Social Skills Are Very Nice To Have But Ultimately Optional

Shorter article coming up, that wants to quickly make a particular point.

One factor in the whole question about whether someone should improve their social skills is that while their are tons of benefits to being good with people, when it really comes down to it, someone could technically live their life without doing a lot of socializing.

Someone who did this would have to decide that, a) the benefits of socializing aren't that enticing for them, and b) that the rewards of not interacting with people are important enough to outweigh the inconveniences.

Not socializing would undoubtedly go against the grain of society and be very impractical. Someone who did it would have to have a thick skin against the judgments and opinions of others. It could be done though. Most people probably wouldn't become complete hermits, but many could engage in a less intense version, but keep the same idea in spirit.

Without this article turning into a guide on how to socialize as little as possible, I can think of a menu of ways people could cut out various aspects of the social world out of their lives:

• Find a career where you can work from home.
• Find a career where you work on your own a lot of the time.
• Have items delivered instead of going to the store.
• Be very selective about the types of people you're friends with.
• Socialize online instead of face to face/
• Be independently wealthy somehow.
• Have parents who are willing to financially support your lifestyle.