You don't really need to conform, nobody is forcing you. You will just get different things out of conforming or not. I live like a complete stranger where I a

You don't really need to conform, nobody is forcing you. You will just get different things out of conforming or not. I live like a complete stranger where I am, I spend 99.9% of my time alone. Read alone, eat alone, walk alone, sleep alone. Most of my life is about coding, reading and walking long distances accros countries. And I am pretty happy about my life right now. I get to have a life where I make almost no compromise, I live so cheaply that I don't really even need to work anymore. But then you are missing out on having kids, spending time with friends, family, having stability, a dog, a hobby you can pursue, chitchat, routine, etc. Again, nobody is forcing you to anything, it seems like you just need to take a few days just by yourself, facing your own thought and exploring what you really want to do. The thing I find stupid in this article, is that the author goes to a party and leave early because he does not like partying. Well, I don't either. But I have learnt that I don't a long time ago. So I don't go to parties. I don't need to make up excuses about why I am leaving.