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10 Ways To Combat The Loneliness Of Working From Home

It was the best of times... and that's it. Working from home is great, but sometimes you can feel isolated. Here are some helpful tips to feel a little better!

1. Get a large plant, give it some googly eyes, and then start talking to it.

2. Make a playlist that's filled with sounds from an office and play it from 9–5.

3. Do NOT work from your bed.

4. Instead, take your "office" to the dog park for a day or two...

Just watch where you sit...

5. ...or your parents' house*, because they're retired now, always home, and miss you!

6. Dress up like you're going to the office.

7. Get a cat.*

8. Ask your other friends who work from home to come over and spend the day in your apartment.

9. Buy a bunch of life-sized cardboard cut-outs of celebrities and decorate your home office with them...

You can even give them little backstories like "I heard Anna and Harry went on a date last week."

10. ...and order breakfast, lunch, and dinner from the same restaurant so you can get to know the delivery guy.

If you're working from home and feel a little disconnected, use GoToMeeting for some real "face to face" time, and all your conferencing needs.