Combating Loneliness as a Working Adult

Society has not been kind to our working adults because they demand more and take a piece of our functional members of society’s sanity daily. We often see how happy and content working adults are from TV shows and commercials because companies portray them to be that way, and it is actually misleading us from the truth.

The reality is that 60% of society members face loneliness because their circle is getting smaller due to work responsibilities and not enough authentic socializing.

Make Real-Life Friends

A genuine companion is what is lacking in every lonely working adult’s life — this means we need to find and make real-life friends that can provide us with natural human interactions outside of business purposes. Companies love using the slogan “We are family.”

But that is just a load of horse crap because they only care about us as long as we serve our purpose, and once we outlive our usefulness, they pull the plug on us. Please don’t make the newbie mistake of trusting your company. Treat them as a business partner or a client, nothing more, and prioritize the people that are actually there in your life when you are sick or injured.

Focus on Family

Lonely working adults are typically your stay-far-away from family members because they come from a broken home or aren’t used to showing deep emotions and connecting with their family members personally. This can be fixed and even avoided if you have the guts to swallow your pride, tear down your walls, and like Shia Labeouf, just do it.

Admitting one’s mistake and acknowledging weakness are the natural qualities of a successful person, so never become so rigid to the point that you’ll harden your heart and shut your own flesh and blood from your life if you never want to be alone when you die.

Love and Date

Another easy solution would be to find someone you can be intimate with and connect with on an emotional level. Dating sites and applications have made finding love an actual walk in the park, and if you don’t take advantage of the technology, then you are missing out big time, my friend.

Try to look beyond your neighborhood with a dating site because you will be surprised to know that beautiful people are living near you all of this time. It’s time you get off your butt and start dating to combat loneliness and sadness. Thanks for reading, and good luck.