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Originally Posted by Jessup3D
if I was to subtract the time for the commute to and from work and the time taken for lunches, I'd be home about 10 to 15 extra hours a week
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There's your first mistake. You'd be
working those 'extra' 10 - 15 hours per week. Now, as a freelancer, those extra hours could mean extra money. But not as a salary man. Don't kid yourself. Less commute means more work. My commute is a flight of stairs. I work all the time.
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Originally Posted by Jessup3D
Raising a family in a big city environment is doable, but if there's a way to do the same work in a more rural location that's what I'd rather do.
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There are big cities in Arizona? The grass is always greener somewhere else. You can make the best of whatever you do if you work hard. But work-from-home is no nirvana. How do you know when you
are home? A colleague of mine who has a rendering business pointed out that most of his clients don't even know where he lives. That's amazing to me. EVERY client of mine knows where I live, and although they rarely call me at 2AM, if they do, I feel obligated to take their call. Its because of them that I have a home at all.
I've been looking into working from a non-home studio, probably even as a part of someone else's larger studio. My wife has been supportive of this concept. When I told her I was a really nervous about joining the commuting public, the 'rat race', she simply said "yeah, but when you came home, you'd
be home."