Before I started working remotely, work felt rigid. I was never drastically late, but I was almost always five or ten minutes behind. I’d walk in already feeling behind, already feeling drained, already thinking, I don’t want to be here right now. I said that phrase out loud more times than I can count. It became part of my vocabulary, part of my attitude, part of how I moved through the day. Work followed me home, too. Even when I wasn’t physically at work, I was mentally st