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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3674286, member: 1001"] For most folks the light bulb has gone on in terms of how much your work/life balance improves with WFH, how much of your life you were wasting commuting, getting ready in the morning, etc. My job has never required normal 9-5 hours and I've always worked from home here and there but the last few months have been remarkable in terms of overall quality of life improvements. The kicker is I'm more productive when WFH. I wake up at 7:30, go right downstairs to my office and bang out two hours of uninterrupted work. I'm fresh mentally and nothing else has grabbed my attention after waking up. I've found this to lead to a nice improvement in my productivity. My to-do list for the day gets KO'd immediately then I have my breakfast and coffee. By 9:30 I've already had a productive day and can move on to new issues, projects, etc. Compare that with waking up at 7:30, taking a shower, making breakfast, getting dressed, getting in the car and getting to my office around 9:15, shooting the breeze for a bit, then start doing actual work around 10 AM. It's remarkably inefficient. The reality is that a lot of full-time jobs don't require 40-45 hours of work per week. The odd cultural norm in America of needing to work hard and work a million hours is such a farce. I'm working 25 hours a week during the pandemic and I'm crushing my job--the real work. Clients are happy and I have more free time to do other things. I'm healthier and saving money (not buying lunch out during the week). Cities will be fine but they won't be the same. All of the poor souls in the tri-state area who suffer through hellish commutes to Manhattan will never want to revert back to our old office ways. With WFH these folks get an extra 10-15 hours (hell, even some lunatics will get 20) of their life back each week. Think about that. The hobbies you can now fit in or more family time or more time working on your own mental and physical health. Many folks like WFH during a pandemic where their recreational activities are limited; imagine how much they'll love it when they can resume the rest of their normal life? Want to take a 3-day weekend to Vermont or Maine? No problem, leave on Thursday night and work from your AirBnB on Friday. As an aside, reduce rush hour traffic is a nice perk for all of us. This change is a good thing for most industries and most jobs, it's just such a paradigm shift that it'll take some time for everyone to get used to it. [/QUOTE]

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