Why You’re Experiencing Zoom Fatigue
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Julia Austin
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All that eye contact
There’s another thing that happens when you take meetings in person: it’s understood that your eyes may wander. There isn’t some central focal point where you’re expected to look the entire time. You may glance out the window or take some notes. But on Zoom, there is this pressure to look at the screen the entire time, for fear that, if you don’t, you’ll be accused of not being present. So that means you’re making a lot of eye contact – more than feels comfortable for most humans.
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