[macksd]

I had already worked remotely for years and loved it. On average, I would travel to the office every 2-3 months. The trips were always a fun change of scenery (other than dealing with the TSA) and often found that all the face time and in-person planning / design sessions were key to keeping me productive the rest of the time. But overall I hated the trips because I wouldn't sleep well, I'd work extra long hours, and I did actually find all the interaction exhausting. Given the choice, I would have stopped the trips altogether, and I wasn't that broken up about mass quarantines.

Now that it's been over a year, I absolutely yearn for a trip to see my coworkers in person. And I think the needs of people vary in this regard: my heart breaks for some coworkers who have clearly struggled through all this and who feel extremely isolated. I'd gladly inconvenience myself regularly for them to stop feeling like that.