[thiago_fm]

Self-employment won't fix your issue.

I am also an introvert and suffer the same problem. I dread meetings, 'hard discussions' or humans in general. I'd rather be doing a task or researching about a subject alone.

What might be helpful is to find a company that allows you to have very little of what you hate(group meetings, arguments...), but a lot of the things you enjoy(working from home).

I don't know how old, or in debt you are. But if you have comfortable financial conditions, find a company/work you would like to work for. Life is too short for us to waste it chasing a certain salary or certain successes. Just look around at HN, there is a lot of salary chasers here and how unhappy and dissatisfied they are. Life can be much more than that, but only you can fix it.

It has to be you that makes that decision, to support that lifestyle and that looks for it. If you don't take charge of your own life, somebody will. They will set goals you don't want, tell you to buy things you don't need and there it goes. It is a waste.