This is really how I’ve started to live life, and it’s also how I approach solo travelling. No one can stop me from going, and no one can make me do things I don’t want to when I’m by myself.
It does work well.
However, I’m not even 40 yet, but the idea is still the same.
I live by two simple statements, “No one can make me” and “No one can stop me”. I adopted this some time in my early forties.
This applies mostly to social events and activities.
Want to jump on my motorcycle and head off for a weekend? No one can stop me.
Don’t want to attend a wedding or birthday party? No one can make me.
My time is mine, and I’m free to choose that which I do and don’t want to engage in.
Aside from that, as others have said, you really do stop giving a fuck what other people think of you.
This leads, at least in my case, to a smaller, but far higher quality social circle.
This is really how I’ve started to live life, and it’s also how I approach solo travelling. No one can stop me from going, and no one can make me do things I don’t want to when I’m by myself.
It does work well.
However, I’m not even 40 yet, but the idea is still the same.