Plus, a question about how to combat loneliness
I am a month into working from home and social-distancing, and while of course I am grateful I have a job and am healthy, I am getting so down on myself that I am not accomplishing much. If you had told me last winter that things would be shut down and I’d be under house arrest for weeks, with no commute and my social obligations wiped clean, I would have imagined that I’d spend time getting my life in order.
Add in the fact that there’s no clear end date in sight, and it’s a situation that’s not exactly conducive to tackling that list of home projects or putting on a smile while you storm to the top of the professional ladder. Small, specific goals are where to begin here. What’s the home project that will give you the biggest bang for your buck in terms of time spent? When can you commit just 15 minutes to getting started on your taxes? Is there one document or email you can work on that, at the end of the week, will make you feel a little more on the path you want professionally?
First, let’s talk about the busy friends that you have. It seems like everybody is trying videoconferencing for social chats now , and so it’s worth a try to suggest an online meetup instead of just little bits of texting. Why not be honest and say that after weeks with only your own company, you could use a laugh or the sound of another voice? The worst that can happen is that they say it can’t work for them. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they too could use the little break from monotony.
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