Long story short - my job was hybrid and has now become wfh as the organisation has leased out its office space. There was talk about leasing somewhere else which has now, predictably, turned into 'well, do we really need an office, can't we just hire a room for a day every few weeks?'.
I am currently job-hunting, but am aware that this may take months or years. In the meantime, I need to find ways of coping with wfh without going mad. I have my own office at home, so feel bad about complaining, but I'm finding it very difficult. Dh works wfh most of the time and is having a hard time at work. I hear updates about this on and off during the day which is getting me down. I'm happy to support him of course and have been, but I feel like I'd like at least one of us to have a break from it.
My children are secondary and I'm finding myself endlessly worrying about them when really there's nothing major. I think just being too aware of every up and down in their lives magnifies it all for me, in a way that it didn't when I was in the office a few days a week.
I do go for runs at lunchtime and get out as much as I can. My job role is quite isolated, which was an issue anyway, and has obviously become more so.
I can't go to an internet cafe - too much of my work is confidential and I need two screens.
How do other enforced wfh-ers manage? I know some people love it, but it's really not for me.