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Those 3 hours you save commuting can be the ticket to a real social life as opposed to an office social surrogate. The trick is to seek out people whom you enj

Those 3 hours you save commuting can be the ticket to a real social life as opposed to an office social surrogate. The trick is to seek out people whom you enjoy spending time with in social settings. This can be e.g. through a gym, arts&crafts classes, uni courses, volunteer activities, sport clubs, nature clubs, cooking classes board game card chess d&d groups ... whatever your fancy. Even if you are more introvert you will find these environments very welcoming. Having a social life without the everpresent undertones of office politics and policies can be very invigorating

reacharavindh 5y ago
The thing is the time saved by not doing the commute ends up going to work because those are 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM and 4 PM to 5:30 PM. On a day that I am working from home, it gets swallowed by helping my kiddo get ready to go to daycare (until 9 AM), and "nothing social is happening at 4 PM on a work day, lets just finish up work...". I realise now the need to consciously compartmentalise work hours and physically be away from the work desk in order to do something else for myself. I've just had a conversation with my wife about how it is impacting me, and that I need to carve out personal time as well, and not be relied on for assistance with the kid on _all_ days. Every other day, it is my turn and she can get the time to do something as well. Thinking and talking about it already gives me hope that I can make useful changes and feel differently.