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Idk I loved my hour of walking every day. My mental health tanked when I became full remote.
by rjh29 3y ago
Idk I loved my hour of walking every day. My mental health tanked when I became full remote.
- glenjamin 3y agoHave you considered going for a walk?
- lpapez 3y agoYou can walk even without going to work fyi.
- rjh29 3y agoI did, but the enforced boundary between work and home is very important to me.
- john_the_writer 3y agoYou can enforce that boundary with a walk before and after work. Wake, coffee, walk, start work at 9. Finish at 5, put computer away, and walk for 15 min, your day is done.
- formerly_proven 3y ago- "my employer needs to force me to touch grass or I will literally go insane"
- garyfirestorm 3y agoThis alone means wfh isn’t working and everyone should rtw /s
- rjh29 3y agoPeople get really defensive about remote work I guess? It wasn't just walking, there was also social isolation and being excluded that made it unbearable. And no real boundary between work and home. If you're doing an hour driving every day I can see why you'd prefer remote though.
- john_the_writer 3y agoHave coffee meetings. I've been at home for 10 years, and I make a point to sip coffee while in zoom meeting about nothing.
- hairofadog 3y agoYeah, I'd like to come to your defense here. While I do prefer working from home, I totally get what you're saying about the routine of walking to work. I used to bike commute about 7 miles each way up and down some intense hills; it was part of my routine, and I had to do it. Now that I'm working from home, sure, I could go out and ride 15 miles every day, but it becomes a matter of discipline. Same with socializing. I tend to prefer solitude, so socializing, like exercising, now requires discipline – I have to make myself do it – whereas before it was baked in, and unavoidable. People recommending a dog aren't wrong. I do have a dog now, and walk at least 5 miles a day. My dog is an idiot so I can't really do the dog-park thing, but if you have a non-idiotic dog, there's some socialization to be gained there, too. BUT: it's a big commitment, and will have an impact on big life decisions later on like what apartment you can rent, whether you live in a city or a suburb, how easy it is to take a vacation or travel abroad, etc., so it's not like it's a no-brainer or an easy solution.
- lukego 3y agoOne word: dog.
- 2muchcoffeeman 3y agoI went back to waking up, getting dressed, making coffee, and going out for a walk and coming back home.
- hdjjhhvvhga 3y agoI solved the same problem by imitating my morning and evening routine. That is, I wake up, get on my bike, and ride - but not to the city, but in the opposite direction, into the forest. I relax biking and come back home. Then my daily starts and I'm full of energy. After I'm done with all my tasks, I repeat the same procedure, just explore some different paths. When I come back home, I no longer think of my tasks.
- seydor 3y agoOur cities are so badly designed that we need an office as excuse to walk
- dunefox 3y agoYou do realise that your employer does not own the outside and walking isn't only unlocked after clocking in at the office, right? Right?
- rjh29 3y agoNo I hadn't realised that. Thanks!
- john_the_writer 3y agoI take my dogs for a walk every morning. I've worked from home for 10 years, and almost never miss a walk.