Peoples. This topic might have been explored in this bowl before but I have not read much about it recently. How do you handle WFH when it’s the only option? I have been working from home for last six months and I don’t love it. It feels pretty lonely, as I don’t have the kind of interactions that would allow me to learn from others. What strategies have you developed to keep sanity?

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I take classes after work. Not actual educational classes but the kind where you have fun and socialize and learn a new skill. I was getting pretty depressed all alone at home but it’s really changed my outlook and attitude, I’ve even started going out with friends more. It doesn’t help me enjoy my job any more or help my career progression, so that’s a bummer, but it’s sort of given me more perspective on work life balance. I think I’ve started valuing my life outside of work more than my job and that’s probably a good thing.

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Find an Airbnb with WiFi in a town you’ve always wanted to visit, sublet your current place and leave for a month

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Change your environment and don’t work alone! Meet with friends and work together (even if you have different jobs). Find coworkers in your company who might be in your city and try to meet at a neutral space. Also, try coworking spaces, coffee shops, heck, even a park on a nice day. Sometimes it’s nice to surround yourself with people, even if you don’t know them. Make yourself a regular somewhere.

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Thank you. I think I will need to do a lot if this in the following months as I accepted an a offer from another company that is also remote!!!

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