Remote and contract work with flexible hours means I have the capacity to be engaged in my community, particularly as I am not spending ten plus hours a day miles away in the CBD. I can work in local shared spaces and cafes, I can head out to a community event and go to my son’s daycare Christmas party. The “digital nomad” concept has become big, and I love that, but the reality for me with a toddler and a mortgage is not that my choice of career allows me to jetset my little heart out. It’s allowing me to grow roots instead.