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Message: <blockquote data-quote="beardking" data-source="post: 4043160" data-attributes="member: 31421">I have been "work from home" since 2013 when I moved back to OK from Dallas and started working as a consultant for my old firm.  The first 6 months or so were really difficult because I had to get myself in the mindset that I actually DID have to work during the day, otherwise I'd be working through the night.  There were multiple days in a row in those 6 months where I'd be lucky to get 3-4 hours sleep in a couple of days because I would screw off during the day and then have to catch up at night and then start the whole process over again the next day.  Once I got into a decent pattern, things smoothed out and I made it work for me.Before Da Rona, my old office was 100% against the idea of work from home (except for consultants like myself).  They needed butts in seats and that was that.  After Da Rona, they realized that our jobs really can be handled from the comfort and convenience of our homes.  Within the last year, that company went through a bit of a relationship breakdown with the owners and the company was split up into 2 separate companies.  I'm back working with one of the owners at one of the new companies (instead of consulting) and they are very liberal on their in office policy.  So much so that I still live in OK even though the company is based in Dallas.  On top of that, one of the 3 partners lives in Colorado and only comes into the office once every couple of months or so. Personally, I hate the idea of ever having to go back to the old way of having to work in the office.  By working from home I get back about 2+ hours of my life every day from not having to drive into the office and dealing with the stress of traffic.  I am much more relaxed because I don't always feel like I have to be "ON" 8+ hours a day.  I get my work done and meet all of my deadlines, but sometimes in the middle of the day when I've just downright had all of the "working" that I can handle for that day, I stop.  It may be for a few minutes or it may be for the rest of the day.  As long as I meet my deadlines, the bosses don't care. A lot of companies brag about their "work/life balance", but I think that for some people the best way to achieve that balance is to be able to work from home.  That being said, I actually do know some people that really do not like the whole work from home thing.  My wife is one of them.  She's had to work from home for a couple of weeks at a time when her office was shut down due to corona exposures and she hated it.I will admit, though, that I think that working from home has kind of upped my ADHD, especially over the last couple of years.  I think a lot of that has to do with my own (lack of) self discipline, but I'm pretty sure the lack of a structured day kind of contributes to it as well.  I still am firmly in the camp of never working in an office building again if I can avoid it.</blockquote>

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