When Arielle Patrick, the chief communications officer at Ariel Investments, began working from home in early 2020 she discovered an appreciation for basic staples. “Before the pandemic, I aimed to wear a different outfit every day,” she says. “Now, I don’t have the time for outfit decision-making because work is ten times more demanding than it ever was. I guess you could call that ‘decision fatigue.’’’ With the ongoing complications of the pandemic and its attending variants, the return to work looks different for everyone. Some are back to their offices, others are settling in for the latest era of working from home, and others are juggling some combination of…