I am in the IT industry, and I have been working from home for the last 2 years or so. I only have to be in the office once a week.
Early on, it was very pleasant to work from home, but now I am finding it very hard. My job requires no human interaction, i.e. during a full day, I have only around 15 minutes of call/interaction with my colleagues, and as a result, I found myself not talking to anyone for weeks, and after a while, I started getting depressed. I have friends, but they are rarely available on the weekends, and I find myself craving for some human interaction.
I tried switching jobs but to no avail because most of them also have similar policy when it comes to work from home.
I have also tried going to office multiple days in a week but there's no one to interact with as most of them are also working from home and all of them are very happy as well that they don't have to come to office.
I even tried finding some extra work as well to keep myself busy, but I burnt out, and the situation got worse.
So, my question to all the peeps working from home with minimal human intercation is how you stay cheerful, upbeat, and sustain interest in your overall life. Beacuse, I am finding it very hard these days and would appreciate some genuine suggestions on this.