Day one after 15 months of working from home. Phew! Working in person is exhausting! Real talk, I felt like I had already put in at least half a day by the time I arrived. And that was simply between getting everything done I needed to before leaving (trash cans, watering the plants, not hitting the snooze button, morning prayer walk and reading my passages for the day), dealing with the crazy drivers and traffic driving to work, and cleaning up the yogurt juice that spilled on my mat driving in. I was ready for a nap at 10:30 am.
I am so lucky and grateful that I even had the opportunity to have the luxury and precaution of working form home during the pandemic. Thanks to a great IT department , supportive company, and being able to even afford internet/etc. I am so glad my family stayed safe during all this time. It is an absolute blessing and privilege that we were able to get vaccinated as people in other countries are having new waves of COVID. I have been thanking God for all those things that were answers to prayers early on.
But it was also such a unique opportunity I am grateful to have had learning about and growing in myself. It felt like every three months there were huge changes and shifts. God was so kind to help hit the "reset" button for me. He introduced me to people and groups at the exact right moment. God used them to call out things in me that I had forgotten were there... things I had let gather dust because they were not appreciated where I was. Things I am good at and actually enjoy. God used them to grow me towards a deeper awareness of my understanding of me, my feelings and emotions. God helped point me back to Him in it all with the reminder that he designed me on purpose with specific gifts and to seek him, not the "American dream" as my guide map for how to use them. They are for His glory, not mine. He has done sooo much work in this time, I am both amazed but see how much I still have to grow.
I think I have learned I thrive working from home. I guess that is a thing? It isn't that I don't like seeing people. I am just way better at keeping myself focused and disciplined on work on my own and developing a healthy balance between work and life as a result. People around me are always going to be distractions- I want to listen to what they are saying... maybe join in... figure out what to join in on and what not to... I built a little community here that I loved. A routine that I loved. On day one I already miss Eddie the mailman... my Dunkin' girls... waving to neighbors on my lunch stroll... seeing out the window what family member is visiting my neighbor...
There are good things no matter where I am. There are opportunities to glorify God. This is a new chance to develop rhythms and patterns that focus around his glory from the get go. I don't know where this is all going... but I just know it was a much bigger shift than I expected! Here we go.
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