| There are many advantages for people who want to | | | | For some this is much more than a year's salary. |
| work from home instead of going into the office | | | | Many people working at home will tell you that the |
| every day. Whether you are operating your own | | | | cost of clothing and other supporting items is not |
| business from your home or simply have moved your | | | | nearly what you need to have for being in the office. |
| office from your companies building to your home, | | | | Depending on your clothing habits, significant savings |
| there are interesting advantages that many people | | | | can be found in this area as well. |
| find. This article will discuss a few of these | | | | Many people love the flexibility of being able to work |
| advantages for people who have taken the work at | | | | at home and maintain their own hours. There is time |
| home approach. | | | | for the kids in the morning and at night when they |
| As an employee, the majority of people are required | | | | return from school and they find time to complete |
| to travel from their homes everyday to their place | | | | their work after the kids have gone off to bed. |
| of work. They will use their own transportation or | | | | One of the other advantages that many people |
| public transport and spend a great deal of time over | | | | emphasize is the increased degree of freedom they |
| the years just getting to and from work everyday. | | | | have to keep their own schedule and deal with |
| Even if you have a short commute of 15 minutes, | | | | personal business as well as your work. However |
| you will spend two and a half hours every day going | | | | while this is an advantage, workers routinely find |
| to and from work and the inherent cost associated | | | | themselves putting in more hours that they would |
| with your travel. That's 125 days over your career | | | | have had they been at the office downtown. Their |
| assuming 200 workdays a year and 30 years of | | | | work at home office is only a few steps away and |
| employment. Most people spend much more than 15 | | | | many will find that a 15 minute look at their email |
| minutes, in fact a 1-hour commute is not uncommon | | | | turns into an hour or more before they even realize |
| and that translates to over one year of your life just | | | | that they have spent the time. |
| getting to and from work! | | | | Discipline is a major requirement for most people who |
| Next we can add the cost of transportation, lunch, | | | | plan to work at home. Discipline to complete your |
| snacks, and coffee. At a relatively small amount of | | | | work on time and discipline to avoid spending too |
| $10 a day for all of the above, this can translate into | | | | many hours at your work at home activities. |
| $60,000 dollars over your working life of 30 years. | | | | |