I found that the sweet spot is somewhere in between these two extremes.
After a week of working from home, sometimes I found that I hadn’t left the house for anything other than groceries.
In the mornings, I get up and get the kids ready. Then work. Then the kids come home. Family time, dinner and so on. Time to sleep. Rinse, repeat.
So yeah, I find going to the office from time to time refreshing. It helps that my team agreed that office days are for socializing and focused work is not expected.
After a week of working from home, sometimes I found that I hadn’t left the house for anything other than groceries.
In the mornings, I get up and get the kids ready. Then work. Then the kids come home. Family time, dinner and so on. Time to sleep. Rinse, repeat.
So yeah, I find going to the office from time to time refreshing. It helps that my team agreed that office days are for socializing and focused work is not expected.