Vet. Looking For A Village

[Jomme]

You belch and fart whenever and however loud you want as well?

Must be a great life.

[Amanda44]

You belch and fart whenever and however loud you want as well?

Must be a great life.

There's no-one around to hear it - it never happened -

I want to retract the living in squalor though, lol, I still want nice things in my hermitage.

[Jomme]

One (wo)man's squalor is another (wo)man's palace?

[Xcom]

I really liked this ted talk about introverts, really felt one with her words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4

I did live a semi-hermit life in W6 and I do disagree that hermit life can't be educational. In a village you don't really get to really experience the labor of all the aspects of this game. I would say that anyone not played as a hermit through there haven early days wont ever survive the game for longer then a month. As a village member your game style often become narrow and routine. Resources are also plenty and easy to come by. Hermit life its a lot more challenging, everyday you face challenges you need to struggle to overcome. If you get into trouble then its only your own wits or planning that gets you out of it. Makes you smarter and more self reliant. Alot of members in larger villages that haven't played as a hermit often end up chewing through the village resources without contributing or staying interested unless there is someone there to hand hold you through everything.

Then there is also different types of villages you can end up in. Some are elite based that have strict plans and require heavy hours and cant tolerate slack or lack of knolage. Other villages can be more chilled sorta speak and often have less demands or high output. All experiences are interesting to explore but I guess when people talk about true haven at the peeks they often don't talk about the smaller players. Sitting at the top of the food chain have its demands and no more then a very select few play in those shoes. Most often its the type of player that struggles for more then a year or so can achieve that peek and we all had to start somewhere.

My final take on hermit life is that its not even a perk but a real necessity to clime the ladder in haven. Without being one you seldom find the appreciation of all the village resources that's given to you on a platter. By that it means this person is more then likely going to be a more productive member in a village then a player taken from a different village.

[Amanda44]

Firstly, thank you for that link Xcom, I found that extremely interesting and also connected with a lot of her points. I don't know if I'm exactly an introvert, I'm independent for sure, I'm also shy which is sometimes hard for people to understand because I have a friendly outgoing nature but I do know the importance of alone time and value it immensely. If you never have time to think, you will never be able to explore idea's.

Part of my job also involves public speaking, it's the part of my job I hate, lol, the very first time I ever had to do it, although I'd written and rewritten and practised endlessly, when I stood up in front of a conference room filled with strangers I literally went to pieces, I stammered, I blushed, I was visibly shaking, esp when I had to draw a diagram to explain my ideas, part of the diagram was a circle, lol, it was as far from a circle as a triangle is - it was honestly excruciating. On top of all that it was obvious to me that my discomfort was also obvious to everyone else but what could I do, every core of my body wanted to run of the stage in fear and cry my heart out but I have never been a quitter and I knew that would make me look even worse, so I continued.
At the end of my speech, to my utter amazement, I received a standing ovation, not it turned out because my speech was so inspiring, lol, but because they could see the courage it took for me to endure it. Nowadays I still feel the same and will have a few sleepless nights before any kind of meeting or conference that involves me speaking but somehow I've learnt to disguise it and it normally goes quite smoothly, but, I will still sit in my car for a few minutes before driving home.
Stress release.

Secondly, both you and Tonky have described hermit life perfectly and thank you both for helping me explain the learning aspects, the benefits and the work load to everyone else.