Not sure if anyone else lives like this, but this is basically my life in LA right now.
I work remote in IT, so most days I’m just at home coding, gaming, or watching random stuff.
Some days feel super productive.
Other days, I barely leave my apartment..
Living in Koreatown actually fits this lifestyle pretty well though.
Everything is close, food is always available (even late), and I don’t really need to plan much. If I get bored, I just walk outside and grab something. At the same time, it can feel a bit repetitive.
Work → screen → food → screen → sleep
I think the biggest challenge for me is balance.
It’s easy to stay inside all day, especially working remote.
Curious if anyone else is in a similar situation?
Working remotely in LA or just spending a lot of time at home. How do you deal with it? I am 27 now and sometimes I feel like I’m just letting time pass instead of building something real. Most of my social contacts are other gamers on Twitch or Discord.
Anyways, I will share more updates periodically. I will eventually break this cycle.
I also worked remote and it’s crazy how fast days just blur together if you don’t actively break the routine. Like.. you think, “I’ will go out later,” and suddenly it’s midnight again.
One thing that helped me a bit was forcing small habits, even just going out for a 20–30 minute walk or grabbing coffee somewhere instead of staying inside all day. Doesn’t fix everything, but it breaks that loop a little.
K-Town is actually pretty good for that since everything’s so close. Gladly, the same accounts for my WeHo area.
Are you actually trying to break that cycle right now?
Still working remote in Koreatown, trying to break the cycle.
A few months ago I posted about my daily life here in Koreatown: work → screen → food → screen → sleep. Not much has changed, but I’m trying.
I’m still working remote in IT, still gaming a lot, and still living in the same apartment. The convenience of Koreatown is both the best and worst part. I can walk downstairs at 1 a.m. and get food in five minutes, which makes it way too easy to never leave.
This week I forced myself to go outside a bit more. Took a couple of walks around the neighborhood after work, grabbed coffee instead of ordering, and even sat in a park for 20 minutes without my phone. It felt weird at first. I’m almost 28 now and somehow still figuring out how to structure days when no one is telling me when to stop working or when to go outside.
The biggest difference so far is that the days feel a little less identical. Still a lot of screen time, still a lot of gaming with the same Discord people, but at least I’m not completely stuck in the same loop every single day.
Curious if other remote workers in LA (especially in denser neighborhoods like Koreatown or downtown) deal with the same thing. How do you force yourself to leave the apartment when everything you need is right downstairs?
I’ll keep posting updates over time. Little progress is still progress.
I have the same patterns here and there. I keep ordering food while working from home. Sometimes I don’t leave my apartment for days. The thing is I got a nice balcony and rooftop terrace, so it doesn’t even feel like being stuck in one place, but maybe that’s also bad..
No updates for now. I had some weekend plans. They were canceled because a friend got sick. I ended up playing World of Warcraft for 2 nights straight.
I finally went on a date last night and I think it went well.. at least for my standards. She is a Japanese exchange student.. three years younger and also into gaming. We exchanged Instagram and WeChat. No second date is scheduled, but I already talked to her on Discord as soon as I woke up.
The one thing I like most about her is that she is a better gamer than I am.
Let's see where this goes, but I am feeling hyped. ヘ(^ ^ヘ)
