Is working from home really easier, or just a different kind of exhausting?

[warrenettie]

I keep seeing people say that working from home is more relaxed, but honestly, I’m starting to wonder if that’s true. I’ve been doing it for a while now, and somehow I feel more drained than when I used to go into the office.
There’s no proper boundary between work and home life — I find myself answering emails late at night, or feeling guilty if I take a proper lunch break. And don’t even get me started on the constant background noise from the kids when school’s out!
At the same time, I know some people love the flexibility and not having to commute (which I totally get — that used to wear me out too).
So I’m curious — for those of you who’ve done both, do you actually find working from home easier, or is it just a different kind of hard?

Some people take the piss but working from home means I work up to 15 hours a day on those days plus weekends instead of 8. I don’t get paid for this so I figure my employer is getting their money’s worth.

I wouldn’t pop out during that time or generally have a lunch hour. It helps me be productive

WFH is much easier for me. I have been WFH FT since Covid and in terms of my work-life balance it has been a complete game changer. Fall out of bed, no commute, start work at 8, full lunch hour, finish by 4-15. I’m also
saving £ several hundred per month on commuting costs.
WFH definitely isn’t for everyone. It is certainly isolating & many people would be lonely. But I wouldn’t have it any other way and I hope I never have to work in an office again.

Far easier at home, mainly because of the commute, lunch, getting ready in the morning for the office etc.. my job also has quieter periods and I'd be bored out of my mind in the office every day trying to find busy work. At least at home I can sort the laundry or do some gardening

This is what I struggle with. My work has periods when there is nothing happening but I have to be at the office. I can't go off and do gardening - that isn't working. It just seems really unfair and unbalanced since Covid I'm sorry.

I would get tired of that as well. I have the type of job where you couldn't do this. Anyone slacking would get noticed very quickly.