My story goes back 7 years. I had a life reevaluation and my family decided to prioritize location independence. Pre-pandemic my partner and I had been working

My story goes back 7 years. I had a life reevaluation and my family decided to prioritize location independence. Pre-pandemic my partner and I had been working remotely for years. I never hated being on-site, I never had a monster commute. Actually one of my commutes was a fabulous bike tour of the major monuments of the national mall. I had a beer keg and a dog to warm my feet when I got to the office. But once I got out of the office environment for a little while it was like being "red pilled". I could no longer ignore the absolutely silly justification for bringing everyone into the same place, I saw it only as a productivity destroyer for myself and others, I saw the relationships for what they were, shallow and transactional. My first and only stint back on-site it felt like coming back to high school after years and being amazed and all the silly things that loomed so large in your former life. I'm not a hermit or an introvert. The office is still dead as a doornail for me.