As a counter-point to the majority of great comments so far, I've been alone for 18 months building an online business and haven't felt nearly as lonely as I di

As a counter-point to the majority of great comments so far, I've been alone for 18 months building an online business and haven't felt nearly as lonely as I did working in my previous job and surrounded by people. Physical Loneliness, i.e. unwelcome solitude, can be crushing. However there exists a deeper, less visible loneliness as well. A mental isolation of one from one's truth: a job one hates, a partner one no longer loves, friends one has outgrown, a path one no longer wishes to thread. At the end of the day, which is more painful—and more common—I wonder? A quote from a truly beautiful article* on this subject springs to mind: > Now and then, especially at night, solitude loses its soft power and loneliness takes over. I am grateful when solitude returns. *https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/double-solitude https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/double-solitu...