If you have dreamed of the opportunity to work at home, you probably don’t need any prompting to list many advantages to making a career change. Nowadays, with the ability to transfer almost any type of media over the Internet, it really makes a lot of sense to switch to telecommuting or better yet, starting your own home based business. If you’ve never thought about moving out on your own and being an entrepreneur, here are a few advantages you might find if you decide to make the switch to being self-employed.

No more commutes

People who live in the suburbs today are often spending as much as three to four hours daily just getting back and forth to work. (Read the full post about ‘Work at Home - The Key Benefits That Are Irresistible’…)

Back in the early 1970’s I learned a lesson about depth during the “String Art” craze. It was so popular it was actually being taught in schools. Basically put; you created geometric shapes, placed a certain number of points on those shapes, and connected those points with different colors of thread. The end result looked like a “Spirograph” drawing (another 70’s classic), but these were more 3-dimensional.

When I first learned this, the school had us poking holes in poster board and then stringing it. My family regularly attended arts and crafts shows. We started doing something similar by using wood covered with felt, then using ½ inch nails in place of the holes. (Read the full post about ‘Photography Life Lessons - Back in the Zone’…)