This isn't really what i meant, it's not necessarily that I'm working longer hours now (although I am). I meant I miss the routine I used to have, go to the gy

This isn't really what i meant, it's not necessarily that I'm working longer hours now (although I am). I meant I miss the routine I used to have, go to the gym, come back home, make breakfast, shower, put on my "work clothes" then psychically go to my office, have coffee with colleagues and then sit at my desk, open my day planner and get started. That was the queue to begin focusing. Of course I can try do this in my living room, but it just doesn't have the same effect for me personally. I have meetings at awkward hours which kind of makes me feel like I'm kind of permanently attached to my work. Before hand, there was work time, and home time, work stayed at work, often including my work laptop. Also this statement kind of bugged me: "I don't understand how someone can work longer hours unwillingly when it's entirely in your control.", if you have a job that allows you to 100% dictate your hours, never having to deal with unexpected problems, outages, personnel issues, then congratulations. It's not a reality for everyone.