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How Remote Work Changed Our Lives — and Our Health

Mixed up work schedule, missing out on workouts and feeling like it's all running together? Yeah, you're not alone.

By Leslie Nemo
Apr 3, 2021 9:00 PMApr 12, 2021 3:06 PM
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Even if people wanted to work entirely from home before the pandemic began, their year of telecommuting probably didn’t start the way they had envisioned it — stripped of child care while avoiding contact with people outside their bubble, all in the effort to dodge a novel coronavirus.

Welcome or not, the remote workforce had to adjust, maybe watch their physical and mental health change in the process, and possibly find themselves in scenarios they would like to keep going long after their office buildings officially reopen.

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