Ask HN: Who's sick of remote work?

When I lived in the city I would take hikes in forest preserves and parks. That is what worked for me to cure the doldrums of winter, and even being alone. It made a huge difference.

Look into "Shinrin-Yoku". I hadn't heard about this until a few years ago, but it confirmed what it did for me.

I live in a forest now and still make a point to get outside and walk the paths I have on our little 5 acres. Just getting out and sitting in the midst of it works. Give it a shot.

I absolutely love remote work and have a very hard time understanding why anyone would want to spend 14h a week commuting their laptop to a noisy cubicle, buy a shitty $18 lunch in a plastic container and get extra tired on their way home.

I have multiple zoom meetings every day and feel much much closer to my coworkers than during office times.

Also I don’t get interrupted all the time and am able to actually get stuff done.

I guess I am not an extrovert and don’t need to crowdsurf to feel adequate.

"long hours in a house alone" != remote work

Remote work is work you do remotely—i.e., outside of a traditional "butts in seats" company office where employees form an in-person collective during business hours.

Obviously the pandemic has put a damper on the various possibilities available, but by way of example, you can work at (assuming all you need is a laptop + internet connection):

a cowork space (either drop-in or rent a dedicated desk), a coffee shop, a restaurant, a mall, a train, a car, outside at a park, a hotel, a library, up on a mountain top, at a friend or family's house, on a boat, and probably one or two other options I'm forgetting. (Fun fact, I've done all of those.)

Now do I actually do the majority of work at my home office? Yeah, sure. I'll grant you that. But by intentionally making sure it's not just my all-the-time default and mixing things up as often as possible, it keeps remote work fun and engaging.

Not one person in comments stated they love to sit in traffic for two hours every single day.

Strange, isn't it?

I'm not sick of it, but I have this urge to get out more, to Coworking spaces and Cafes. I consider myself an introvert, but I like to see people walk around and talk to each other, I don't know how to explain, it's an interesting feeling knowing that someone, at any time, look at you and wonder what you're doing.

But by no means I want to get back to office. The feeling of being somewhat obliged to comunicate, in person, with other people tires me, and I'm left with an ignominious ways to avoid this.