Finding community seems to be one of those issues that comes up again and again in the workplace, particularly for people who work at home. Where is the community? Is it with coworkers online? with others in online communities? With their immediate families at home?

Shannon at Apartment Therapy describes how she found community in her day by going door to door in her neighborhood to gather signatures.

But walking around over the past few days, no, not just walking around but walking up onto people’s porches and in to conversation with them, my relationship with my neighborhood has changed. I feel more free to smile and say hello to people I see on the street, the way we did growing up down South, not just while petitioning but just out doing my regular activities. I feel more curious about my neighbor’s lives, not just their paint jobs and property values.

I’ve said “I am your neighbor” so many times that I’m starting to believe it.

I’ve gone door to door for water issues in our neighborhood, and it totally changed my outlook too. Not only did perfect strangers invite me into their homes and lives, but my notion of what it means to survive and struggle was broadened hearing about the lives of others.