10. No Commute
You don’t have to wake up an hour earlier, rush out the door and then squish yourself into an over-crowded bus/train, or sit half-asleep in traffic.
No crowds/excessive noise right when you wake up and there’s no mad-dash to get home at the end of the day, where you do that entire process in reverse, because you’re already home!
9. You Save Money!
That’s right, working from home can actually save you money. You don’t need to pay for as much gas or a public transit pass and, you’re less likely to feel the itch to exit the office for a breather since you’re, y’know, not actually in the office – which means you’re less likely to hit up the vending machines in the hall and/or run out and buy lunch or a coffee.
If you’re hungry throughout the day, you can just raid your own kitchen and make your coffee at home.
8. No Dress Code
Uncomfortable shirts? Poke-y underwire bra? Slacks that are a little too tight around the middle? Those are all problems of the past! Now, you can roll out of bed and work in your pj’s/sweats, if you so choose.
Even if your job requires you to be on-camera for a portion of your shift, you can still where whatever you want out-of-frame. And, you can rip it off and swap it for comfier clothing the second that part of your day is over, instead of having to keep it on longer because you have to commute home.
7. No Annoying Co-Workers
Stealing your lunch from the break room fridge? Stinking up the communal bathroom? Getting roped into unnecessary water-cooler talk?
All problems of the past now that you’re working from home!
Sure, you might still have to listen to them during calls, or internal IM messages, but one good thing about this is that you can either ignore their message completely until you’re ready to deal with their bullshit, and/or, mute/lower their volume in a call if they’re truly grating on you.
Just be sure you don’t miss if they say anything actually work-related.
6. More Productive Breaks
No need to wait until after work or the weekend to toss a load of clothes in the washing machine, or to wash a few dishes. Already being home means you can easily cross off a few chores from your to-do list – or at least, make a dent in them – while you’re on the clock!
5. Cleaner Bathrooms
Does anyone actually like going to the bathroom in public? I’ve yet to meet someone who does.
Being home means you get the luxury of using your own bathroom the whole day, so you’re arguably more comfortable taking bathroom breaks. Which is great, because having that comfort might also spur you on to stay more hydrated/eat more regularly, since you’re not attempting to avoid food and drink in a bid to escape needing to pee – or otherwise – in public.
4. You Can Work From Anywhere
Depending on what your job actually entails, you can basically work from wherever you want: your bedroom, a park, cafe or even a friend’s couch!
As long as you have internet – and, let’s be honest, almost everywhere a person can go nowadays has internet – you can work to your heart’s content.
Granted, technically this means wouldn’t actually be working from ‘home’, but your boss doesn’t need to know that. If you get your hands on a VPN, you can work from wherever you want without issue.
Just be sure not to get too distracted if you choose to bring your laptop to a beach.
3. Less Sick Days
I know, this one actually sounds bad, but let me explain. When you’re sick, usually, all people want to do is stay curled up in bed until they feel better – working from home allows you to do this!
Sure, you’ll have to get up and grab your laptop, but it sure as hell beats getting all dressed up, commuting to an office where the lights are suddenly too-bright and dealing with overly-chatty coworkers all day.
You still won’t feel like working, but you’ll probably be more likely to rally enough to open your laptop in bed.
2. Less Likely to Get Sick
While we’re on the subject of sickness, working from home means you’ll be less likely to even get sick in the first place!
You won’t be forced to get packed in with a bunch of strangers and all their who-knows-where-they’re-from germs and/or their hygiene standards that might not match your own – if the pandemic taught us anything, it was, unfortunately, that people in general are a lot grosser than we initially thought – which means you’re less likely to pick something up and bring it home.
1. You’ll Be More Productive
Without all the distractions of coworkers, weird building noises, screaming customers and excessive meetings that absolutely could’ve been an e-mail, you might find that you’re better able to focus on the tasks on your to-do list, which means you’ll be able to get them done faster.
Faster task checking-off means you’ll get more done in a day, and getting more done in a day gives you the potential to knock off work earlier than you would if you were sitting in a cubicle in-person.
No one is around to see if you take an extended lunch break, or go sit on your couch to eat dinner at 4pm instead of 5pm – and as long as you got all your work done, nobody will care, either.
You might even find yourself competing with yourself to see how much work you can get done in a shorter amount of time, to give yourself the gift of more relaxing time.
This is something I actually found myself doing at a previous job. The boss loved it because I was seemingly being super-productive, and I loved it because I got so good at out-competing myself, I was eventually only working half days.
The pay decrease stung a little, but I loved clocking in at 9am and being done for the day by 12pm. I used the rest of the day to focus on my passion projects, which meant I was being more productive on two fronts.
You can essentially give yourself the gift of time… how cool is that?
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