I went about 6 months of finding work a real chore and was beginning to dread every day, 45 minute commute both ways in car when I would have preferred to cycle or walk the 10 miles. I was suffering with chronic sciatica and neck pain and dreaded having to sit down all day. I was fortunate that my work got me a standing desk in the office and physio which helped significantly. Then covid came and I’ve now got my home office with standing desk and I’ve never been happier, do miss my daily walk and football chats with a good friend but he also works from home now ten miles in opposition direction. I like the challenge of the work, some days are more exciting than others and often get complex problems to solve which is great. All that said, if I was to come into a life changing amount of money I’d relocate and wouldn’t be tied to a daily working routine, would have freedom to travel more (difficult with young kids) and travel home and away on my own terms, probably less overnight megabus journeys. To keep me mentally stimulated I’d like to get into statistical data analysis/ football scouting and do kids coaching, I love football as that’s where my heart is.
