Working from home is a lot more common than the average person may think. Working professionals from all arenas have found themselves embracing a new mindset in order to successfully manage their education and careers from afar. The transition to conducting more business through Microsoft, Google, Skype, and Zoom virtual meetings sounds like an amazing opportunity, a lot of people struggle with it. The overexposure to these meetings is having an adverse effect for many people – so what can be done about it?

THE SCIENCE BEHIND “ZOOM FATIGUE”

“Zoom fatigue,” as the phenomenon is commonly dubbed, is affecting workers across the world. When we move our offices to purely digital spheres, we are increasing our daily screen time and sacrificing our personal connections to fellow coworkers. By moving to Zoom virtual meetings we lose non-verbal cues that we rely on for natural, easy interactions with our coworkers. Instead, we’ve replaced them with a virtual medium that eliminates most of those cues, while introducing latency and blurred video to the mix.

When your entire job is performed over Skype, FaceTime, Google Meets, Microsoft Teams, or similar platforms, you are constantly forcing your mind to work at its “normal” meeting capacity while depriving it of the information it needs to do so. This is fine once in a while – certainly video chatting has had a positive impact on our world – but as the months go by, it naturally becomes harder to deal with.

Losing that sense of connection to others can take a toll, but there’s another issue with prolonged at-home working: burnout. Blurring the lines between being at work and being at home can easily lead to working more – answering an email at 8:00pm and 8:00am feel the same if you’re receiving both from your own house. In the meantime, we are also using screens a lot more than before. Consider that most people use their phones, tablets, or TVs for leisure means entire days are filled with constant moving from one screen to the next. This can lead to poorer sleep, strained eyes, and difficulty relaxing.

The Super Patch also offers a unique solution to this phenomenon, in the form of the VibroTactile Technology™ in our Patches. The Patches are designed to use haptic perception to send signals to the brain that promote enhanced focus and decreased stress.

Wearing the Patches while working from home can make it easier to get in the zone and stay there, limiting distractions and enhancing at-home workflow. You can explore our collections here, and learn more about the technology here!

Of course, maintaining a healthy work-at-home lifestyle goes beyond even Vibro Tactile Technology; taking care of yourself is the best thing you can do to overcome fatigue in your many virtual meetings. Increasing bouts of exercise and taking breaks from the screen are a great start.

For us at The Super Patch Company , we want to promote a healthy lifestyle for everyone who is struggling with Zoom fatigue and working from home. Your own health and wellbeing should always be your priority, and that prioritization will go a long way towards helping you get the best out of your day, whether you’re working or taking some much-needed time for yourself.

Get Back In The Zone: We Have A Patch For That