mood, orthocosm (~)
You know what's really fucking surreal? I have found myself missing office life purely for the social contact.
My brain keeps telling me that's because my social circle imploded and I'm a terrible person and nobody wants to see me anymore.
I suspect what's really happening is that, no longer living in a Big Furry Social Nexus, I now have to arrange my own damn social life and am essentially stuck in the same 9-5 rut as everyone else... just without coworkers. *shrug*
mood, orthocosm (~)
@green I will probably hit you up for more details about that era, if you're comfortable with it. Hearing someone like you that I consider a Basically Hoopy Frood talk about going through something so similar has actually been a big source of reassurance through all this. <3 <3
mood, orthocosm (~)
@zebratron2084 oh ya ya fer shur. XD this is the first time in my life that I've lived with just one other person, and the idea of it scared me for a long time--I thought I'd get super paranoid or lonely, but in a lot of ways it's been *lovely*. I'd be totally happy to blither on about it at great length! ;)
mood, orthocosm (~)
@zebratron2084 That right there is the biggest downside to working from home. It's lonely work.
mood, orthocosm (~)
If I may ask, what are you regularly doing, these days, that still brings you joy... for example, when is the last time thou started a cult?
mood, orthocosm (~)
@JulieSqveakaroo That's... that's a difficult question these days since the contours of my social life have been shaken up so much.
I am going out to a water park with Peg next weekend, though. And I have a couple of appointments to visit local friends' pet critters in the near future. *shrug*
I don't think I'll even be able to start another RP environ, let alone a cult, until my faith in other people and friendship in general has had a LOT of time to recuperate, sadly. ;_;
mood, orthocosm (~)
@zebratron2084
No, that makes perfect sense.
I deal with social isolation a lot because it's better for my anxieties, but there is definitely a toll on my mental health if I'm not enjoying it.
mood, orthocosm (~)
@CeruleanK Don't worry, if we end up doing this on our usual schedule, with our usual amount of planning and alacrity, I doubt we're going anywhere anytime soon. ;p It'll probably be at least a year until we go for good, maybe longer...
mood, orthocosm (~)
@zebratron2084 yessss. this. I went through this when I was working from home and my Big Happy Poly Home collapsed, then collapsed again, then evaporated. since then I've learned to seek out contact when I feel I need it, but tbh my (analog-space) social needs have diminished significantly, and I am Totally OK With That.