We went remote starting in mid-March 2020 for some reason. I expected to hate it and while it definitely took some adjustment, I absolutely love it now. I don't

We went remote starting in mid-March 2020 for some reason. I expected to hate it and while it definitely took some adjustment, I absolutely love it now. I don't think my overall time spent on work has changed much, but what has changed is that I spread it out much more and take advantage of the ebbs and flows of motivation to do certain kinds of work. If I have some tedious drudgery to take care of (think expense report or similar paperwork tedium), I can grind that out in a mindless fashion while I also do some laundry and prepare myself a lunch. If inspiration or a good idea strikes me early in the morning or on a weekend, I can sit down and do 15-60 minutes of work and then close it up and immediately be back in my house and on to whatever I want to do. If I need to attend a parent-teacher conference or my kids' sporting events at the school, I'm a 10 minute walk away instead of a 30+ minute drive away. That means a parent-teacher conference might take 45 minutes out of my day, including 2 nice 10-minute walks instead of being something that I have to battle the other parents to get the coveted 7:00 or 7:30 AM slot and then drive into the office. I do think there are downsides in terms of building a sense of team and belonging and some tasks simply work better in-person, but overall it's been a huge win personally to go remote and roughly a push for the company.