A year out from the start of work from home during the pandemic, I was thinking how life and expenses will change once I start going back to work every day downtown …

• Less free time as I will have to commute, no opportunity to work with my hotspot and phone up in the woods
• I won’t be doing my morning walks any more, although on nice days when I don’t have to dress up for work, I’ll be walking down to the express bus stop
• I will once again have the cost of bus fare, which is around 54 bucks a month with my bus card
• Late nights at work won’t just be from home, but instead I will have to be downtown and then waiting for the bus in the evening all sleepy eyed and hungry
• I will drop my hotspot / enhanced mobile data plan on my phone, which will save around 17 or 18 a month
• I will be walking down to the library or the park a few nights a week when I want to get Internet with my laptop
• I won’t be able to watch videos on my phone without the enhanced plan, so I’ll have to download them on my laptop or do other activities in the evening
• I will have to start packing lunches, as I won’t be able to make them by just going down to my kitchen
• No more driving down to the library to get internet from the safety of my truck – I’ll be able to walk down there and work inside or on the park bench
• I will spend less on electricity and heat because I won’t be home every day