Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

So when you think back to your days of being quarantined or even when you're working from home, your brain needs compartmentalization.

It preserves your prefrontal cortex and increases your productivity, believe it or not.

So think back pre-pandemic when very few people were working from home.

You would go to your office and then you would come home and the commute serves two roles.

Fake commute is what I do.

So first, just getting you from point A to point B, but it also serves a psychological role.

So, you know, I really suggest it.

So when you think back to your days of being quarantined or even when you're working from home, your brain needs compartmentalization.

It gets you out of home mode into work mode.

So now that 80 plus percent of people commute

They prefer hybrid work.

So think back pre-pandemic when very few people were working from home.

That's the new model.

The future of work is hybrid.

And that's a wonderful thing.

You would go to your office and then you would come home and the commute serves two roles.

It helps with stress and burnout.

It increases your autonomy and productivity and lots of things, but you are losing your commute, your everyday commute.

So first, just getting you from point A to point B, but it also serves a psychological role.

So how can you keep that brain compartmentalization with the commute, but also have all of the benefits of hybrid work?