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Covid-19 and Other Crises

Lockdown started around mid March, and my partner and I have been working remotely since then. That's been a bit of a learning experience, not only in terms of having to learn how to use a VPN and getting all the technical stuff down, but also in the sense of adjusting back to not being around people all the time, being self motivated and all the little things that come with that. Personally, I much prefer working from home, I feel more productive, and not commuting for three hours everyday feels like a wonderful thing because I don't lose evenings to exhaustion. At present, given that my brain weasels have been not only playing up, but dancing a damn conga in my head recently (I'm hoping to start counselling soon), I really feel I need to find a job much closer to home if only for my own health. I imagine a lot of people feel the same way, if only because a lot of us who have been able to work remotely during this period must be feeling that all the time we were told tha...