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Interesting, but I still aspire to work from home. Not so much because I’d prefer a home office per se, but I want the freedom to work on what I want, when I want. That kind of thing tends to mean that you’re on your own, and no one is going to give you an office.

I can understand getting bored working from home, but at least you had the chance to find out that you don’t like it. Now you just need to find alternative ways to replace what you’re missing.

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Just have to have the discipline to make sure you get things done at some point during the day. It definitely makes you work harder to get out to network though that is a big minus of it.

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I totally agree with you. Have spent since last August teaching in Liechtenstein. “Easy” job - only a language assistant, and worked 20 hours a week. BUT although I had Mondays off, the rest of my time was all over the place: working some morning, some afternoons, some evenings. I thought I would LOVE not working full time, and also having a more flexible schedule. Instead, I became depressed at the lack of routine, and found it really hard to motivate myself to get out of bed when I didn´t have to. It was also tough working with kids, and not having the interaction of chatting with my colleagues that I experienced in my previous journalism job. Looking forward to going home to SA this week (earlier than my original plan), and can´t wait to get a new job in an office!

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I’ve been working from home since October 2006, and I love it. I work for a small software company and we have a phone system that routes to people in a few different locations. We are at least talking to people over the phone, and often we dial into their computers to install/upgrade software.

I establish a division between office hours and out of hours by having desks on opposite sides of the room. During the day my wife and I share the same office and work on one side of the room, using our laptops. By night I go to the other side of the room with my desktop computers and dual monitors. That establishes a good separation between day and night.

Working from home means we are MORE likely to take the dog for a walk when we finish work. If we still worked in an office we might not want to go out for a walk immediately after getting home. And at this time of year (winter for us) we really have to be quick to go out before it gets dark.

Try looking at your working environment to see if it’s as good as it can possibly be. I have a post about this on my site. Take breaks and ensure you don’t eat lunch at your desk. You could try using Skype to talk with people more easily, i.e. not only by meeting up with them. Cheaper and more convenient, especially if you have contacts all over the world.

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Wow. You absolutely just summed up my work from home experience. I loved it for about a month, and a year later- I’m going completely insane! I crave the social interaction and end up feeling lonely and almost depressed. Not that it changes anything, but it’s good to know that others out there feel the same way. TRULY, working from home is NOT all it’s cracked up to be.

You absolutely took the words out of my mouth except I didn’t know they were there. I recently wrote an about page for my blog and when I was trying to explain why I keep my chosen career paths even though I could work from home full time I didnt exactly have a very good answer but your post sums up exactly how I feel. Thank you so much for the excellent post!

I have been working fulltime from home for the past year and for the most part it has been okay. I don’t miss the stupid questions and rush of working in a customer service position at a bix box store one bit.

The one thing that I do miss is making friends and having those social interactions that “normal” working people are used to. Sure, I chat with people online (as that is my business) but it isn’t the same as hearing someone’s voice.

Even though I feel that social vacuum from home, I wouldn’t trade it for the tradional job ever again. You see, I get to spend more time with my kids, and for me, that is what is truly important.

So, I have to work a bit harder to have friendships - I can live with it.

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Your point of view is interesting. Had I been younger (like you), I would’ve probably missed the social interaction of an office environment but my situation is different now. I’ve been a home business owner for the past 7 years and I love it. First of all, I have the chance to spend more time with my family and my schedule offers me a lot of flexibility. With my line of work, I deal with clients mostly via email so working in an office wouldn’t change much for me. The key is to create opportunities for social interaction when needed. The beauty of it all is to be able to choose who you want to spend time with instead of having to deal with office politics, etc. I wouldn’t trade my situation for anything in the world.