It’s Friday night and your friends want to have a “Zoom party.” You’re stuck at home and have no other plans, but between work and family, you’ve had a long week of video calls.
A few weeks into coronavirus stay-at-home measures, you would have gladly said yes, except now the novelty of socializing on camera has worn off.
If this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing videoconferencing fatigue. “You really do need that downtime to rejuvenate after being online all day for work, and having activities in the evening that allow you to disconnect are really crucial,” said Brea Giffin, director of wellness at Sprout, a workplace health organization. “We’re not getting as much of that anymore.” As the coronavirus pandemic continues and more