Three Pros and Cons to Working from Home

Bonita Jewel, MFA
7 min readOct 18, 2021
Photo by Matthew Henry from Burst

Yesterday, I posted a self-discovery quiz to help you decide whether working from home is the right option for you.

In short, a work-from-home career is a great option for self-starters and those who have natural drive and initiative (or those to force themselves to get the job done whether they feel like it or not).

There are also a number of pros and cons to consider regarding the reality of working from home, specifically as an independent or freelance worker, which is not the same as working remotely.

Lots of people got a taste of remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic and plenty of them loved the change, so much so that they don’t want to go back to the same old, same old.

They want a new normal when it comes to their approach to work.

If that is you, this list of pros and cons to working from home will help you in deciding whether a freelance career is a good option for you.

Some of these points could actually be considered both pros and cons, depending on how you look at it.

Others clearly fall under one category or the other.

For starters …

Here are Three Advantages to Working from Home

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Bonita Jewel, MFA
Bonita Jewel, MFA

Written by Bonita Jewel, MFA

Word Weaver. Story Seeker. Editor. Lifelong Learner.

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