Anyone else dealing with anxiety around the uncertainty of continued remote work? We were so dysfunctional and unproductive in the office, the thought of going back is giving me nightmares.

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Yes. When the heads of the Agency bring it up, it gives me total anxiety. Almost everyone I know and work with, prefer working from home. Yet the leaders think we want to be back, because they want to be back. I was cringing when he talked about "burn out" blaming it on work from home, when it's the work load! I don't want to go back to a dull office cube with no walls and people constantly walking up to my desk with random questions when I'm in the middle of a call or number crunching, etc...

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Yes. Also I forgot how to act appropriately in public and have no idea where my jeans are

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As almost everything is uncertain right now, I am not worrying about anything not in my immediate future. Addressing issues as they arise. Que Será, Será.

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