Susan Cain: The 'Quiet' author on free falling through her early 30s

‘I was floating around by myself in this apartment, not knowing what my work was going to be or whether and when I would find love again.’

'All these articles about how we're evolutionarily designed to be social beings... yes, it's true. But that's not the whole picture.'

This is a subscriber-only bonus newsletter, to coincide with the release of Alonement season 8, my podcast about alone time & why it matters. As a paid subscriber, you can catch up on Susan’s key insights (lightly-edited) …