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Facing Zoom Fatigue
Facing Zoom Fatigue

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Building a New Normal
Understanding Where Energy Comes From
I posed this question to a colleague who specializes in Co-Parenting counseling, Jordana Wolfson. A social worker, Jordana explained that it takes a lot of energy to participate in virtual meetings because we cannot pull energy from others in the room.
People-to-people interactions have an energy that we miss when we sit alone at the dining room table. That’s why co-working spaces like WeWork became so popular.
Millennials and Gen Z professionals were already comfortable working remotely. They were good at staying connected with friends across the country via video chat. Professionals of a certain age (like me!) did not grow up with this.
Drained by Zoom fatigue, we are realizing just how much energy we draw from being in the same space as others.

Jordana Wolfson, social worker
Co-Parenting Solutions LLC
Will This Be Our New Normal?
This may be a new face of work going forward, even after the pandemic ends. But we must find ways to fuel daily energy without depending on others in the room.
Maybe the new normal will be more about balance – finding a balance between working from home and being at the office, spending time with family and friends versus being a workaholic, eating out vs. eating at home.
Perhaps we’ll be more selective with how we choose to spend our time, drawing energy less from the work day and more from life itself.
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