I wonder how much of that stems from social ostracization in my youth. I was very far from being one of the "cool kids" to be sure, but even in my friend group, I always felt like I had an outsider status. On Monday at school, I'd hear about what they did over the weekend without me. So throughout my teens, I was very much forced to get used to spending time by myself without regard to what others were doing and with whom. 2/