A year ago from today, I left my physical office to come and live here in the bush capital. It’s been a whole year I’ve worked 100% remote, seated every single workday at my desk in my home office (the back room), “meeting” for work via Teams or Google Meet or Zoom. It took a while but I am very slowly becoming accustomed to it.

Later this week and next week, my office in Melbourne will be having numerous Christmas/year-end functions and parties. I was asked if I wanted to go, but work related travels have never been my thing and flight costs are rather high now, so I declined. The waiting at lounges, transfers to and from airports – the interminable queues and waits always tire me out. In as much as I long to be with my work colleagues in person and see people generally, my aversion to those travel pains often wins. I remain contented, by weighted choice, to reminisce.