_Spend enough time alone that you aren’t scared of the silence when people leave you. Better to be with no one than to be with the wrong one. Those who fly solo have the strongest wings. A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment. People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world. You’ve got to keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life._