Ep 38: The Energy Cost of Having a Social Life After Work

Coming Home to Her · Sep 17, 2026 · 10m

Yesterday I started work at 7:30am. A friend invited me to a vineyard for sunset dinner after work. My first instinct was absolutely not.

I went anyway. It was one of the nicest things I'd done all week.

In this episode I'm talking about the very real tension between wanting to decompress after work and still wanting to have a life. Especially when you're in a new job, working fully remote, and your brain is completely fried by 5:30pm.

We get into the difference between physical tired and mental tired, why FOMO and ROMO are both real, and how you actually have more control over your evenings…