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
Distance protects attention.
Self-sufficiency reduces friction.
The fewer visitors, the cleaner the system.
Quiet is productive space.
A retreat can become a permanent address.
Typical practices
- reducing social commitments
- building home routines
- working remotely
- limiting notifications
- choosing solitary hobbies
Possible side effects
- community
- support
- unexpected encounters
- the ability to distinguish retreat from avoidance