Hello, Vizzed. Today is Independence day. In honor of that special day, I want to reach out to all those in the home of the brave and beyond. Independence is quite an important trait; we need it to make important decisions, to counteract being too overly reliant, and to have our own say in a matter. Western society rewards and emphasizes the importance of lone success stories. However, sometimes it leads to ignorance of a team as a whole and discredits those who work harder. 

Are you very independent? Do you enjoy your alone time? Thank you for assisting me.

I used to be really independent in the past. But that died down for specific reasons of the sort. I've gained that back now. So then I just do what I need to do when I need to do it. Like going out and where I plan on going too. It could be to the stores to buy something for the house. Or help buy something for someone. I'm not as independent most people are out there. But in my type of way I am. So then I am able to move freely as I can without anyone holding me down for no reason. That way I feel happy and free. I plan on going t the library this week to collect some books to read.

I am not independent at all. I'd like to have a little independence from my parents. But they are definitely the ones not ready yet. I can't really do anything because I don't  have a car, and can't go to college. That leaves my only chance at anything in learning coding. But that is just a little panic attack every three seconds. So I don't know how much I like it. I try to be independent, but it is just that life keeps not letting me be.

I'm sure as I post here, some people will roll their eyes and be like, "Okay, here's this guy again."

I'm independent. I score "America" on a scale of 1-10 with independence. I have my own job, my own career, I pay for my house, my car, my utilities, my phone, my cable, my food, and I'm responsible for my wife, my two kids, the team at my work and their jobs and livelihood.

Independence revolves around responsibility. I accept responsibility for the dozen team members who run my gym. It is my decision-making and my commands that keep them employed. It's both scary and fun to be in charge of a building and knowing I'm responsible for those folks getting paychecks every other week. But, since I have the ultimate responsibility, I have the independence to make decisions and drive the facility the way I feel will be most successful.

Other than that, I control my own fate. I could literally jump in the car right now and drive to Denver if I wanted, eating Taco Bell the whole way. Or I could get on a plane and fly to another country if I felt like it.

I am supremely independent.

I can't drive or stay home alone but I am as independent as possible when it's safe. I don't have brothers or sisters or grow up with other kids except in actual school. I do like alone time but never really alone. A parent always home and my dog usually go where I go.  I also learned things early like how to read or use computer or DVD players or almost anything like that. I like to pay for my stuff at a store if using my own money for it. I'm learning to keep a record book for my 4-h projects and have to keep receipts. I put away my clothes and sometimes load or unload from washer. I try to do things on my own but if I can't or not safe my parents help me usually my mom since she stay at home. We work on stuff all the time like cooking or sewing on a button so I will know these things when I move away to go to college. I don't play team sports yet but might one day.  Sometimes we work in groups at school and that is fun. But I usually like doing my own stuff for now.

I'm still only 15, so there's not much I can do in terms of independence. On top of that, my mom i s EXTREMELY over-protective. There's nothing I can really do about that. I don't know if independence at school counts. I will say that the transition from 8th Grade to Freshman year made me realize how much more independence you have in high school, and I absolutely loved it. Can't wait for Sophomore year coming up.

In some aspects I guess I am but overall not very.

I do pretty much manage school entirely without help from anyone in my family. Probably because there's no alternative and also because I'm a solitary worker in general. I'm only one of two people in my family to go through secondary education and I'll be the only living person in my close family who's attended university in a few years. So even if my mom or other people in my family want to help me they aren't able to do much.

I'm also pretty used to spending a lot of time alone. Since early middle school my mom has worked nights so that means I've spent a lot of evenings and nights alone since I only live with her. Even when she's not working she often goes out. So overall I'm often alone (like right now while writing this). I personally don't really mind but if anything appreciate it since I've come to enjoy having a lot of alone time. Other than that I also in general manage most aspects of my life, make myself breakfast, go to the gym and other stuff one would expect from a normal 16 year old.

In other aspects though I'm very much dependent on my family specifically my mom who I live with. I don't have any sort of job but attend schooling so I rely on her entirely financially. My work experience is limited as the most long term employment I've held is a summer job for a month in a pet food store as a cleaner/assistant.  I'd like a part time job but they're limted here and I've been turned down at the few openings I've found. I do hope to get a part time job at mcdonalds or burger king next yeear though to gain a bit more independence and work experience. It'll also help keep me busy during the summer lol.

Other than that I also rarely cook my own dinner or wash my clothes. I know how to wash clothes and enough about cooking to where I'd be able to get by if I have to (cooking classes are part of the basic education system here). Currently though I very rarely do partly because I don't think my mom would entirely like it if I started trying and because I'm used to the way things are. In general I feel like I want more independence but my mom doesn't really seem ready to give me that freedom yet so I end up more dependent on her than I'd like to be for the things I mentioned.

If the internet is anything to go by though that's still a lot more independent than a lot of other people my age these days. Once I start university in around 2 years or so I'll have turned 18 and there's a good chance I'll end up living on my own both to be able to attend a decent one and because I myself want to. Which I'm currently looking forward to as I'll be able to be more independent though I realize I'm probably going to miss the way things are having less to worry about lol. If it weren't for knowing that I'd likely be a lot more bothered with the way things are right now.

Yes and yes.

While it was nice to have things like laundry done for me and not having to pay a mortgage, it still is great to do things I want to and not have anyone telling me how to do them.

I suppose I am never really alone. Most of that time is spend on here, so am I really alone?

Eh... No. Not at all.

I am working on being more independent, though. My parents are sometimes even getting mad when i'm doing nothing except playing video games. But there's a lot of good things about learning how to be independent: It can let you move on in your life. I mean, your parents who might have been helping you while you're not independent, are getting older too. After that, probably when you're like 45 - 50, they're not here anymore. And so, i'm trying to be more independent. However, i don't always succeed...

I do things for my parents that THEY usually do, like cleaning the dog poop in our house. Well, i did that once because my stepfather was too tired and my mother was asleep. I also did other tasks very well, so i CAN be independent.

I do work, and all my stuffs myself, I do not like to ask for anything....

Well, I would consider myself independent because I have been working on independent projects as of late. Manage to make newer things in the future and prepping things for future projects ahead, I can say, I am pretty independent.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not fully 100% independent because I have a few others helping me on my way, other than that, I do things on my own.

Am I very independent? Behavior wise, yes. Realistically wise, no. I try to be independent by doing things on my own. Sometimes though, my parents would help me out, which I appreciate. Although, I prefer for them to not help me, since I'm trying to prepare myself for when I move out (which won't be for a long time).

I enjoy my time alone, yes. I feel safer and at ease.

When able, I am extremely independent. I like to be alone most of the time anyway, so relying on others isn't much of an option. When I lived on my own, I had  to learn how to take complete care of myself without any real assistance. It's not too bad, but there are times it can be a little stressful, like when you lose a job or start to struggle financially.
In terms of relationships, I would say I'm not all that independent. I really like having someone to lean on, even if I don't need to make use of it all that much. It's not that I can't or won't be independent here, I just really like having the others input and knowing they support the decisions I make. Though to an extent, I guess you could consider me a bit clingy in this area. When I really love someone, or enjoy spending time with them, I try to do so as much as possible without being a burden. 
As things are right now, I'm kind of forced to be reliant upon my family. They helped put me through rehab, and continue to support me until I can find full-time work to get out on my own again. Heck, even the part time landscaping work I've been doing is mostly thanks to them, as the people I've been working for are slightly more distant family, or friends of others in my family. I really don't like being this reliant on them, but for the time being, I don't have much of a choice. I'm grateful though for having them, as I would be pretty much screwed without. 

Very independent. Although I don't exactly like having too much alone time I think I need it more than most other people do. I also hate group work projects and the like, I only trust myself to do a good job on an assignment. I also really do not like people telling me how to do things.