Ask HN: Will Corona change your life even after the pandemic?

I don’t think I’ll ever go back to spending 37(work) + 15 (commute) hours on work again. Either I’ll work shorter days or I’ll work closer to home. I know I’m privileged in that I can chose between both, but the extra time we’ve had as a family has been worth so much.

I also don’t think I’ll ever want a job where I have as many meaningless meetings as I did pre-lockdown.

I’ll likely never wear a suit to work again.

I’m going to stop participating in national strategies and networks, and stop speaking at conventions unless I actually really, really care about the subject. I don’t think I realised just how little I actually cared about the lamp light and feeling important, or how much stress it involved, before it all stopped and I didn’t miss it one bit.

I hope it will make me more grateful for the simple pleasures -- e.g. drinking coffee at a coffee shop without being scared. And more inclined to get out of my house and spend time with others.

At the very least, it will have these effects in the short term. When the pandemic lifts, it seems like a particularly good opportunity to meet people, to try something new. A lot of people will be in a good mood.

Hopefully I'll succeed in making something of the opportunity.

I think everyone will be affected. At the very least, one has to face possible infection or an annual vaccination. Which are both options/actions that didn't exist previously.

work life? doubtful. every manager praising the success of "work from home" will make an abrupt about face a month after vaccinations begin.

welcome back to the office. now get back in your cube.