I work for myself, and it used to be out of the house. The transition to doing that was difficult for me after having had a bike commute my whole life, not to mention being by myself in the house all day. So I started going to coffee shops to do any of my computer work, just to give myself somewhere to go. It doesn't have to be the closest coffee shop.
I've since moved my business out of the house and now I rent a studio that's only 3 mi from home, which is the shortest commute I've ever had. On the one hand I do appreciate that less of my day is spent wading through traffic - my old job was 7.5 mi away, which contained no less than 42 traffic lights and consequently took 45 minutes each way, or more if the traffic was bad. But on the other hand, I really do notice the reduction in mileage. So I've bee trying to get myself to walk sometimes.
