Feeling unstimulated doing remote work after 6 years – but scared finding a RTO job is not what I need. How to fall back in love with remote work?

Wondering if anyone can sympathise with this – I’ve done the same software dev job fully remote for 6 years. There are decent hours (no late nights or weekends), the work is fairly predictable, I am paid a reasonable amount but I could earn 25% more if I get an office job as I’m in a high cost of living area.

Getting another full remote job isn’t so easy so if I want that I should stay where I am.

All is good on paper – but I’m bored and unstimulated, and concerned I’m not growing. I am longing for networking in person and a spring in my step again, that I’ve lost from my routine. This is the longest I’ve ever been in any job and I am mostly interested in the remoteness of it than the actual job these days.

I’m looking at RTO jobs again but I know when I did work in an office I absolutely hated it. I felt chained to my desk, I have ADHD and get too distracted by others around me, I felt having to put on a ‘work mask’ and act like a professional all day long very tiring. I really don’t love the office but I’ve been remote so long I miss it a bit.

Those who’ve been remote working for a long time – have you had moments where you think you need something else? How did you fall back in love with it? How to deal with the ‘golden chains’ of having the right sort of remote job keeping you in a position perhaps longer than you should?