Signs You've "Leaned In" Too Far:
Aug. 16th, 2024 01:37 pm
- Cleaning up the dining area means getting the fast food bags out of the back seat of your car.
- You keep trying to open your front door with the key to the office.
- You think a "half-day" means leaving at 5 o'clock.
- Anything under an hour each way is not a "real" commute.
- Your reason for not staying in touch with family is that they do not use your preferred messaging app.
- You normally eat out of vending machines and at the most expensive restaurant in town within the same week.
- Your grocery list has been on your refrigerator so long some of the products don't exist any more.
- You're using packed moving boxes as furniture.
- You cannot remember the last time someone told you a joke in-person, rather than forwarding you a link.
- When you're at the office, you dream about catching up on sleep. When you sleep, you dream you're at the office.
- Every now and then you remember a friend, and think about reaching out to them when work is not so busy ... only to remember a moment later that you recently went on social media and read that friend's obituary.
Adapted from a similar list I gathered 13 years ago.