This was Question #5 in Kathryn’s list.
I really like to travel. I don’t like the actual journey (planes, ugh), but I like it once I get there. Not being able to travel in the last couple of years has made me feel almost trapped at times. I like being in new cities and walking around unfamiliar streets.
I don’t like working from home. I like being able to separate home from work. Don’t get me wrong, pre-pandemic I would of course have to finish things at home, or I might have the occasional day out of the office and work from home, but that was a nice change of routine. Now the lines are blurred and all the old practices and expectations are shifting. I suppose they will settle down in time.
(Online meetings? Meh. Things are settling into some sort of a new normal now and the online meetings are still very much a feature but now I’m also having to squeeze them in with occasional in-person meetings. Yay.)
I think I’ve skirted on the edge of burnout after so many months of the back-to-back online meetings and disruptions and not being able to plan very far ahead at all. I’ve found myself questioning everything I do. Anyone else?
I’ve realised how much my “identity” is tied up with my work. Who/what am I, without the work? Still pondering this one.
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Thank you for being so open and honest. For me working from home was okay. Online meetings were okay, but not being in such a high management role as you, I was not subject to as many meetings. My identity is not just with my job and this has helped me transition in my redundancy and change of life.