Working from dwelling was something I consistently desired when I was still in an office… Well, life has a funny way of giving us what my friend and I suppose my friend and I need.
The pandemic changed everything and I found myself working from dwelling full time.
At first, it was great, and I got to relax and not participate in the office madness, and however, a few months into it, I certainly missed my colleagues and hanging out after work. Then, my boss announced my position was fully remote. I only needed to go to the office once a month once people were back. I wasn’t sure how to feel about this change in my task situation. I even thought of quitting and finding a task that I could go to every morning. That thought hit me hard because I realized I never certainly liked remote work. The last nail on that coffin was when my heat pump failed in the Summer of 2022. I had been at dwelling tied up at work in my office, and I was perspiring so much, however opening the windows offered no relief because the temperature outside was almost 100F. I had contacted a Heating and A/C worker to come and service my heat pump, however there was a line of people ahead of me. I had to wait 24 hours to have the heat pump fixed, and I wasn’t having a fun time. When the heat in my office got to be too much, I chose to go work in a cafe in my part that has excellent AC, and perhaps I’ll look for a task in an office with common commercial Heating and A/C cooling in the near future.