I always smile when I hear people referring to themselves as being "A people person." I enjoy my solitude way too much for me to want to be around people on a 24/7 basis. There are actually limits as to how many people I feel comfortable being in contact with during the course of a day. As a student nurse I can ususally cap at 12-15. I have never felt comfortable in large classes (over 30) and I pretty much zone out when I'm in auditorium settings; it's just me and the speaker. Communal living is wonderful in theory and in terms of spreading the wealth, but I don't think I could share space with that many people on a regular basis.
I see Communal living as the solution to me not valuing the people around me. I walk or drive past thousands of people a day without even recognizing that they breath... Ideally I'd like to live in a village with about 25 others. If they were all artist/muscians/craftsmen then that'd be even better. as long as sleeping/personal quarters were semi private... or even if there werent, but a big area of land to explore. Couldnt be much worse than where I am now....
not all communes are about being around people all day, at least I hope not:&. I think it depends upon the values of the particular commune, i tend to be quite an antisocial person at times as well, yet the apeal is in the freedom in which contacts are made much less stress/ force thus resulting in less negative feeling twards the social situation.
Ain't that the truth! Yet you're the rare honest type I most enjoy communing with. There's only four of us in our little issolated commune, and we won't load our daily connections with the weight of communal obligation. And because of that, even when we don't connect, we're all the more connected.
yes in deed, and the thought of being surrounded with people that think halfway similar to me, because nobody gets me around here.
