“For if a person shifts their caution to their own reasoned choices and the acts of those choices, they will at the same time gain the will to avoid, but if they shift their caution away from their own reasoned choices to things not under their control, seeking to avoid what is controlled by others, they will then be agitated, fearful, and unstable.”
Epictetus, Discourses, 2.1.12
Avoidance of the problems that inevitably come your way, and the people that cause those problems for you is not the way to find peace and quiet. While you may find temporary external peace, the knowledge that problems remain out there somewhere may weigh heavy. And also, aren’t you limiting your own freedoms in a way?