So you have decided to telecommute, ditch the long commute to work and frenetic, noisy office environment. You’ve set up your home office in your current home, probably in the city where your office is located. Congratulations on a stress-reducing, healthy choice... but why stop there? Have you considered leaving the city, instead live anywhere you want (that has high-speed internet)? Where you have always dreamed of living? Maybe the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains, where you can own the log cabin of your dreams, sip coffee with the sun peaking over the mountaintop, enjoy a picnic lunch on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and gaze at millions of stars in the crystal clear sky? Welcome to the joys of having it all, finding the true meaning of work-life balance.
Benefits of telecommuting from your mountain home
- Enjoy the mountains long before retirement: Most people envision retiring to the mountains, finally being able to buy that perfect little log cabin with view to relax. But now you don’t have to wait. With high-speed Internet service throughout the North Carolina High Country, you can work during the day and enjoy the mountain’s natural beauty after work. Take a hike, go fishing or skiing, participate in diverse community activities, fully explore the mountains while you and your family are young, vibrant, and able to participate in some of the areas more physically challenging activities. From a corporate IT project manager who worked from his log cabin retreat for 19 years before retiring: “When we bought our cabin we thought we wouldn't move there full-time until after we retired. Then we figured out we could telecommute and were able to enjoy the mountains during our 40’s and 50’s! Living in a beautiful natural environment while working was the best life-work balance decision we could have made!”
- Living on “mountain time:” Working (and living) in cities can be stressful with snarled traffic, crowded shopping, and constant city noises. Combined with the challenges of work, it can sometimes feel overwhelming, often impacting negatively health and happiness. According to a corporate training consultant who lives and works from a Valle Crucis cabin: “When we left the city frenzy, it was so healthy to reset, slow down, breathe, hike several times a week, enjoy peace and quiet, and learn to live on ‘mountain-time’. Rocking on the front porch and getting lost into the endless layers of old, wise mountains quickly put work stress into perspective.
- Increase job satisfaction and productivity: If you enjoy your work and the mountains, you will enjoy your work even more knowing that you come “home” to the mountains. According to a national non-profit leadership training consultant who lives in Boone: “I travel 1-2 weeks a month, sometimes more, to conduct management seminars. When I’m driving home from the airport and see the peaks of Grandfather mountain in the distance, I smile, knowing I am going home to one of the best places to live on the planet, where I can recenter, reenergize, and work in my yoga clothes!”
- Explore #10 in nation for outdoor living: This year’s Outdoor magazine ranks Boone, NC as 10th in the nation for highest quality of outdoor living with numerous and diverse four-season outdoor activities, such as riding Class 5 rapids, climbing Linville Gorge, mountain biking at Beech Mountain, hiking the Appalachian Trail, cycling the Blue Ridge Parkway, and skiing and snowboarding several local resorts. In response to the top 10 national rating, a local resident commented: “There’s a saying around here, ‘Our life is your vacation’.” So even while working, you can telecommute in the Boone area and make your life your vacation!
Contact Liz Riddick at Keller Williams High Country Realty to see her new listing of a perfect property with home office for telecommuting.
Email this premier listing agent at lizriddick@gmail.com or call her at 828-719-0120.
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