A lot of good advice here. As a full-time remote worker for several years, I'd add just a bit of a twist, but that's more to reinforce the overall message than

A lot of good advice here. As a full-time remote worker for several years, I'd add just a bit of a twist, but that's more to reinforce the overall message than to undermine it. (1) Be as available as possible ... but no more. There's no shame in needing focused "in the zone" time too. Just be clear about when it is, and what level of urgency should be required to interrupt you anyway. (7) Go outside ... and find other venues for socialization. Both are important. If you're not having real-life non-work conversations with somebody every day, even if your day is full of videoconferences and light-hearted text banter, you'll get out of practice. When you do have to interact with people that way, you'll come across as a bit weird. I've seen this in myself, and I saw it in my mother (who often lacked such contact for different reasons) until we moved her into assisted living. Conversation is a skill. Like many other skills, when you do it better you get more satisfying results, and the way to get better is to practice frequently.