To be fair, long amounts of time practicing is how you get to be a really good musician, or basketball player, or skateboarder, or anything. But that doesn't p

To be fair, long amounts of time practicing is how you get to be a really good musician, or basketball player, or skateboarder, or anything. But that doesn't preclude practicing in the same general area as other people with similar interests. And even if you end up practicing for 4 hours a day entirely by yourself, there are still 12 other waking hours you can spend doing things with other people.