I realized today that I spend an enormous amount of time by myself. When I'm at work, I shut out those around me with headphones and cringe a bit inside when a co-worker wants to chat with me. It's not that they're bad people for the most part, although some are annoying. It's somewhat the same at school but I can't shut things out there because there's the whole listening to the professor thing. Again, most of the people at school aren't bad people either. I even enjoy studying for school most times because I can be by myself and just live in my head. I think it's just that, since my time in the military where there was a lot of moving around and a lot of new faces, I grew used to living inside my own little space, whether physically or mentally. I got pretty good at entertaining myself and keeping my mind occupied with things; I got used to isolation. There are even times at home with the little lady that I just wish I could shut things out and be in my own little world for a while. I don't see her much so I would never say that and I do enjoy our time together. I think that sometimes though being alone is comfortable to me. I'm an introverted extrovert...
