Hello @ellamster @mikaylar and others, I understand your feelings of loneliness and just wanted to chime in with something that helps me since I lost my wife to brain cancer.

I keep a "To Do List" on my counter/desk at all times. The vast majority of the items on this list are small and to most might seem insignificant, but when I suddenly found myself all alone after almost 15 years of caregiving, I needed something to help me fight my feelings of loneliness and decided what I needed was something to look forward to each day -- especially "tomorrow" so I started my list. It has things like write a card to X, call Y, clean third draw in my dresser, email a friend I'd lost touch with, find a new book to read sometime, etc.

I also told myself I wouldn't ever mark off an item without adding one to the bottom of the list.

Slowly I found I was challenging myself more with my "to do's" by including things that stretched me more like finding a long-lost friend via the internet, learning to make one of my grandmother's old Czech recipes, and others.

Perhaps not for everyone, but it was something I found that really fought my loneliness and I still continue.

Strength, Courage, & Peace