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Working Alone. Who Would Have Thought You Could Ever Miss Your Co-Workers?

Remember co-workers? Those annoying people who you're forced to share an office with, some of them friends, but most of them insufferable. If you' are like me, one of reasons for starting a home business was to get away from these people. And yet, when you do work at home all day, every day, you might find that you start to miss that kind of companionship... perhaps even feel a little lonely.

All Alone...

Four Walls... You get up for another day of work. Your partner has already left much earlier to commute to their job and the children are at school. All the neighbours are at work. Your house feels deserted, and your neighbourhood feels like a desert.

It is very easy to become enormously demotivated in this situation, and to begin to feel like your work is pointless. Worse, when you get stuck or something bad happens, you have no-one to turn to. At least at work, you were all in it together, but now it's just you.

Even if you do not feel it outwardly, the lack of human interaction could be causing you quite a few problems. Ask yourself honestly if you have been more irritable than usual recently, found yourself lacking in energy, or felt upset or sad without being able to figure out the reason why. If you have, then it could be related to home-worker loneliness.

The Power of the Web.

Since you've presumably got a computer and Internet access on your office computer, you might find it worthwhile to get on a search engine and find a few forums for your industry, especially ones dedicated to people who run home businesses. You might think what you do is too obscure, but it's a big web out there.

Finding friends on web forums can be good for replacing the lost interaction with co-workers. More than that, it can offer you a good outlet for your frustrations and problems, even get some support. It could be a good opportunity to network and find leads as well...

There is only one thing to be careful of, though, chatting about everything and letting it interrupt your work. Give yourself a certain amount of time each day to talk to your newfound colleagues, and stick to it. You don't want to be sitting there pressing "Refresh" on a long discussion when you should be getting some work done, do you?

Get to Know Your Clients.

A good way to turn your loneliness into an advantage is to make your clients your friends! The customers that will be the most loyal to you are the ones that trust you and know you, and going to meet with them sometimes as a friend can be rewarding on both a personal and a business level.

Associations, Groups and Societies.

If you look, you might be surprised at how many things there are out there that you could join. Perhaps your area has a Homeworkers Society, a small business network, or an association for your industry that holds regular meetings? Go along, and you could find some new friends, as well as some good business contacts. Two or three groups should be enough.

Go to a Coffee Place Sometimes.

You have seen those people who seem to be doing work in Starbucks, right? Well, they have figured out something valuable, that is, being at home alone all day sends you crazy, and it is nice to get away sometimes and have some coffee while you work. Over time, you will even become a regular, and people there will start getting to know you.

Use Your Breaks to Contact People.

Most people have a list a mile long of friends and family that they would love to catch up with for ages, but never seem to have the chance. Contact one of them each week, in one of your breaks. Not only does this fight loneliness, but it is also a nice thing to do.


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