Cliff and Locke to a certain extent pretty much nailed it.
I never worked from home before until a few years after the pandemic. Right now I am in a hybrid environment, and I realized between April and May I didn't go in once and it was wearing on me. June and July I went in a bit more and you noticed a difference. August/September I never went in once again and yesterday I was like F it to go in and was excited and my computer crapped out on me.
When you work in a office setting, you are out of the house interacting with people. My previous job was a lot better because I would always be talking and stuff with people, the new office is a weird set up, but you still get the interactions.
The biggest drawback to going in more often is the distance and cost of gas. I think that has played a part in things as well, and a lot of people just don't want to do much anymore. Our roads are jampacked with awful drivers, and it just takes longer to get to places.
When you go into work you are out of the house, feels like you are doing something even if its work. When you WFH you are basically home 24/7 and living like a hermit almost.
The pandemic and all the isolation is going to have a massive impact on people, especially gen z and millennials. It already is, I find a lot less people want to do things now. When you do finally do things, while you enjoy the moments things just don't feel the same like it did before covid. I was listening to a podcast and someone posted that question. Like we still go out an do things, but the feeling just isn't the same. I felt like that going to the gym.
I used to text just to ask questions, quick chat here and there and when you meet up you have conversations etc. Now its the complete opposite, all conversation are through texting, hardly doing stuff, and keeping a conversation going through text is hard especially if you had kids and stuff happening it just dies off.
Doing the right thing during covid always felt great, but if you are not feeling the long lasting physical impact of being sick, you are probably struggling with the mental aspect after all that isolating, etc.
And yeah the weather change always sucks pre and post covid lol.
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