RTO

As planned, I went "back" to the office last week, on Tuesday, so it's now been just over a week of commuting and working in a space that's not my home. "Back" goes in quotes because it's actually not the office where I worked before (same employer, new office), so it feels less like a return and more like starting something entirely new. My previous office was in suburban San Mateo (a suburb about 15 miles south of here); the new space is in downtown Oakland, right on top of a BART station and very near the city government offices. It's an easy transit ride and in the middle of an urban core, which suits me far more the previous set-up. The downside is that almost no one else is there -- right now there are only two other people coming in on a regular basis, so I wonder if we're going to lose this office, too. I hope not, because I do not and have never preferred working from home. But we'll see what happens. I'm less there for the community and more there for the change of scenery, and so far I feel like it's working in terms of letting me leave my work at the office a little more. Whether that translates into feeling more comfortable doing creative work in my home office remains to be seen. Not yet, but it's still early.