I am currently reading "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene, and one of the laws is not to isolate yourself. Like Louis X1V, it's important to surround yourself with people to keep your ear to the street and learn about approaching threats and opportunities. Some of the 48 laws I am pretty good with, but this is one that escapes me. I feel when I leave my unit I am subjected to a world of disappointment and quite frankly, people that I do not like and that do not understand me.
Right from the get-go, I was at odds with this place. I don't know if you've ever been somewhere that was truly detestable to you, some place that you did not want to be and did not fit in in. Well that describes my living situation. It has been 3 years and every day, almost, has been painful. I've lost touch with all friends and my family, and pretty much just slug it out each day.
Anyway, I have become sort of an island. I do not make it out to mingle with people and that is not because I am anti-social, I understand this law of power, it is because the first impression that I had of this miserable neighbourhood was negative, and that has carried on through the years. Usually in order to like a place, I have to have met at least one person who lives there, someone who can provide an introduction.
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