3 Years of Remote Work

&gt;&quot;77 meetings between 1 and 6am&quot; statistic, and I could see the look of shock in their faces. Did they assume I was just working 9-5 and not making an effort to accommodate other timezones?<p>I&#x27;ve remote for most part for over 10 years; fully remote since 2019. I&#x27;ve always worked with a big timezone gap. This is not sustainable - I&#x27;ve played the whole &quot;change my sleep cycle&quot; game and it just does not work either in terms of health or time with family.<p>Most of the time it is worth it to push back and get meetings moved. If someone is being consistently unreasonable, then escalating to the next level may be the answer.

No mention of loneliness? There are times when I end up going days without seeing another human soul. You don’t always notice it until you start disassociating and reflect. I try to go out to buy lunch just to see people.

&quot;Staying motivated. I found keeping a daily log of what I accomplished works best (I&#x27;ve done this for over a decade). If one day my entry looks soft, I try to do more on the next.&quot; - Brilliant idea. I find this works too, yet I never read any &quot;motivation&#x2F; efficiency experts&quot; mention this.

The actual title is better:<p>&gt; 3 Years of Extremely Remote Work

You do you obviously, but in my opinion this is a mistake. You sacrifice a lot of personal time and your health for a work that: a. Could accommodate better time for meetings b. Cares absolutely nothing about you<p>I am working remote for about 10 years now. I had zero meetings after 8pm and I work with 8h diff from the US where my company is.<p>Having stomach issues after meetings for an extended period (even for short periods) is clearly not normal. Anxiety is a good guess or just plain exhaustion. All the &quot;fake it until you make it&quot; and &quot;do the crunch now rest later&quot; BS is just that. BS. Take it easy, your body will be grateful for it.<p>I just had an ex-colleague pass away at the age of 40 last week due to a heart attack. He was a gym going dude with good health even. He was not the only one in my 20 years career, just the last one. It never worth it.

I love the photo... what appears to be a Commodore C64C given permanent desk space off to the right, the familiar Stewart Calculus textbook sitting on the shelf...

He seem to not realize the damage yet