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You have to integrate more socializing into your life or you will not make it in the long run. If a remote worker tells you this doesn't bother them... ask them
by jakenberg 7y ago
You have to integrate more socializing into your life or you will not make it in the long run. If a remote worker tells you this doesn't bother them... ask them how long they've been remote. If it's less than 5 years, it's slowly eating at them and they don't realize it yet. Even the most introverted homebodies need to do this for remote jobs IME.
- blaser-waffle 7y ago+1 for this. Been remote ~5 years or so now and it's lonely. There are weeks where, outside of work calls, the only people I talk to are clerks at a checkout counter.
- allannienhuis 7y agoI've found that getting involved in some type of group activity is super helpful for that. I'm into music, so I joined our local community choir. It's not necessarily the style of music I listen to on my own or like to play/perform (I'm more into guitar and folk music), but its a very social activity that gets me out of the house once a week, with people that I have some things in common. I've made some great friends and got to know a lot of people in my community that I would not have otherwise. I really start to miss it when we're off-season (long summer break), because of that feeling you get when you haven't left the house for a week or so. :)
- remotecool 7y agoI've been remote for 10 years and I agree. I was traveling around Asia for the first year or so and now am married and have a son. I need socialization at least once/week or I start getting depressed.