Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind)
“Kind, realistic, and genuinely helpful...Install a copy on whatever surface is functioning as your desk, and you may even feel a little bit less alone.” —The Observer (London)

A practical, accessible, and charming guide for finding joy while navigating your professional life working remotely from home—without losing your mind.

Like it or not, working alone is now the new normal. The COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated the process, but the trend is clear—making a living outside the confines of a public workplace is here to stay.

For anyone who needs guidance on how to navigate working from a home office—or a home sofa—here is a charming, expert, and genuinely helpful guide to managing a productive career without impromptu hallway conversations or on-call IT support, but with more joy—and, for most of us, better coffee. Written by a dedicated work-from-home expert, Solo culls wisdom from the latest research in psychology, economics, and social science and explores what we gain, or lose, in the shift to solo work. In chapters like “Loneliness and Solitude,” “The Power of Planning,” and “The Curse of Comparison (and Why Social Media Sucks),” it picks up where the bibles for freelancers stop, offering practical, inspiring, and uniquely reassuring advice culled from a range of influences, from Aesop’s fables to medical journals, and explaining what helps us stay resilient, productive, and focused in a company of one.
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Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind)
“Kind, realistic, and genuinely helpful...Install a copy on whatever surface is functioning as your desk, and you may even feel a little bit less alone.” —The Observer (London)

A practical, accessible, and charming guide for finding joy while navigating your professional life working remotely from home—without losing your mind.

Like it or not, working alone is now the new normal. The COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated the process, but the trend is clear—making a living outside the confines of a public workplace is here to stay.

For anyone who needs guidance on how to navigate working from a home office—or a home sofa—here is a charming, expert, and genuinely helpful guide to managing a productive career without impromptu hallway conversations or on-call IT support, but with more joy—and, for most of us, better coffee. Written by a dedicated work-from-home expert, Solo culls wisdom from the latest research in psychology, economics, and social science and explores what we gain, or lose, in the shift to solo work. In chapters like “Loneliness and Solitude,” “The Power of Planning,” and “The Curse of Comparison (and Why Social Media Sucks),” it picks up where the bibles for freelancers stop, offering practical, inspiring, and uniquely reassuring advice culled from a range of influences, from Aesop’s fables to medical journals, and explaining what helps us stay resilient, productive, and focused in a company of one.
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Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind)

Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind)

by Rebecca Seal
Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind)

Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind)

by Rebecca Seal

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Overview

“Kind, realistic, and genuinely helpful...Install a copy on whatever surface is functioning as your desk, and you may even feel a little bit less alone.” —The Observer (London)

A practical, accessible, and charming guide for finding joy while navigating your professional life working remotely from home—without losing your mind.

Like it or not, working alone is now the new normal. The COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated the process, but the trend is clear—making a living outside the confines of a public workplace is here to stay.

For anyone who needs guidance on how to navigate working from a home office—or a home sofa—here is a charming, expert, and genuinely helpful guide to managing a productive career without impromptu hallway conversations or on-call IT support, but with more joy—and, for most of us, better coffee. Written by a dedicated work-from-home expert, Solo culls wisdom from the latest research in psychology, economics, and social science and explores what we gain, or lose, in the shift to solo work. In chapters like “Loneliness and Solitude,” “The Power of Planning,” and “The Curse of Comparison (and Why Social Media Sucks),” it picks up where the bibles for freelancers stop, offering practical, inspiring, and uniquely reassuring advice culled from a range of influences, from Aesop’s fables to medical journals, and explaining what helps us stay resilient, productive, and focused in a company of one.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781982180911
Publisher: Gallery Books
Publication date: 02/23/2021
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 619,451
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Rebecca Seal began working on Solo after more than ten years of freelance experience as a journalist. She writes frequently for the Financial Times and The Guardian, and is also a highly regarded food writer, having written a number of bestselling cookbooks. She lives in London.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction 1

Part 1 How We Work 13

1 The Good Bits 15

2 The Tricky Bits 20

3 Loneliness and Solitude 27

4 What is Meaningful Work? 49

5 The Problem of Long Hours 70

6 Courage, Resilience and Doing Hard Things 95

7 Focus and Flow 129

8 Be Your Own CEO 170

9 Other People 178

Part 2 Where We Work 189

10 Inside and Outside 191

11 Food and Drink 214

Part 3 What's the Point? 225

12 What Does Success Look Like? 227

13 The Power of Planning 236

14 The Curse of Comparison (and Why Social Media Sucks) 240

15 Freelance Networks and How to Build Them 244

16 The Problem with Money (Psychological) 248

17 The Problem with Money (Practical) 255

18 What to Do When You're Not Working 266

Notes 270

Select Bibliography and Further Reading 283

Acknowledgements 285

Index 287

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