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This is one of those areas in my mental health journey where I’ve learned to accept that what my brain needs is not necessarily what my conscious personality thinks would be ideal.
I love my home and my family, and I’m an introverted reclusive nerd like I’m sure many others here. But whether it’s the ADHD or some other factors, I not only get way more done in the office but I feel better mentally and physically when I drive to work to do work things, then drive home to be in home mode. It helps that my “commute” is only a few miles on a fun quiet twisty country road.
In the last few weeks I’ve gone into the office every single day and had zero work from home days (I work on embedded systems and have needed to interact with certain in-office hardware) and I have actually felt great. Younger me would probably be horrified to hear this realization that that must somehow be wrong, lol.
The funny thing is that the rest of my team works from home so often that nobody bothers me all day!
There are pros and cons to both.
On one hand commuting, even on a flexible schedule, helps building a routine and the clear separation is mentally positive and helps focus.
On the other hand, some days I really need to stay home and work in my pajamas, with fewer interactions as possible, especially when it's really cold or really hot. In those days an in-presence work day would be 10% productive, at least remotely in my safe environment it can get 20%.
The best possible solution is flexible: try and be in presence whenever possible, but know that you have the option to go remote when in need. The best of both worlds. Unfortunately yes, it's not always possible when the job requires some hardware.
Yep, having the available flexibility is huge. I’ve done some working from home this week, in fact.