So I'm registered on this carpooling or car ride sharing platform where you can offer other people seats in your car if you go somewhere.

I usually put any longer ride online, since I was hitchhiking a lot when I was younger and I'd have been glad if there had been an opportunity like this. So I know what it is like to rely on an overpriced, unefficient railway network and that car ride sharing 

So today I will have a 5 hour trip, going back the next day. I rarely get any requests, but for those 2 rides I got 3 at a time. However, I simply don't feel like I want to have people around, I feel like I need some time alone, time to think.
The past weeks have been very stressful and busy, I was dealing with lots of people, I was travelling a lot and I had to make some major decisions. After such times I often become pretty introverted and I enjoy having to go on long trips like this, because they allow me to relax and think things through, apart from the fact that I totally love long car rides, because I can go at my own pace.

Still, I feel guilty for not offering those people a seat and I will most likely have to lie about the reason why, since people might won't understand if I say that I simply prefer to travel alone this time (despite putting my ride online).

A co-worker told me "*dude, it's your car, it's your free choice to go by yourself, if you feel like it, you're not responsible for other people.*". I know he's right, but it still feels pretty selfish to drive that far with a car that could easily fit 3 passengers. But currently I feel like I could barely handle 1 at a time.

In need of some advice and/or moral approval.
user
Will I feel bad for not offering
assistant
So I'm registered on this carpooling or car ride sharing platform where you can offer other people seats in your car if you go somewhere.

I usually put any longer ride online, since I was hitchhiking a lot when I was younger and I'd have been glad if there had been an opportunity like this. So I know what it is like to rely on an overpriced, unefficient railway network and that car ride sharing 

So today I will have a 5 hour trip, going back the next day. I rarely get any requests, but for those 2 rides I got 3 at a time. However, I simply don't feel like I want to have people around, I feel like I need some time alone, time to think.
The past weeks have been very stressful and busy, I was dealing with lots of people, I was travelling a lot and I had to make some major decisions. After such times I often become pretty introverted and I enjoy having to go on long trips like this, because they allow me to relax and think things through, apart from the fact that I totally love long car rides, because I can go at my own pace.

Still, I feel guilty for not offering those people a seat and I will most likely have to lie about the reason why, since people might won't understand if I say that I simply prefer to travel alone this time (despite putting my ride online).

A co-worker told me "*dude, it's your car, it's your free choice to go by yourself, if you feel like it, you're not responsible for other people.*". I know he's right, but it still feels pretty selfish to drive that far with a car that could easily fit 3 passengers. But currently I feel like I could barely handle 1 at a time.

In need of some advice and/or moral approval.
user
I have a car, I can't take
assistant