Anyone else struggling with WFH? I feel like I’ve lost myself and stay inside a lot. In a bit of a rut. Anyone else experience this and find solutions?

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- people who have few interests, hobbies, or social life outside work, or whose whole world or identity centers around their job prefer RTO

- people with full lives outside of work, hobbies and interests unrelated to their job, whose identity and social life don’t center on their work prefer WFH

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I think my point went over your head VM.
I’ll spell it out.
I was doing what you did, already.
My post was mocking what you did.
You mocking me mocking you is now you mocking you.
You are now mocking yourself.

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I live for wfh. I'm a loner by nature so my life is a lot more pleasant without forced interaction. I'm on lots of teams calls so I can chat with people and catch up on our lives, but then I'm instantly transported back to my happy place- my home with my dog

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My solution is remembering what a living hell it was to commute and waste so much time and money to be in a worse working environment with more distractions, all for the apparent purpose of seeing random work colleagues I have no purpose for interacting with at the expense of getting to see my children grow up.

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This is why WFH is dangerous for people. A large chunk of people who defend it vigorously and say they’ll never go back are the same people who need to be pushed into social settings, have little to no human interaction, struggle on their own, etc. It’s dangerous

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Fox News? Capitalism? What? I literally am just saying SOME people get depressed having no human interaction and that compounds. Then they never leave their home. Having a routine that is repeatable and consistent and changes your scenery MAY help these people. Jesus Christ. People lose their damn minds if you mention an office.

I did for a while.
Things that helped me:
1) Joining a sport. Was just once a week but really helped me socialise
2) Gym. Felt better about myself and met new folk
3) new activities. Every 2 weeks or so I tried something new (a free poetry slam at a local cafe once and an impromptu jam session/gig at this bar for example).
4) reaching out to friends. Asked them to hang out etc and just stayed busy

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Yes, I picked up a new hobby and use that to go out of the house no matter what.

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Never change d1

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Same. That's why I volunteerily go to the office 3-4 times a week to see people, I don't like staying home for too long. Also picked up new hobbies.

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I swim everyday now, wouldn't be able to if I had to go into an office. I visit one of my favorite cafes many days, even take calls there and do some work. Have a few friends who also WFH, sometimes we visit each other and have co-working setup type days.

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Sometimes I work from someone's table. Sometimes they work from mine. Sometimes we pick a cafe to go to and work while having coffee, a sandwich, etc. Sometimes there are 3 of us. Etc etc

I have more interaction with non- work people outside of work
- happy hours with neighbors
- dog walking or doggy play dates
- gym and a fitness class
- I volunteer at a non profit
- I am in a book club we meet up live once a month
- friends dates and get togethers
- family

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I felt that way for awhile. I just started to push myself to get out more. Whether it was a walk with the dog, a walk by myself, a trip to the dollar store even (as silly as that may seem) and I made sure in doing those activities I didn't slack. So no walking in pajamas, etc.

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Same, this was me most of the year I ended up switching jobs (now hybrid) and moving. It was a bit dramatic but I really needed a switch up on environment to help push me out of the hole I dug myself in. I love wfh but it wasn’t good for my personality to do it every single day, I have a dog and we spend a lot of time outdoors and I still felt like I wasn’t out/socializing enough

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Spent all my time with my dog and no one else lol

Change up your day to day routine. Is there a coffee stop you can grab coffee from in the morning? Can you volunteer to walk shelter dogs in the AM or after work? Sign up for an exercise class before or after work. Literally anything, big or small can really help break up the monotony.

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Become friends with neighbors. It helps.

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Best reply yet. So true and it’s how human society is meant to be

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This happened to me before. I stopped going out and effectively confined myself to my place. I’d only venture out to take my dog, abused doordash and Amazon. Went down a Google rabbit role and then saw a therapist. Figure out what’s in your head

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Take a walk in the middle of the day or do a workout to take a mental break. I Peloton

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I love it. I sit in bed and watch tik tok and YouTube all day. Probably only work about 10-12 hours a week and haven’t heard any complaints.

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I will never understand why some people try to force others to force themselves to “get out of the house” when having it be a choice — in terms of when, where, and with whom — is clearly better. If someone wants to force themselves to go sit under fluorescent lights and waste dozens of hours per week commuting, costuming, and on BS in the office, as opposed to seeing their friends or family, great. Just don’t make me or my team do it. You will lose us.

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You are gold!! Thanks for this, can I please be on your team, pretty please 😭😭

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Being hybrid works best for me.
I’m in office for parts of 3-4 days/wk and it’s great.
My apartment in the city is a 8 minute jog to the gym (pool), 7 minute jog to the WSH, and a 14 minute walk to the office.
Feel more stressed for time when WFH and lending a hand with getting kids on school buses, etc and I then have a 16 minute drive to the gym/pool.

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I end up joining a co-working space to disconnect from my home, it completely changed my state of mind. I like thinking that we are not working from home, but living in our office. Joining a gym and increasing social life also helps.

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As someone who doesn’t live near any gyms and has practically zero motivation for fitness thanks to high depression and my constant inner battle (yes I know I can just go for a walk but my brain doesn’t agree), I force myself to leave my house and work from a coffee shop (or brewery sometimes). I also find setting up personal appointment in the middle of the day forces me to leave home and be more productive at work in a shorter period of time.

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