How to Successfully Navigate Holiday Loneliness

The key to a more connected holiday season isn’t to banish loneliness but to embrace it

Stephan Joppich
Wise & Well
Published in
7 min readDec 19, 2023

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My holiday loneliness typically hits on Dec. 19 — sometime in the afternoon. Not necessarily because it’s almost the darkest day of the year or because everyone gets suddenly stressed. No — it’s mostly because December 19 is my birthday…

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Stephan Joppich
Wise & Well

Engineer turned philosophy student • I write about loneliness, minimalism, and books that changed my life • More food for thought → stephanjoppich.com