Since March 2020, the only thing that has been certain is that we have been living in uncertain times. From the COVID-19 pandemic, protests, remote working, home-schooling kids to participating in Zoom court and everything in between, we have had to pivot, learn new technology, adjust to new work environments, and adapt to new ways of creating boundaries between our personal and professional lives – just to name a few of the ways we have been impacted.
Creating boundaries has been one of the biggest issues for attorneys during the pandemic and transitioning to our “new normal.” While working from home, many attorneys and legal professionals had difficulty creating boundaries and ended up working almost double the hours they normally worked because they did not need to stop work and drive home. For some, the time that you can usually destress and think about something other than work is during the commute to and from work, but that no longer existed.
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