Remote work has been the best thing for me as a parent but the worst as a person

Working from home blurs the boundaries between "employee" and "mom."

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• At first, remote work gave me an amazing gift: more time with my kid.
• After several months, though, I felt something unexpected: a loss of self.
• My home had turned into a never-ending workplace, and I'd become its most overworked employee.

Before remote work, my days were a blur of day care drop-offs, traffic jams, hastily packed lunches, and a mad dash home to cook dinner before bedtime routines.