Is there such thing as a total independent person?

It is so funny to me that you are asking this question right now, because I was just having this *very* conversation last night. I've been thinking about it ever since.

I purchased my own home at age 19, have my own car, live alone, and have a steady career. This has always been my idea of being "independent." But, as you pointed out, this still leaves us to be dependent upon external factors (i.e. our employers) in some fashion.

So if independence is not defined in the conventional manner above, then what truly does define someone as "independent?" I have found myself to be personally dissatisfied and unfulfilled with the ideal described above and am struggling to find out what it *truly* means to be independent...I wish I have a better answer for you, but I'm trying to figure this out myself. I just figured I'd share my thoughts on the topic.

I suppose you could say that what one defines as "independent" is subjective, just like almost anything else. I guess it's about what being independent means to *you* and what it is you wish to be independent *from*.

Add: Maybe it is acceptable to be dependent on others for things that we need, provided we are making the conscious *choice* to depend on that individual or entity for something...

Lol! Just let it go. Who cares what other people think... You did good in school & got a jump on your life. You are in college & the future holds endless possibilities. You quit smoking. You live healthy. You sound like you're doing fine. You are 23(still young). It is normal to feel like you haven't found your niche'. Your dream girl isn't going to be waiting for you at a bar or stripclub. You'll find a fulfilling, meaningful relationship when you least expect it. Don't get in such a rush to have it all. Take things one day at a time. Enjoy the sunshine & relax. You have absolutely nothing to worry about. Chicks don't look for Mr. Smooth or even Mr. Moneybags. A girl who wants a long term,meaningful relationship is looking for Mr. Right. Don't misrepresent yourself, or you'll never find love. As for fitting into some cookie-cutter mold of what success is, no. You don't fit into the cliche' of what is considered to be successful. You don't have a nice place of your own. You don't drive an expensive car. You don't hold a respectable position at a high dollar job... But these things won't make you happy, & they won't make someone love you. You know how you feel. You know who you are. Just be yourself. True success is finding a way to enjoy what you have.

Yes a corpse. Gives a whole new meaning to the song ms Independent.

a truly independant person is a person that is self-sufficient, so an independant person would need a to work a farm to support his/her self forcing that person to depend on the farm for food, so the answer to your question is no

Even if we live isolated from other humans, we are still dependent on the air, on the food we eat, on what we drink, on the sun, on millions of factors that make up the balance of existence.

We are part of nature, and we cannot exist apart from it. No one is independent.

Blessings :)

I think such a person may be leaving God out of the equation.

I suppose if you live on your own, hunt and prepare your own food, wash yourself, clean up after youself and you everything YOURSELF then i suppose your physically independant.

But mentally and what your implying...

No i believe not. You will always need someone else's help. Indirectly or not.