I’ve been amazed at how well and easily I settled in to working from home. I have always resisted it (the sense of isolation hampers my productivity) but I have loved it – getting up early and going for runs, having lunch with my partner, doing one to ones with my team whilst walking in the sunshine.
It is harder in winter and have been busier than ever, but I still have a better distinction between work and home now: when I stop, I really am ready to stop. I don’t have a commute to tinker on email or worry about something I haven’t done, so down time is actually, genuinely down.
I have also learned I can enjoy quality TV drama and, indeed, binge watch. Again, I always resisted them saying I lacked the concentration span. Turns out, I too can watch three episodes of Succession on the bounce! Or the whole of Love is Blind in two days…