Comments on: Debt and loneliness…not a healthy combination

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:54:29 +0000

Almost everyone in my family has their own business, some with employees, some without; but every one of those business people have affiliations with trade and proffesional organizations. I my case I go to monthly talks about geology, My dad is a member of the Rotary, my sister is member of the Textile association or some such, My brother meets with the carpenters union group. They also make time and budget for a coffee break every single work day. Where they go down to the local coffee counter( it really needs to be a counter) and sit and talk with the locals for 20 or 30 minutes. 5 bucks, not lonely, learned something from some old codger and created community.

By: nancy

nancy — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:00:14 +0000

sorry..what I meant to say was, I need to go to the gym, eat better, etc to climb out of my hole..

By: nancy

nancy — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:58:38 +0000

Hi all. i found your site from through Tricia form Blogging away debt. This thread gave me so much comfort, thank you. I have about 60,000.00 of credit card debt, and I am lonely. All day long, I’m pretty upbeat and feel good inside. The reason is, I am around people. Once work is over I care for my parents, as wonderful as they are, I am too tired to do anything after 6pm week nights. I know for a fact others have it SO extremely worse, but I am in this hole, go to the gym, eat better, and climb out.. great blog! I’m bookmarking it.

By: debt kid

debt kid — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:14:42 +0000

@ Michelle – Thanks! Yeah, being an entrepreneur can be very lonely, but yet I’ve worked real W-2 jobs, and I really love being self-employed. It’s my creative outlet. I can’t paint, but gosh darn it I can come up with creative business ideas!

@ SavingDiva – Yeah, this last year is really the first time I’ve lived alone. I had my own place in college, but was surrounded by people my age. Never felt lonely. Now, it’s much different. I’m getting better at reaching out to people to hang out, but it’s taken a long time.

By: SavingDiva

SavingDiva — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:09:23 +0000

Living alone has been a trial…I totally understand about the lonliness.

By: michelle howell

michelle howell — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:48:45 +0000

Hi,
I got found your site from Blogging Away Debt. I know what it’s like to be lonely – it’s no fun! If you ever just need someone to talk to, you can email me. I’m here M-F. My husband and I have our own business too and it is hard but worth it in the long run. Hang in there!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:27:38 +0000

omg i always wanted to work from home but now that you mention it, it doesn’t sound all that appealing anymore. home def can be a lonely place.

By: Experts on Credit

Experts on Credit — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:55:16 +0000

Working from home or working for yourself is definitely not all it’s cracked up to be, but for many, it’s a more rewarding experience. I love your comment about joking about your debt situation — adding emotional weight to something can often make things seems less manageable.

By: Jim ~ mydebtblog.com

Jim ~ mydebtblog.com — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:13:04 +0000

I quit working for myself because I didn’t like the boss! Sometimes I do telecommute to my office computer from home and it makes home feel like a prison. There is something about coming into the office and defining this as work and home as home. When you’re self employed those lines are voided usually because you’re constantly working and yet have to deal with home issues. My wife and I live in a community with younger parents and we don’t have kids yet, so it’s hard for us to make friends out there because we don’t have the parent component yet. She does call her friends a lot so I got the unlimited thing for the cell phone. I like not having to do stuff all the time because weekends are time for me to relax. Sometimes it’s nice when I get a chance to hang out with my guy friends. Most guys I know do not find shopping as fun. You got to hang in there DK and stay positive.

By: Debt Is A Four Letter Word

Debt Is A Four Letter Word — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:56:23 +0000

I definitely can relate to this. I too work from home. I do have employees but not everyday, usually just around the Christmas holidays. It gets very lonely at times and there are times when I think about going back to work on again. But then I remember that I am making more money at home than I was when I worked for someone else.

I also find that when you work from home, you never really leave work. I work 7 days a week. My day does not end at 5 o’clock like everyone else.