Sure, I'll bit on this. Here we gooooo!!
1. You know, I didn't actually mind it at the beginning. I'm lucky and I've always had an option to work from home (not ever day of course). So the transition from office to home wasn't terrible. Otherwise, beginning... okay fine minus getting out of the house (which was frustrating). Even as a home body... I didn't realize how much I missed being able to go shop... when I wanted too.
2. It's dependent. I'd say for the most part, no. Thankfully, most of my friend groups have been fairly virtual to begin with. However, I still struggle with not getting the face-to-face interaction and socialization I got from work. Work-from-home is great, but WebEx/Zoom meetings don't actually replace that intrapersonal interaction.
3. Eh, about the same. Now I'm just getting pissy I can't see co-workers that I got along with. (Too far considering I worked in one of the three major US cities. An hour or more drive... mehh...) But eeyyy, my parents are getting the vaccine soon!
4. Best experience - I got to focus on myself. I've been very 'put others first' and getting to focus on me has been great for my mental health. Worst experience - this is more of a laughing one but... seeing family and my fiance every day... for several days in a row. Man, we got on each others nerves so bad LOL. Definitely better than it was.
5. Immediate family, no. We worked out a system where the healthier folks (me and my fiance) went out at the beginning of the pandemic and we still do a majority of the shopping. Extended family, yup, they did. And I... just felt awful since you can't do anything. And my cousins that had to take care of them were stressing bad. Had to be a rock for sometime.
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