individual way of life...

The infuriating thing about an individual way of life::

People are always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standards for his life; because of the extraordinary treatment which that grants to himself, they feel degraded, like ordinary beings.
                   --Nietzsche

I've noticed this fact all my life. The moment you do something very individualistic, people get very critical. They somehow feel threatened by all the novelty and perhps the courage.

The West has always had a very individualistic culture, but Eastern culture has been more of a collective one. So it is still frowned upon here to do very "whacky" things.

Like the looks I got when I had long hair. . But that was fun: if nothing else the shock value was good enough :)