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In reply to the discussion: Is anybody else still struggling with the fact that this is *real*? [View all]flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)I've been a teleworker for years, part of a virtual team spread across the country. I interact with colleagues all day long, and literally everyone continues to do their jobs and act like total professionals, as if nothing catastrophic were happening. The sense of normalcy is at once comforting and disconcerting; I find myself sometimes wondering if I am weak or overreacting. Because no one mentions breaking down and crying now and then. I don't mention it either, but it happens.
So far though, most of what I feel is gratitude. For my job, my family, and for the decisions I made in the past few years (like trips we took that seemed extravagant at the time). I'm glad for the times I listened to the voice that said "you only live once".