Re:Ask HN: What have been the hardest work-related aspects o...
by softwaredoug on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:28PM
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Leaving work at the end of the day and disconnecting is hard.
Both home and work carry different kinds of emotional contexts/baggage for me. Switching between them takes work. Without a commute and literal distance, it’s hard to “switch off” work mode and get into parent/spouse mode. I hate having a foot in both doors: either feeling bad I’m not parenting enough or feeling bad I’m not working hard enough.
One solution I’ve found is powering my Mac down. Booting back up takes time, and requires me to log back into a bunch of services. So I’m not going to just slip back into work seamlessly: it takes a bit of effort.
Both home and work carry different kinds of emotional contexts/baggage for me. Switching between them takes work. Without a commute and literal distance, it’s hard to “switch off” work mode and get into parent/spouse mode. I hate having a foot in both doors: either feeling bad I’m not parenting enough or feeling bad I’m not working hard enough.
One solution I’ve found is powering my Mac down. Booting back up takes time, and requires me to log back into a bunch of services. So I’m not going to just slip back into work seamlessly: it takes a bit of effort.