This is one of those areas in my mental health journey where I’ve learned to accept that what my brain needs is not necessarily what my conscious personality thinks would be ideal.
I love my home and my family, and I’m an introverted reclusive nerd like I’m sure many others here. But whether it’s the ADHD or some other factors, I not only get way more done in the office but I feel better mentally and physically when I drive to work to do work things, then drive home to be in home mode. It helps that my “commute” is only a few miles on a fun quiet twisty country road.
In the last few weeks I’ve gone into the office every single day and had zero work from home days (I work on embedded systems and have needed to interact with certain in-office hardware) and I have actually felt great. Younger me would probably be horrified to hear this realization that that must somehow be wrong, lol.
The funny thing is that the rest of my team works from home so often that nobody bothers me all day!
Having separate areas for separate things is great for switching gears mentally, even for neurotypical people. I did a remote class for a month or so and I had to open a separate desktop on my computer because it was so easy to get distracted by my open fun tabs.
It’s also the reason they recommend using your bed for ONLY sleep (and fuggin).
I just quit my work from home days, I like where I work. The area is well invested so it’s a higher quality than just my own pc space at home.
Being there indeed has me more focused on working. It’s like when you try to leave an addiction behind, then you need to change your environment. Well, the opposite works as well. If you need to work a lot, then do it always in the same environment.
The ability to work with my co workers is a lot easier at office. Otherwise it would just be phone calls or emails. When a coworker is working from home, I honestly don’t interact with that person the whole work day.
Commuting to work is fun. I just bike 14 km to work. Mostly car free. Get paid 10 euros per day for biking. If I worked 5 days a week from home then I’d be giving 50 euros up just like that. Which is basically the difference between my pay level as accountant and adjunct accountant.
Getting paid to do something that’s massively beneficial to your health? (…I squint at your post and notice euros & kms…) ohhhh.
Here in the US I had a past employer with medical benefits that charged you more if you were a smoker or didn’t engage with their wellness training. Almost the same, right? /s
Distance-wise, I could totally ride my bike to work. The shorter, more level route is only like 4km. But those kms are through American suburbia & neighboring commercial areas. And I would be the only bicycle they would see all day while angrily driving and texting in their 3-ton vehicle going 50mph(80km/h)+ on multi-lane roads.
Yeah I rode via the main road once as a test ride, no thanks. A bus, followed by a truck, followed by a farm tractor on a part without bike lane.
Like a third of my bike lane of 8,8 miles is dirt/gravel road but it’s fine. It being more difficult doesn’t matter when it’s without cars.
Also, not to be an asshole but I get to keep my tax money 🙈 big daddy government so kind to me. My end of year bonus’ personal income tax, employee and employer social contribution are spent on my e-bike. Took one of 10k USD because it costs me only… nothing. If I went with car then i would receive 1000 USD less over the span of 3 years.
On top of that, the car would cost like 4k dollars a year on loss of resale value, taxes, maintenance and gas.
This is one of those areas in my mental health journey where I’ve learned to accept that what my brain needs is not necessarily what my conscious personality thinks would be ideal.
I love my home and my family, and I’m an introverted reclusive nerd like I’m sure many others here. But whether it’s the ADHD or some other factors, I not only get way more done in the office but I feel better mentally and physically when I drive to work to do work things, then drive home to be in home mode. It helps that my “commute” is only a few miles on a fun quiet twisty country road.
In the last few weeks I’ve gone into the office every single day and had zero work from home days (I work on embedded systems and have needed to interact with certain in-office hardware) and I have actually felt great. Younger me would probably be horrified to hear this realization that that must somehow be wrong, lol.
The funny thing is that the rest of my team works from home so often that nobody bothers me all day!
Having separate areas for separate things is great for switching gears mentally, even for neurotypical people. I did a remote class for a month or so and I had to open a separate desktop on my computer because it was so easy to get distracted by my open fun tabs.
It’s also the reason they recommend using your bed for ONLY sleep (and fuggin).
I just quit my work from home days, I like where I work. The area is well invested so it’s a higher quality than just my own pc space at home.
Being there indeed has me more focused on working. It’s like when you try to leave an addiction behind, then you need to change your environment. Well, the opposite works as well. If you need to work a lot, then do it always in the same environment.
The ability to work with my co workers is a lot easier at office. Otherwise it would just be phone calls or emails. When a coworker is working from home, I honestly don’t interact with that person the whole work day.
Commuting to work is fun. I just bike 14 km to work. Mostly car free. Get paid 10 euros per day for biking. If I worked 5 days a week from home then I’d be giving 50 euros up just like that. Which is basically the difference between my pay level as accountant and adjunct accountant.
It would be silly.
Getting paid to do something that’s massively beneficial to your health? (…I squint at your post and notice euros & kms…) ohhhh.
Here in the US I had a past employer with medical benefits that charged you more if you were a smoker or didn’t engage with their wellness training. Almost the same, right? /s
Distance-wise, I could totally ride my bike to work. The shorter, more level route is only like 4km. But those kms are through American suburbia & neighboring commercial areas. And I would be the only bicycle they would see all day while angrily driving and texting in their 3-ton vehicle going 50mph(80km/h)+ on multi-lane roads.
Yeah I rode via the main road once as a test ride, no thanks. A bus, followed by a truck, followed by a farm tractor on a part without bike lane.
Like a third of my bike lane of 8,8 miles is dirt/gravel road but it’s fine. It being more difficult doesn’t matter when it’s without cars.
Also, not to be an asshole but I get to keep my tax money 🙈 big daddy government so kind to me. My end of year bonus’ personal income tax, employee and employer social contribution are spent on my e-bike. Took one of 10k USD because it costs me only… nothing. If I went with car then i would receive 1000 USD less over the span of 3 years.
On top of that, the car would cost like 4k dollars a year on loss of resale value, taxes, maintenance and gas.
Ah, I almost feel guilty.