"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.
