To not leave the house when wfh?

It’s really unhealthy, both mentally and physically!
go out before work, walk at lunchtime, join a gym,
go to the supermarket, go out to get lunch…..

You don't get vitamin D in autumn, winter and early spring in the UK from sunlight. The sun isn't strong enough.

The reason to go outside in daylight in those seasons is mental and physical health reasons.

If I wfh and my daughter is doing her own thing I usually try to go for a walk or to the gym at lunch time or in the evening.

Do you do any exercise inside your house? I can happily stay inside for days but then I can’t sleep!

I have dogs so have to go walking. up out for a bit in morning then lunchtime. I eat my lunch at my desk then afterwards. I need it for my head and also notice if I slack off a bit the pounds start to creep back up so force myslef. you only have 3 more weeks till shortest day of year and then the eves start getting brighter

I go for a walk every lunchtime, sometimes in the morning and evening to and from the shops. If it’s cold and icy I wear my walking boots, always have hat, coat and gloves anyway.

Can't you eat lunch at your desk then take a half hour walk? My husband works from home and does this so the dog can have a midday walk as well as one early morning and evening.

I rarely work from home now, but cannot stand being in all the time. I go out before work, at lunchtime and after work. Where I am, it is light before work and at lunchtime which helps. Even a brief walk helps.

I do a walk before I log on so my commute or at lunch or both. Could not spend a day and not get fresh air.

I go for a walk at lunchtime everyday, unless it is really pouring. One evening and one morning I go for a run. One evening I join a bootcamp group. It really is the best for my overall health to get outside as much as possible.

Some days I do some I don’t.

I won’t tomorrow. Dd is coming home from uni so I will put some chilli or something on to slow cook in the morning. Then make the salad, sour cream etc at lunch time.

By the time I finish and she gets here it will be dark. Definitely not going out in the cold and dark.

Ds gets himself to school in the morning. Dp is walking the dogs tomorrow. I will go on the treadmill for half an hour a couple of times during the day.

Today I walked the dogs first thing before I started and at lunch. It really depends on what else I have going on and what my work day is requiring.

I guess we're all different. For me it's even more important to get out in the cold dark months. Blowing the cobwebs away blah blah, but it really works for me and I couldn't imagine anything worse than not leaving the house day after consecutive day! Just a 20 minute walk, whatever sun there is, fresh air... It makes me feel better every single time.

I WFH and make sure I go out when I've finished work. Partly because it marks the end of the working day, and partly because I'd go stir crazy if not.

I work from home 4 days a week. Two days I go to the gym before work, the other two I’m out in the evenings so it works well.

Goodness! I wouldn't deal with this well!

I was finding I was going a week without leaving the house other than to run DD to her sports club midweek and I was doing less than 1000 steps a day. I start my day with a 30 minute walking commute now, fortunately for me that takes me along the beach top and back home. I feel much better for it. If it's raining in the morning I go out at Lunch.

I don't go out usually
If I want fresh air there's windows!

Lunch break is 30 mins which is enough to make food, eat, make coffee, go to the toilet and get back to work

Not the OP but I definitely don’t.

No YANBU, it's completely up to you. I don't often get a change when wfh either, I think "oh it's lovely I should go for a walk... but I'll just load this laundry and empty the dishwasher and feed the cat and find a place for those items that have been on the stairs all week and make a sandwich and take the recycling out" and then it's time to go back to the laptop!!

I do run in the dark after work though, unless it's filthy wet.

i have to re learn this lesson many times

went out for a walk yesterday when I could have stayed home

it was so cold it just wore me out. I don't enjoy it. I would have been better staying in. It was the sun that tempted me. I live in a tiny flat but took ages to warm my bones when I got in.

I don't work at home every day and I don't drive so am out walking for a reason most days. In winter, there's no benefit really.

I do the long walk to the supermarket to pick up groceries and carry them home in a backpack a couple of times a week. I choose some youtube videos to download and listen to on the walk which makes it more enjoyable.

I don’t enjoy just “going for a walk” in the town where I live as there’s nothing new to see. I’ve examined everyone’s front gardens enough now.

I carve out time in my day to ensure I head out for a walk as part of my lunch break.

If you feel like you need to get out of the house, but the cold and dark is putting you off, can you join somewhere like a PureGym where the membership is dirt cheap and you can cancel and rejoin at will, then you could go and walk on the treadmill for half an hour or so every other day? And then try and arrange to meet a friend for a lunchtime coffee once a week?

Don't you wind up feeling sluggish and rubbish if you don't get some fresh air and exercise each day?

I wander to shops at lunchtime some days but others I don’t leave the house on my WFH days.

I know MN will collapse but some days I don’t get dressed 🤣