be less influenced by the people around me

Sometimes when you spend a lot of time in company of a given person, you become similar to him/her in the way you perceive the world, speak, look like etc. I agree that it may turn out to be a very good thing contributing to self-development as you may gain some virtues that the other person has, yet if you take the oddities and bad features of this person, say ‘welcome’ to the disaster of yourself. Therefore, from time to time, it is good to distance yourself from people around you… go into the woods… and find your real self again… :) This is one of the best things you can do for your life – find yourself, find your true self.

Society is all but rude,
To this delicious Solitude.

People often do not realize how much they are influenced by the people around them. sometimes it can be a positive influence, yet it often happens that we get worried about things we wouldn’t have cared about if people around us weren’t so much concerned about them. if you keep listening to your colleagues being excited about the importance of using toe nail softening cream it may turn out one day that you really need to get it! if you hear people talking that the only purpose of their life is to find a husband and have a family, you may start thinking the same way and forget that there are soooo many things that are much better and challenging. So keep reminding yourself that it’s not important what they say and remember that if you were in the other company you could have completely different problems and ideas for life. Don’t listen to people! At least don’t make them decide for you what is really important in your life!