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9 Pro Tips for Avoiding Loneliness When You Work From Home

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But after my husband, a medical resident, began working 70-hour weeks (including many overnight shifts), I began growing lonely. I try to schedule lunch or coffee with a friend once a week in order to have a little socialization on my calendar. This article was published in July 2019 and has been updated. By 2 p.m.,

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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No company just lopped a day off their calendar. Rich Leigh, whose Gloucester firm Radioactive PR moved to a four-day week in 2019, told me, “I can’t move for great resumes from great people” who were wanting to escape London but remain in the industry. Instead, they had to meaningfully redesign how they worked.