![]() I almost feel like I am some high end chair salesman at this point but seriously. Thankfully, the moronic Economist Think Pieces about WFH being somehow unhealthy are fewer and fewer with each passing week. Now, 3 years later, it's starting to even out as people who are still doing WFH are building up their own healthy routines, and it's WAY better than it was going to the office every day. So unsurprisingly people latched on to what they were familiar with. They didn't realize that they had the buffer time, so they didn't know (at first) to create that buffer for themselves through new habits. Many people did not make the adjustment well. And a lot of people go through life on a sort of auto-pilot, even through things they don't like. but no one really thought about what that meant. It required people to form new routines and habits. The trouble was, everyone went WFH practically overnight without any prep or understanding of the consequences. Namely that a commute did create a mental "before" and "after" buffer space.īuffer good. ![]() That article was so terrible, but there was a kernel of truth in it, buried under the mountain of BS. Turns out putting laundry away for 20 minutes or taking the trash out is all I need to clear my head. I found that if I didn't do this, I'd try to start work before my mind was ready and feel guilty I wasn't present. He has special needs and getting ready can be stressful, so doing something physical really helps me reset. ![]() I do a few physical chores before starting work after I get my son on the bus. I've seen one person online say they shower after work and change into a new outfit, which I think is a great idea. I think it is actually important to have some transition though. Unfortunately for them everyone with two brain cells immediately realized is that remote workers could just create a transition at home, and that virtually anything they came up with would be more pleasant than sitting in traffic. Have you by any chance seen that ridiculous article someone wrote about how the worst part of working from home is missing out on the commute? They tried to make the case that having a transition between working and not working was important.
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