[scandinavegan]

Yeah, it's dark when you go to the office and it's dark when you leave for the day. Luckily I have a couple of colleagues that enjoy a brisk lunch walk, which at least gives some exposure to the sun during the day.

In Sweden, a winter a couple of years ago, I had just dropped off my son at pre-school. I was waiting on an outdoor subway station platform at 8 AM, listening to "Towards the Sun" from the movie Home. When she sings "Turn your face towards the sun" I looked up into the pitch black sky with tiny snowflakes that fell down stretching into infinity. The contrast was so complete that I'll never forget it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdO9cc7WOyE

[joncrane]

>dark when you go to the office and it's dark when you leave for the day

You guys are still going into the office?! We're 100% remote "for the foreseeable future" here.

[scandinavegan]

My (large) company work from home at least until the end of the year, then we'll see. We're still allowed to go into the office, and some do because they don't have a good working situation at home, but there's like one person per office floor. All office workers in Sweden are highly encouraged to work from home. My company has said that they will do a phased return to the office, so that not everyone returns at the same time. A colleague that had been in the office said that they have closed off every second desk to keep the distance for when people return.

I meant winters in general, not the current situation. Today is grey, but still more light than it will be in January.

[fred_is_fred]

I am still going into the office, it just happens to be in my house.