I heard this in a podcast recently about people's perceptions of the pandemic driven work from home situation. Some folks we're saying they missed the "commute". The hosts argued that they probably didn't miss cramming into a subway, being stuck for an hour in stop-and-go traffic, or being stranded out in the rain. That feeling they were missing were just those clear points of delineation between on and off work. Also that it did involve a clear amount of time set aside that was not work or open, free time.

That point and one about how a pandemic caused, mandatory work from home scenario where many other amenities around home were not available is a really weird situation stuck with me most. In particular keeping in mind that we can ameliorate many of people's least favorite parts going forward.