Work From Home Can Be Isolating
By Arya
@yoalldudes (35040)
Philippines
March 14, 2019 6:41am CST
I always dreamt of work from home but just a month at home and one of the things I experienced is being isolated. I would sometimes go to my mother's place, chat the help or go to my brother's house to have some social interaction.
Or perhaps I have not yet adjusted. Do you experience this as well? How do you deal?
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
14 Mar 19
I totally agree. I have experienced it myself.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
15 Mar 19
@arunima25 I know how my day get spoiled on holidays, except Sunday.
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@almostoveryou (4189)
• Philippines
14 Mar 19
I sure can relate to you. I've been working from home for 14 years now and have felt lonely and isolated many, many times. Online chats don't help much. What I do is talk to our neighbors, see a friend who might be available for a meetup, or chat with other school moms. Some days I'd ask a friend from Manila to sleep over our house so I could have good conversations.
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@almostoveryou (4189)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
@yoalldudes yes, the irony of it all. back when i was working for a software company, i was often dreaming of being in the comforts of my home and writing a gazillion articles. i didn't realize that it could also be detrimental to my health and well-being.
i worked freelance for a total of 16 or 17 years, i think. (i started kinda young.) but the totally home-based setup began when i got married and became a mom.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
@almostoveryou Do you still wish to go back to an 8-5 job?
@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
14 years is a long time. Those steps you take are good because you get to have interaction with other people in person. And I was taken by surprise when I started to feel lonely because being at home is what I love the most when I was working at the office.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
Good job that you finished the project. I guess I need to make adjustments. I dont know for now.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
14 Mar 19
I am going through the same phase. It is well said that Grass is greener on other side of the fence.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
15 Mar 19
@yoalldudes Yes almost 9 months now and I would be off for another one year. And all this time flew away with planning and no execution.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
Thank you for sharing my sentiment. I believe you have been on a break for months now.
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@Kasjnak (4492)
• Romania
15 Mar 19
@yoalldudes naaaah, life goes on and on 
. You lose some and you win some, set your goals and kepp going ahead. Life is beautiful, it's all up to you 
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. You lose some and you win some, set your goals and kepp going ahead. Life is beautiful, it's all up to you .1 person likes this
@florelway (23095)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Mar 19
I experienced this before working in the government, but it was not an online job and I had a lot of interaction because I had a small business and was actively participating in people's organizations and cooperative affairs. It was also rewarding because I attended to my mother who was in her 80's. At least I had spent precious time with her in her last years, which I never did when I was younger because I studied and worked in Manila.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
I'm glad you were able to spend precious time with your mother.
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@florelway (23095)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
15 Mar 19
@yoalldudes yes, and it's feels great to have done that.
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
15 Mar 19
It is not easy whole day stay at home. It is OK for some day but not for whole life. We are social being. We can't think life with out it. I am its better experience. Due to health problem I am spending whole day at home. No one is coming to and I am also not going to anyone. My house is my world. I am feeling loneliness many time. Forum sites are helping me in this situation.
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
16 Mar 19
@yoalldudes In day time we are two me and my daughter and at night we 3 me, my daughter and my wife.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
16 Mar 19
I can relate to that. Who lives with you?
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
16 Mar 19
@anil02 I see your daughter doesn't go to school yet.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Mar 19
I would prefer the isolation.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
Well, actually our cook is here. And she vents her domestic problems at me. So that adds up to my depressed feeling haha.
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@hillhjill (23664)
• United States
14 Mar 19
I have always wanted to work from home and I'm home all the time anyway with my disabled husband. So I don't think I would feel that way as I'm used to it but we do a lot of stuff out and about.
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@hillhjill (23664)
• United States
16 Mar 19
@yoalldudes yeah I would say that you need to get used to it and it will take time, but when you do work full time from home just get out and about when possible.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
I guess it just needs some getting used to right? And I still haven't totally devoted to looking for online job because I'm still tied to my day job. A few times a week they would call me about some work at the office.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
That is what I like. I want some days at the workplace and some days where I can do the tasks from home. I wish I can find such a company that would hire me.
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@Janet357 (75656)
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15 Mar 19
@yoalldudes maybe it depends upon the personality of an individual, i am a homebody. Even if im outside, i am always in hurry to come back home
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Mar 19
Wow good for you. Will you share how you keep yourself from feeling lonely and isolated. Thank you.
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