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by wiether 344 days ago
It's not the work itself that is exhausting: it's socializing at work.

This comments deeply resonates with me because that's exactly how I feel.

When I'm wfh I have to put an alarm to remember to stop working because I'm in the flow and can work for +14h without feeling tired. Whereas, when I'm the office, I have to take a walk mid-day because I'm already exhausted by the socializing.

And to be clear, it's not that I don't enjoy socializing at work, it's just that it drains me quickly.

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That's one of the most important reasons I enjoy being able to work from home every once in a while. I'm lucky to have great colleagues and it's fun chatting with them during breaks, but it's still somewhat exhausting at the end of the day. Meanwhile at home there's some online meetings or a few chat messages to exchange, other than that I can just forget about the socializing for a bit and really get into whatever tasks I have.