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Everyone talks about losing focus at home, oversleeping, and doing other activities during the work day. For some reason I've had the opposite problem. I used

Everyone talks about losing focus at home, oversleeping, and doing other activities during the work day. For some reason I've had the opposite problem. I used to get into the office around 8 AM, take a lunch break, go grab dessert or take a walk in the garden later, etc. Then I'd leave around 4:30 PM and forget about work until the next day. Now I wake up at 5:00 AM and basically work non-stop in the same spot (sometimes a coffee shop in the morning) until 6:30 PM. I skip breakfast and lunch altogether, because I've found that without walking around the office campus I gain weight too quickly. It's like the saying about hard drives: however much more space they get, people still find a way to fill them up. Same thing with my time apparently.

lpapez 4y ago
Now I wake up at 5:00 AM and basically work non-stop in the same spot (sometimes a coffee shop in the morning) until 6:30 PM. I skip breakfast and lunch altogether, because I've found that without walking around the office campus I gain weight too quickly. It sounds like you filled the extra time gained through WFH mostly with more work. Try filling it up with social activities, exercise, going outside etc. You might start feeling a lot better and not have to worry about weight.
- ido 4y ago
  If the OP is correct in their assessment, they work 13.5 hours per day - that sound way too much to me, especially as they previously used to work 8.5 hours minus breaks... I'm personally happy to put in a productive 9-5 and don't see a need to regularly work 60-70 hour weeks.
watwut 4y ago
> oversleeping It is nit overstepping, it is finally having chance to sleep away that sleep debt. But for the rest, what actually worked for me was to have commitment at end of workday. Ideally something that forces you to finish (a gym class, activity with friend/kids etc). But even if not, something as simple ritual of "I play guitar 17:00 sharp for 15 minutes and then exercise another 15 minutes" did the trick. It takes you mentally away from work and in few weeks creates habit.
- saiya-jin 4y ago
  sleep debt is not something you need 6 months to cover, more like a long weekend or a week max if something obscure had happened (ie 2 month long drug binge running at the limit of exhaustion)

lpapez 4y ago

Now I wake up at 5:00 AM and basically work non-stop in the same spot (sometimes a coffee shop in the morning) until 6:30 PM. I skip breakfast and lunch altogether, because I've found that without walking around the office campus I gain weight too quickly. It sounds like you filled the extra time gained through WFH mostly with more work. Try filling it up with social activities, exercise, going outside etc. You might start feeling a lot better and not have to worry about weight.

ido 4y ago
If the OP is correct in their assessment, they work 13.5 hours per day - that sound way too much to me, especially as they previously used to work 8.5 hours minus breaks... I'm personally happy to put in a productive 9-5 and don't see a need to regularly work 60-70 hour weeks.

watwut 4y ago

> oversleeping It is nit overstepping, it is finally having chance to sleep away that sleep debt. But for the rest, what actually worked for me was to have commitment at end of workday. Ideally something that forces you to finish (a gym class, activity with friend/kids etc). But even if not, something as simple ritual of "I play guitar 17:00 sharp for 15 minutes and then exercise another 15 minutes" did the trick. It takes you mentally away from work and in few weeks creates habit.

saiya-jin 4y ago
sleep debt is not something you need 6 months to cover, more like a long weekend or a week max if something obscure had happened (ie 2 month long drug binge running at the limit of exhaustion)