Earth Day!

 Happy Earth Day to all you freelancers out there. It hasn’t escaped me that the best way for me to observe the day would probably be by not doing my job . . . After all, I use a ton of electricity sitting at this computer, not to mention the natural gas to heat the room and the electricity to run the without-a-doubt, absolutely-necessary background music. There’s the paper that will be sacrificed to print out my day’s assignments and the water that I will use if I ever get a chance to make it into the shower today.

Hmm. Somewhere along the line, I think I’d convinced myself that working from home was better for the environment. I guess I’d better start talking myself back into that. Let’s see . . .

Five Reasons Every Day Is Earth Day When You Work From Home

1. No vehicle emissions from driving back and forth to the office.
2. We can actually keep the lights off until nightfall.
3. No one looks at us funny when we print on the back of previously-used paper.
4. No fast food wrappers to be disposed of after ducking out for lunch.
5. We know that the recycling doesn’t just get mixed in with the trash when everyone goes home for the night.

Yeah, I’m feeling a little better about things now.