5 ways to cope with WFH fatigueIt's undeniable that the pandemic has taken so much from us over the past year, it has also in turn required a lot from us - mentally, physically and emotionally. Ljupco Smokovski – 123RF.com What we don’t speak enough about though, is just how much of an effect working from home has had on most of us. Work as we know it has changed fundamentally and caused a drastic shift in our daily operations and of course routines – especially for creatives. I speak for myself when I say, I am exhausted! I had to escape to a coffee shop to even gather the creative energy to write this piece, but one thing is clear, having had the different conversations with my peers, that I am not the only one experiencing this fatigue. We’re not working at home because it’s a choice, we’re forced to actually be at home and work but let’s be honest, as convenient as it is to be working from home, it is also really boring. Personally, I have the kind of personality that requires me to have human interactions at least once a day. I prefer actually being around people and having energetic exchanges with them but working from home has made it really hard. At home, you shower, jump onto a Zoom/Teams meeting one after the other and the next day, repeat the same thing. You hardly even know what it feels like to sit in the boardroom with your team and bounce ideas off each other, by the time you’re done with your online meetings (which take up most of your working day), you have absolutely no energy to engage your team. The lack of choice is frustrating to say the least. I realised when I started to experience a creative block that it was because I had been in the same place for too long – and so I had to find ways that would allow me to manage the fatigue, and these are just some of the things I do to escape this mess:
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