Is it lonely working from home?
I’m curious – are you ever lonely working from home? This came up in a discussion today in our OBM Mastermind group – and it made me go hmmm…
I’ve always joked with people that I rarely leave my house – which between my work and my children is quite true. Outside of taking the girls to dayhome/preschool and our weekend family outings I don’t get out much. And it’s not really anything that bothers me at all – I don’t feel like i’m missing anything, or perhaps i’m too busy to notice if i’m missing anything?
Earlier this year I was doing a bootcamp class twice a week, at my friend Tara’s urging… and it was a blast! As much as I enjoyed the class itself (talk about a workout, phew) I equally enjoyed getting out and having some fun with the gals in the class. We quite enjoyed whining our way through class together, LOL. And I also shut down the local Starbuck’s with my friend Karri Flatla once every couple of months – we are the only virtual working folks in our city (that we know of) and we like to escape the house every once in a while and party hardy until they kick us out at 10pm, LOL.
I’m beginning to think it’s time to schedule some fun ME time in my life again – I know if I don’t schedule it then it will never happen!
That being said – I don’t think i’m lonely. The relationships that i’ve grown online over the years and the new people I continue to meet on a daily basis leave me feeling very connected with the world. I don’t think we need to see people face-to-face to make a connection, we can certainly connect and create fulfilling relationships in other ways – especially in this world of twitter, facebook and iphones.
Although nothing beats a night out with the girls for a quick coffee or drink – anyone up for joining me? 
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I rarely leave the house for fun stuff, but I do run a lot of errands and pick up/drop off son for school and sporting events. I have two teenagers so they don’t really require a lot of my ‘time’ per se, but they do have a lot of stuff going on.
We moved from a pretty active neighborhood to a very rural one and I don’t get out nearly as often. I used to go to Pilates twice a week and bellydancing twice a week and now…nothing. I’m still looking for something that’s fun but not an hour’s drive – not easy lol.
It’s a good thing that I enjoy being at home by myself. I have friends to call and then there’s Twitter so I feel like I’m in a crowded mall all the time with conversations to listen in on.
I greatly enjoy the flexibility of working from home. I’ve been a bit too ‘addicted’ to the computer over the past year and totally vanished from the face of the earth, as friends would say.
I didn’t feel lonely, though, I was just learning all about online business and building my business, but I neglected myself a bit. Now I’m back into an exercise routine and make a point of visiting friends at least once a week.
I like being alone and having the time and peace to dive into learning or creating something new, but it does make me a bit into a hermit, lol. Trouble is that I was just snacking and not exercising, so things got really out of hand. I feel so much better with some self care time now and am actually more productive.