impRAWvise 

I absolutely love working from home. I remember the times when I was envisioning getting a job that would allow this to happen and how happy and fulfilled I would be by having this into my life. Then Covid came and at first it did not seem like such a party, as I envisioned it initially, but that was not because of the work from home itself, but instead of what it actually brought. I have been working from home for the past two years, and for me this has been a true blessing, but at first it was kind of hard to enjoy it because the company that I was working at at that time, so basically spring – autumn 2020 was having some pretty big challenges adapting to the pandemic situation. It did not end well. The company went into insolvency and we were all left out behind trying to get a new job. Because of that, I have not been able to really enjoy the first 6 months of work from home, because it basically meant for me loosing my safety and stability and it pretty much led to changes on all levels of life: job, home, health, relationships and so on. Hopefully I did manage to get a new job, a new place to live, a new home, reastablish a newfound sense of health and wellbeing and also in terms of relationships embrace the moment and let go of what doesn`t serve me anymore. But, when it comes to the actual experience of working from home at my current job, which I have since end of 2020, its been and it is a continuos blessing. I just love it, I love the sense of trust and support that the company offers its emplyees, I feel heard and appreciated and I have all the liberty that I have been always dreaming of, while also loving my job and having a wonderful and productive workflow and a good communication with my colleagues on a day to day basis. I am really excited for it as a wonderful opportunity to have both the freedom and independence that I love so much, while also having the security and safety that normaly come with a stable, trusting job.

Lately, there has been a new experience waiting to emerge, it has been planned, discussed, re-discussed again and again and then it finally took place. The experience that I am talking about is, of course, as the restrictions from Covid went down in the last 2 months, going back to the office, or to better reflect the experience of most of us at this moment, simply going to the office, since many people have experienced a change in their job duties and may have not actually gone through working from the office from this new job that they got during Covid. Even though we might have some experience with working from the office from a previous job, it is still a new thing, a unique journey, a new experience. For me personally it triggered some panic and anxiety in a very interesting way, even though I cleared out for myself my main concerns food, office benefits, transportation, it still felt somehow triggering. I realized then that I was just reactivating within myself past memories, I was projecting something from the past into something that have not even come yet. As soon as I released those projections and I consciously took some time to simply acknowledge my feelings and emotions I felt so much ease, and I even realized that in fact I was quite excited about this new experience. Of course, by embracing this state of mind, allowing my self to feel my feeling and stay in tune with my inner guidance, I have come to realize that in fact going to the office has been a pleasant and satisfying experience. Getting in touch with my colleagues, experiencing working from the company`s campus, even adapting to the other daily patterns changes such as food and transportation has been somehow a revigorating experience, an interesting journey of acknowleging that in fact, yes, this too can be a meaningful and wonderful experience. Well, of course, at the end of the day, my favorite way of working remains work from home, but I guess that a couple of days per month to work from the office can also bring some beautiful insights and life experiences into the big picture too.