Thoughts on Working from Home (Part 4) – Isolation & Anxiety

By John Packard, President & CEO, Steel Market Update

Even though I have worked from my home office for more than 20 years, the last month “feels” different. More accurately, I do not feel as connected with the normal world as I have been in the past. The reality of being confined to a limited space, having to be concerned about grocery shopping or running “essential” errands, having limited one-on-one contact with family and friends, living with interruptions of my normal daily or weekly routine (such as no longer being able to workout out at my local gym) and the blare of the non-stop negative media reports are all starting to have an impact on my health and well-being.