I've mentioned before that there are definitely some challenges associated with remote working. There are times when the four walls feel like they're closing in. Right now, the only thing I do to really mitigate this is go out for lunch, which is probably not the best plan in terms of looking out for my health. Don't get me wrong, there are a great many advantages to this arrangement, not the least of which are the ability to poo on your own toilet, see your family at lunch, not risk getting killed in rush hour traffic, etc.
But I'm learning to deal with the quasi-isolation by looking for more opportunities to do stuff when I'm not in that room. The weekly tennis lessons are a step in the right direction, and I'm hoping to add a second weekly session, damn the expense. Improving weather and a later sunset also get me outside more often, with occasional walks with the little guy. More than anything, I'm starting to wake up to see the things that I'm passionate about again, in a way that I haven't in some time.
One of the things that I keep coming back to is prioritization. The day has a finite number of hours, and that will never change. There are a lot of things I enjoy doing, things I want to do more of, things that I want to do less of. I'm trying to sit and do nothing less in my free time, which is hard because I'm definitely a man of leisure. Not leisure as in hiking, but leisure as in sitting on my ass. I'm trying to better understand the things that motivate me, and get that motivation in place.
It's funny how ten years ago I'd keep telling myself that it was important to balance out your life with different things that made you whole. Older and wi-... uh... older, now I think that it's more a matter of prioritizing things and looking for the reward of the moment. Feeling whole is a real-time experience. As the cliche goes, the journey is the reward.
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