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For me, being stuck inside with COVID made me stay at a job longer than I would have, because I'm stuck inside, might as well make money. Taking a sabbatical during covid lockdowns feels pretty sucky and even more isolating.

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I think the american paradigm of "going out on your own" at 18 and not starting a family until you have had a career is what fuels this psychological damage. Immigrant types with big families seemed to not have this problem and are ok with whatever allows them full wfh. Myself, I never once lamented the lack of physical interaction in the office; it was a burden precisely because my full religious/family support group was always accessible even under maximum lockdown conditions.

… immigrant types? What “type” is an immigrant? Not all immigrants have “big families”.

Not to mention that our extended families are in the opposite side of the world, so we hardly ever see them.

It's an optics issue. Immigrants will come often come with family in tow and often live together.

Compared to American families which are spread out with usually only the immediate family living together.

So it just looks like they have bigger families- but of course it's usually quite the opposite, they are just new to the country.

Not everyone has the luxury of a supportive family or a religious group that’s willing to risk its members by ignoring quarantine.

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