If I were you, I would find a way to work in a nearby internet cafe with friends or have a rotating schedule where you can get together with friends in one person's place for a week and then another one the following week etc. I can see that meeting and interacting with people is what you likely miss rather than the back hurting traffic. So find a way around what you miss.
One, I totally love the idea of having friends to rotate workspaces with. I'm going to be working out of a friends place tomorrow. And I'd try another friend's place next week.
Two, I really love how Keni nailed down the actual thing I'm missing - "human interaction". That helped unearth creative solutions. This is the actual reason why I'm making this post, I want to write about Keni's response so I can think about it. I think this is called first principles thinking; Getting to the root of the issue; Five Whys and etc
keni s spot on on this ! I was in the same situation a few years ago when I was living in Bucharest. The moment I found "my people" I stopped being alone and work become much more bearable, because we were all nerds and we could talk about stuff, and drink a beer at the end of the day. Yes, if you can find your supportive circle it's a big win. Work towards that.
We are your extended supportive circle. What are you trying to achieve ?
Ohhh - Thank you Seun. Deep down we are all craving the same things. I have read enough about the impact of traffic/commute stress on health so that can't be what anyone misses. If you have a solid circle, I think COVID actually makes things more convenient and fun.
Thank you for writing this post Seun!
And I agree with Nedzen, we are your extended supportive circle!!
keni
We are your extended supportive circle.
What are you trying to achieve ?
Thank you for writing this post Seun!
And I agree with Nedzen, we are your extended supportive circle!!
I agree this community is a huge supportive circle for me
I think sometimes you just get bored of sitting all day, it's been really hard nailing the habit of going out for early morning walks.
I've been tracking my daily walking steps of late, and on most days I don't make up to 1000 steps I'm not sure that's healthy.