The Beauty of Working from Home

Michele over at Writing the Cyber Highway has taken on a meme about why she loves writing from home. And I just couldn't resist.

For me, the joys of working from home include:

* Not having to commute. No stuffy, jostling transit, no soggy sidewalks, no getting up 2 hours before actually I have to be at my desk, and no 2 hours tacked onto the end of the work day before I reach home.

* Getting to see my guy. We both work from home, and everyone we know gingerly asks, "Don't you ever get sick of one another?" Nope. When we both worked out of the home, we had a full 3 waking hours on the average day to spend with one another. Now, we go for lunch, make dinner together, share the housework, go to the beach when everyone else is inside--it's grand.

* Going to the gym regularly. I tried the whole going-to-the-gym-before-work-and-on-weekends thing. I tried--and failed--more times than I care to count. Now, I'm in better shape than I have been in years, because I have the time to hit the gym in late morning, Monday to Friday, and I work around it.

* Not having to take sick days. I suppose the average person would read that and rub their eyes and read it again, but I've had to take a lot of days off of work in the past due to illnesses, and I always felt a combination of guilt at missing work, and frustration at knowing it was just piling up and waiting for me to return. Now that I work on the couch, I can work even when I'm not feeling up to snuff.

* Eating healthily. No anemic sandwiches, no food court Chinese, no pastries for breakfast. Just good, hot, fresh meals. I likes me food.

* Enjoying my balcony. With an 11th floor balcony overlooking the Strait of Georgia, who the heck wouldn't want to work from home? I've gussied up the balcony this year with tonnes of flowers and plants, and it's as close to an oasis/office one can get.

What about you? Leave a comment here or check out Michele's post and leave a link to your own blog post on why working from home rocks the Casbah.