone." This has nothing to do with obnoxious people. I actu

"Spending time with obnoxious people is not the only option you (theoretically) have besides being alone." This has nothing to do with obnoxious people. I actually like people - in very small doses. Even the most pleasant person becomes a mental and spiritual burden after about an hour. Aloneness, on the other hand, is a beautiful thing. I can sit and contemplate. I can read the great authors. I can play my guitar. I can go on a hike in the wilderness at my doorstep (literally). I have all of human art and history at my fingertips, and now the time and space to ponder it.