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Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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Marilyn, I work at home as an independent museum professional. An anti-lonliness tool I use is "parallel working"on Zoom with other people who also work alone. Form your own group!

Laurie

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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Hi Marilyn - You're welcome to join us in the MaP Community. It's free to join the community and we host free Listening Circles that connect museum professionals from time to time through live sessions. Community.museumprogress.com. 

Wishing you well,

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. I was wondering if I could get some advice from the community. I started my current position in June of last year, where I came from a museum where I was working with 4 other coworkers daily (either directly or we were in the same vicinity of each other working on our projects). In my new position, the museum staff is just me and my boss. My boss is the head of a larger department and I only see her when we meet every 10-12 weeks. Most of my career in the museum position had me working with/around other staff and patrons so working completely alone is difficult. The museum is closed because we are working on moving it to a new location, and the current building is not safe for visitors to walk through. 

I was wondering if I could get advice on how to combat the loneliness and slight depression of working alone. I've tried having audiobooks on or music playing but those have started to be a less effective aid. I love my job and the work that I'm doing helping to breathe life into a museum that was previously not well-known on my campus but I'm worried that this loneliness will affect my productivity negatively. 

Thank you ahead of time for your advice. I hope y'all have a great day. God bless!

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Marilyn Moore
Curator
Thomasville NC
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