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Poll: How do you socialize as a freelancer who works alone at home?
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Alexandra Speirs
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I don't Jul 1, 2017

Like Julian, I have a lot of interesting conversations with myself ...
 
Marcel Gomez
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In "Gatherings at home" Jul 1, 2017

Gudrun Maydorn wrote:

Why is "family, friends and neighbours" not an option? Being a freelancer doesn't automatically mean you live like a hermit.


I think that option should be considered as "Gatherings at home".
 
Elías Sauza
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Sort of Jul 1, 2017

Julian Holmes wrote:

I talk to myself.

I have lots of mirrors all over the house. You'd be amazed at the interesting conversations I have with all those lookalikes on the other side. I particularly like the oval Victorian one - it shows me in sepia. I don't have to go out and get a tan now, do I.


Unfortunately, this is not an option in the poll.
 
Jan Truper
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Other Jul 2, 2017

Sometimes they feed me...
 
Kay Denney
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France
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other Jul 2, 2017

my partner is an extrovert so he organises our social life and I tag along.

except Friday night, when I go to a yoga class with a friend from back in the day when I was a whole lot more sociable. we invariably go out for a drink and a chat afterwards.
 
Mario Freitas
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I'm not sure Jul 2, 2017

What I'm sure of is that since I became a full-time freelancer at home, my social life was reduced to almost nothing. However, I'm also not sure I miss it. Hanging around with other people in times of "politically correct", "viva the minorities", "millenium generation" and other current social shits may not be such a pleasant thing. When I discuss with other people in the social media pages or when I have the opportuinity of meeting family and other people outside, I only feel more and more like... See more
What I'm sure of is that since I became a full-time freelancer at home, my social life was reduced to almost nothing. However, I'm also not sure I miss it. Hanging around with other people in times of "politically correct", "viva the minorities", "millenium generation" and other current social shits may not be such a pleasant thing. When I discuss with other people in the social media pages or when I have the opportuinity of meeting family and other people outside, I only feel more and more like staying right here in my place with my wife and children only. ▲ Collapse
 
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