Being a Mom, working at home has a great advantages. Let me share to you why working at home is a good thing. Here’s a summary of those benefits:
First, you relieve yourself of the burden of commuting. This means you
won’t waste time traveling, getting up early in the morning to catch the bus,
getting bitten by the neighbor’s dog while crossing the street, bending your body like a contortionist to
fit into the jam-packed MRT/LRT, waiting for the heavy traffic to subside or spend
half a day finding a good parking space.
Keep in mind that the average commuting time to work is about 30 to 45
minutes. Sometimes this can take 90 minutes or longer if Godzilla is in the
middle of the road or there’s a huge crater from a meteor that fell to earth.
Multiply that number by two to get back home and you’ll discover that you have
spent about 10 percent of your day just to get to the office. If you work at
home, you save time, can sleep longer in the morning, and can attend to other
activities in the evening. Like spending more time with your family just like us.
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Since you do away with commuting if you work at home, you save money on
transportation. You save on parking fees, gas, vehicle maintenance, bus and
MRT/LRT fees, and insurance expenses to name a few. In fact, you may not even
need a car at all. In effect, you save more from your monthly pay. Simply not taking
the bus or MRT/LRt will slash 10%-20% per month from your transportation
allowance. You also make the world a better place since you don’t contribute to
pollution.
Another benefit of working at home is you save money on lunches and
shopping. Food expenses can eat up a big chunk of your budget when you’re
working in the office. Since it’s not always feasible to bring a packed lunch
everyday, your next recourse is to eat out and that’s when you get robbed
everyday! To make matters worse, after eating outside, you look around and
visit stores and boutiques during breaks. This means you’re more likely to
spend money on impulse buying - something that won’t happen if you’re working
from home.
I agree with you on those 2 points but for me being with my youngest is the best reason. I don't miss any moments and I'm here for him all the time.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I'm a proud work at home mom, too. And I'm planning to stay this way forever. :)
ReplyDeleteSurely there are lots of benefits of working at home... unfortunately I don't think it's for everybody. I for one already tried this but I don't have the proper time management skills and the discipline needed for such an extraordinary task of balancing everything. So kudos to all those who can achieve it. :D
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything you wrote here. For me, the best part of being a WAHM is the flexible time and location!
ReplyDeletei so agree on your point of too much expense when working in the corporate world.. however, being a WAHM is not yet feasible for me at this stage... :(
ReplyDeleteI miss my old job because I miss the perks of working there.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! You don't need to commute nor spend too much on food and shopping. I dread commuting because my daily route and bus stop is not safe and I always had to commute in the wee hours of the night.
ReplyDeleteI really wish I could do wfh always. We do have it pero on special circumstances lang. I super agree dun sa commute. I wish I am a rich mummy with driver, para atleast makapagblog manlang sa car while travelling to and from work no? Kaso hindi! Grabe ang public transport, nakakaiyak. :(
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