Home is where the heart is—and the computer, the fax, scanner, conference phone, answering machine, file cabinets, UPS and FedEx truck… It’s morning in my office and it’s business as usual. The computer is clicking away, the phone is ringing, the daily to-do list sits prominently next to my work area as my assignments pile up. There is a meeting in my office at 10am. Just a typical work day, but I’ve got my pajamas on, the dogs are snoring loudly at my feet, the iPod is singing, and I stop to stretch and gaze out at the frozen pond. I am pretty sure I’ve waited my whole work life for this moment. For someone who commuted almost three hours a day, now I have the perfect commute, and it is right upstairs in my home office.

Working in a home office can be a freeing experience, but what is the driving force behind the growing trend of people working from home? The US Census Bureau finds that the number of self-employed Americans has been rising rapidly for years. With 2,356 Americans deciding to go into business for themselves and the current statistics showing that more than 20 million Americans are self-employed, the trend keeps growing. This also seems in line with what economists have been telling us: that due to job losses, more and more people are choosing to join the working class of the self-employed.

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