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HERMITMAXXING

Building a self-contained life with minimal social contact and maximum retreat infrastructure.

A RETREAT SHOULD STILL HAVE AN EXIT.

What is HERMITMAXXING?

Hermitmaxxing is the intentional construction of an isolated lifestyle organized around privacy, independence and reduced contact. It can overlap with restorative solitude, remote living or an avoidance strategy depending on context.

Supposedly maxes

privacy / self-sufficiency / quiet / control of access / retreat infrastructure

Adherents believe

  1. Distance protects attention.

  2. Self-sufficiency reduces friction.

  3. The fewer visitors, the cleaner the system.

  4. Quiet is productive space.

  5. A retreat can become a permanent address.

Typical practices

  • reducing social commitments
  • building home routines
  • working remotely
  • limiting notifications
  • choosing solitary hobbies

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