Hmm... I find it hard too. What I do right now is: 1. Suck it up. This kind of works quite well for me, since I've also done meditation retreats in which you'

Hmm... I find it hard too. What I do right now is: 1. Suck it up. This kind of works quite well for me, since I've also done meditation retreats in which you'll be forced to learn to deal with it. 2. If you don't have much time to go outside, then make it more of a point to call people. 3. Find something to do. Changing your attention to something else in which you can get engrossed in is definitely a good thing :)