One of the attractions for me of doing contracting, telecommuting and/or startup work is the greater freedom to work from home or wherever, untethered, and havi

One of the attractions for me of doing contracting, telecommuting and/or startup work is the greater freedom to work from home or wherever, untethered, and having a zero-commute job. It's a great lifestyle. I figure if I can get my total weekday required commute down from say 2 hours to 0-0.25 hours I save roughly 500 hours a year. All of which become hours spent on things which give me a better quality of life (more sleep, more exercise, more meditation, more relaxation, more friend time, family time, etc.) I hope an increasing percentage of folks do it in the future, because I truly think it will help make the world a better place, especially through the indirect benefits of reduced traffic, reduced pollution, reduced vehicle accidents, fossil fuel consumption, miles-o-asphalt-culture, etc.