From office guy to work from home dad and I don't know who I am anymore
Been working from home for 2 years now and I'm having an identity crisis. I used to be the guy with the commute, the work clothes, the separate identity from dad. Now I'm in the same house all day answering emails between making lunches and breaking up fights. I miss having that split between work life and dad life but also I wouldn't trade the flexibility for anything. Anyone else struggle with this? Like I'm not fully a work person or a dad person anymore, I'm just both things awkwardly mixed together.
Dude I felt this hard when I went WFH full time. The office identity was real and losing it was weird. But honestly after a year I realized I built a new one - now I'm the dad who actually shows up for school pickup and knows what my kids ate for lunch. Different guy, not worse.