Now that my kids are in school, some people ask when I plan to return to work.

Huh? I work at home I remind them. But I can see in their eyes, they don’t think it’s “real” work. Nevermind that I telecommute in a job that builds families (adoption work) or that my work-at-home experience landed me a book deal.

Some people think that if you don’t get up, get dressed and commute to an office, its not real work. But I think that people who do that are are missing some really important benefits that come with working at home. Here are my top 10 reasons why everyone should work from home.

1) Its cheaper than going to an office. For many years I earned less working from home, but had more money!

2) There are tax advantages.

3) You don’t have to wear pantyhose or a tie.

4) You can work where you want often when you want.

5) You can more easily avoid office conflicts.

6) You can get more done in less time thereby working less hours.

7) You can listen to any music you want to, not just what is piped in.

You can sleep when you’d normally be commuting.

9) You can take a nap during the day.

10)  You can do the work that brings you joy, nurtures or spirit, or at least pays you what you’re worth!

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I’ve been posting work-at-home jobs online since 1998. Over the years I’ve seen work-at-home and general job databases come and go. Some are still around, but just aren’t as good anymore. I do try to keep up-to-date, but its difficult to keep up with them all.

Recently I started getting some complaints about GoFreelance (Freelance Work Exchange). Because my credibility is on the line, I had to check it out. When I first tested the database, it was a solid, albeit expensive work-at-home job database. The cost is still $2.95 for a trial membership and $39.95 per month after that.

Imagine my surprise and disappointment when I visited yesterday. The cost is the same, but there are just a handful of jobs. I know of free work-at-home job websites with more work-at-home jobs posted! Below the job listings were other work-at-home options that weren’t jobs, but ads or affiliate links to other work-at-home programs. This isn’t bad necessarily, but why charge to access a nearly non-existant job database to then be sold other work-at-home programs?

I’m disapointed and I’ll admit its partly because GoFreelance has a very good affiliate program. However, I cannot in good conscience continue to promote it. I’m also upset because removing the link from my website pages will be a long and tedious task.

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