At a recent dinner party, I showed some friends the second bedroom that I had outfitted as an office, complete with desk, computer, speaker phone, file cabinets and bookshelf. Everyone expressed envy at my ability to spend part of my week doing my work out of my home, my cat curled up on my lap, the radio tuned to my favorite station. One friend mentioned that she was burning out on her administrative job wanted set out on her own. Another friend explained that he wanted to work from home so he could spend more time with his children.

I tried to disavow them of their notions of the sheer unending joy of working from home. I cautioned that they'd need to exhibit self-disciplined, and require periods of uninterrupted work time and an office chair with lumbar support. I explained that they'd have to draw a clear line of demarcation between work time and down time. They gazed at me in wonder, asking me if I managed to accomplish all that. Well, I sometimes throw a load...

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