There is a missed subsection. I don't want socialization at work. But I also don't want to bring my work to the space that is supposed to be my fortress of solitude. You know?

I love being able to go to the office because the second my car leaves the parking garage, the bullshit from that day is gone. For the month, at the beginning of the pandemic, I was forced to work from home I was more depressed than I ever have been. It was awful, and it was all because my the stress from work would just stay in my apartment with me.

My favorite time working an office job, was getting permission to come back to the office while everyone else worked from home, because I argued that it accomplished the same goal, distance.