Your social life is defined as "the activities you do with other people, for pleasure, when you are not working". It's important to have a social life, but what's right for one person won’t be right for another. Some of us feel energised by spending lots of time with others, ( 1 ) some of us may feel drained, even if it’s doing something we enjoy.
This is why finding a ( 2 ) in your social life is key. Spending too much time on your own, not ( 3 ) others, can make you feel lonely and ( 4 ). Loneliness is known to impact on your mental health and ( 5 ) a low mood. Anyone can feel lonely at any time. This might be especially true if, ( 6 ) you are working from home and you are ( 7 )on the social conversations that happen in the office. Other life changes also ( 8 ) periods of loneliness too, such as retirement, changing a job or becoming a parent.
It’s important to recognize feelings or loneliness. There are ways to ( 9 ) a social life. But it be overwhelming ( 10 ). You can then find groups and activities related to those where you will be able to meet ( 11 ) people. There are groups aimed at new parents, at those who want to ( 12 ) a new sport for the first time or networking events for those in the same profession to meet up and ( 13 ) ideas.
On the other hand, it is ( 14 )possible to have too much of a social life. If you feel like you’re always doing something and there is never any ( 15 ) in your calendar for downtime, you could suffer social burnout or social ( 16 ). We all have our own social limit and it's important to recognize when you're feeling like it's all too much. Low mood, low energy, irritability and trouble sleeping could all be ( 17 ) of poor social health. Make sure you ( 18 ) some time in your diary when you're ( 19 ) for socialising and use this time to relax, ( 20 ) and recover.