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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7985761" data-attributes="member: 20564">If your situation is anything like mine, there may be two factors contributing to this.First, when I started working at home it took a bit to get up to speed. We were not used to jumping on IM or a call to each other much more readily than previously, and felt a bit adrift. I was used to casual collaboration - even just explaining what I was planning on doing often could shake lose issues or improvements even before other's feedback, and I didn't notice that lack immediately. My work (IT) often needs late or off-hours, and I'd find myself checking emails because I heard the "ping" of it coming in after dinner or whatever, and that lead to me never really feeling I was off and getting a bit burnt. All of these were solvable, but we needed to adopt a more work at home culture.That was back in 2015. COVID-19 has brought it's own issues. Without differentiators the days blend together and the weekends dont' have much special to break up the work week psychologically, when we are used to a clear differentiation. When we do talk to coworkers we aren't as cheered, we can hear the stress and anxiety in their voices as well. Assuming we're not passing around stories of those sick, of family who has passed, or those laid off. For me this was a major hit, and if I had been doing it at the same time I had expereienced the early Work-from-Home issues it would have been a really nasty one-two punch.That's just my experience, yours may differ.  But a whole new way or working that will take time to acclimate to, on top of months that seem to go forever of stress and anxiety is frankly, an ugly place to be stuck in.I wish you the best of luck in sorting things out and finding your personal solution.</blockquote>

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