Remote work saved my sanity but I'm still drowning

2w ago1 min read

Been working from home for 3 years now and I'm grateful every day I don't have a commute. But here's the thing nobody tells you: when your office is in your bedroom, you never really stop working. I wake up thinking about emails. Kids are doing virtual school in the next room so I'm constantly pulled in two directions. Wife works full time too so it's not like she's covering childcare. Some days I close my laptop at 6pm and immediately feel guilty about it. How do you guys actually separate work and home when they're literally in the same place? Thinking about going back to an office a few days a week just to have a mental break.

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AAlexRegular2w ago

Remote work is a double edged sword for sure. You save the commute but now work is literally always there. I work from home and I'm guilty of answering emails at 8pm when I should be off the clock. The bleed between work and home is real.

RRob H.Regular2w ago

Grateful for remote work but drowning is the perfect way to describe it. No commute means you just work straight through and suddenly it's 6pm and you haven't actually spent time with the kids even though they're right upstairs.

SSam T.Regular2w ago

The commute used to be my decompression time even though I hated it. Now that I'm home all day I have to be way more intentional about actually clocking out. What's your strategy for creating that mental break?