Design for Life: How can I find a cure for my loneliness?

We ask a different expert to solve your problems each week. This week, chartered occupational psychologist Louize Carroll gives a reader advice on how to become more self-reliant and enjoy their alone time

Loneliness makes us focus on everything we don’t have, and makes us believe that we don’t have the capacity to get it

Dear Expert,

I can’t speak for everyone, but this pandemic is getting harder for me. I’m in my early 30s and single, and I feel like I don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing anymore. I recently bought my own house in the suburbs, and I’m grateful to be in this position when so many people my age can’t afford to buy, but it means that I don’t have my old flatmates to lean ...