Survival Mode Put Us Back to Zero
A lot of you came here many moons ago when I left Sparkpeople. I loved the community of that place and the support I got there. It was at the height of us being on our game. That motivation you have in the beginning when you're consistently rewarded with weight loss, smaller clothes, compliments to keep your motivation high and you somehow begin to step out of being invisible to the public to people smiling at you, opening doors or striking up conversation. You start to feel human. You don't have to worry about going to restaurants or 'fitting' somewhere. You can go to a wedding and see those God awful thin folding chairs and while you still don't like them, you're not concerned. Many of your worries that fit people never had to think of, have faded away. We started for the long haul in our 30's and that's when we had the most success, losing 226 and 190 lbs respectively. When we went on vacation, as long as we came back and got rig...
Let the permanent telework begin as far as I'm concerned! Can't wait to work from Tahiti!
ReplyDeleteSeriously people - how do you use someone else's desk?! It made sense pre-pandemic when someone swiped my traveler desk because I had nothing on it but this???
ReplyDeleteAnyway, my current organization is on permanent remote with potential to gather as a group infrequently once it becomes safer. I was working most days from home anyway and I prefer it.
I had to laugh at your husband's remark - we are looking at working for a week at a campground in the Florida Keys!
ReplyDeleteI took a new job during the pandemic which is 100% remote - my company is hundreds of miles away! I've been in twice and I hope that the team will try to gather a couple of times per year. But I have worked at the beach, the mountains, at home, etc. I love the flexibility! There are a few things I miss, but overall I'm good!
With the nature of my job, it's been all hands on deck live and in person.
ReplyDeleteI am a teacher, and the only time I worked from home was from the end of March 2020-May 2020 during the beginning of the Pandemic. After Summer break that year, we have been teaching in person 5 days a week. No online learning for my students. It has been all in person.
ReplyDeleteMy school was remote spring of 2020, but went back in person in August. We had a few times where we were sent home for a week or so b/c teachers had to quarantine and we didn't have enough subs. Primarily though, we've been in person all the time since then.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently doing two weeks in the office and two weeks at home, so that the office building is only at about 50% capacity if you work in a cubicle. If you have a office, you are 100% in the office. We worked from home full time from spring 2020 to winter 2020. They sent us back 50% a couple of times and then when case numbers spiked they sent us back to work from home full time. In the last 20 months I have probably worked about 10 weeks in the office. Once everyone is back in the office full time then they are planning on a hybrid work trial where we work from the office Tuesday to Thursday and from home on Mondays and Fridays.
ReplyDeleteI've been wfh since 3/13/2020. My company did nothing to make our transition easier. There is no talk about returning but they have turned down my request to move out of state. Kind of silly as I barely worked with anyone in my office and spent most of my time on calls with others around the world. I'm trying to decide if I risk it and give a friend's address and escape Illinois and the high taxes.
ReplyDeleteFunny part is I took this position at a reduced salary because of the short commute!
I have several friends who have moved from IL due to the high taxes so I don't blame you there! (That's totally ridiculous about not letting you move. SO many people have just moved and let them deal with it or just found a new job when they found out. I wish we had that kind of gonads but...LOL)
DeleteJust wanted to let you know, for some reason a bunch of your comments went to spam and I didn't catch it. Grrrr!